In an interview, he will talk about how this topic relates to those that are disabled today.

He can also discuss the changing social circumstances of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how that impacted the veterans. Wounded for Life is equal parts Civil War history, disability history and the history of the body. The collective experiences of the veterans profiled in the book show how they dealt with common expectations of manhood or masculine identity after the injuries.

Dr. Hicks will share insight into this era of history through humanizing the intimate lives of disabled veterans.

For more info: https://iupress.org/9780253070784/wounded-for-life/

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Listen to “Metta Spenser, PhD. Sociology, at 92 is still promoting PEACE and she does it so well… What a Woman! metta” on Spreaker.

Metta Spenser
A.    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
1.    Personal
2.    Degrees
3.    Employment
4.    Honours
5.    Professional Affiliations and Activities
    Professional Organizations
    Public Affairs Organizations
B.    ACADEMIC HISTORY
6.    A. Research Endeavours
6.    B. Research, Publication, and Conference Awards
    Grants Received
6.    C. Patents
C.    SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
7.    Refereed Publications
A.    Articles
    Articles in refereed journals
B.    Books
    Refereed chapters in books
C.    Books Edited
D.    Editorial Work on Other Publications
E.    Book reviews in refereed journals
8.    Non-Refereed Publications
.    Non-refereed articles
    Peace Magazine articles
    Project Save the World video series
    Other non-refereed articles
A.    Non-refereed chapters in books
9.    Papers Presented at meetings and symposia.
10.    Invited lectures, public education events
    Participation in other professional and public affairs conferences not noted elsewhere
D.    LIST OF COURSES
11.    A. Undergraduate Courses Taught
    Undergraduate courses taught since 1985
11.    B. Graduate teaching and supervision since 1983
E.    ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
12.    A. Positions held and service on committees and organizations with the University
12.    B. Positions held and service on committees and organizations outside the University of scholarly and civic significance.
12.    C. Government Advisory Activities
January 2021
A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
1. Personal
Metta Spencer
Home: 155 Marlee Avenue
Apt. 201
Toronto, Ontario M6B 4B5
Telephone: (416) 789-2294
Email: mspencer at web.net
Internet: mettaspencer.com; twoaspirinsandacomedy.com; RussianPeaceAndDemocracy.com; zeronuclearweapons.com
University: Department of Sociology
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Telephone: (905) 569-4611
Fax: (905) 569-4611
Peace Magazine: Box 248, Station P
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S7
Telephone: (416) 533-7581
Internet: www.peacemagazine.org
2. Degrees
Ph.D. (Sociology) 1969 University of California, Berkeley
Political Behavior of University Students in India. Supervisor: S.M. Lipset
3. Employment
•    1963 Research Assistant, Institute of International Studies, Berkeley. S. M. Lipset, Director. (Research on radical right-wing politics and ethnic conflict.)
•    1963-65 Research Assistant, International Data Library, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. Charles Y. Glock, Director. (Analysis, B’nai B’rith prejudice project.)
•    1965-66 Lecturer, College of the Holy Names, Oakland, California. (Taught research methods, deviance, and theory part time.)
•    1965 Research assistant with William Kornhauser, (summer). Institute of International Studies, Berkeley. (Comparative study of revolutions.)
•    1967 Senior Research Assistant, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. (Research on student politics in India.)
•    1968-69 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Boston. (Taught Introductory Sociology, Race and Ethnic Relations, and Social Change, part time.)
•    1968-69 Research Sociologist, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. (Research on Comparative International Study of Modernization with Alex Inkeles.)
•    1969-71 Research Sociologist, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley. (Research on prejudice among high school students.)
•    1970 Lecturer, California State College, Hayward, California. (Taught research methods part time.)
•    1971 Lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, California. (Taught Introductory Sociology, part time.)
•    1971-76 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Erindale Campus. Member of Graduate Faculty since 1972.
•    1972 Spring Discipline Representative, Department of Sociology, Erindale Campus
•    1975-76 Associate Chairman, Department of Sociology, Erindale Campus
•    1989-91 Associate Chairman, Department of Sociology, Erindale Campus
•    1976-96 Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Erindale Campus
•    1997 Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto at Mississauga
•    Since 1997 Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
4. Honours
•    Canadian Who’s Who.
•    International Who’s Who
•    International Directory of Distinguished Leadership.
•    “Making a World of Difference,” Directory of Women in Canada Specializing in Global Issues.
•    Confederation Medal awarded by Governor-General for Service to Canada, 1992.
•    Global Citizen Award, United Nations. Awarded by Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario at a celebration of the United Nations Fiftieth Anniversary, 1995.
•    Pugwash, with which I (and some 2000 others) serve, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1995.
•    Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize, 1997
•    United Nations Association in Canada Award, 1999
•    Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
•    Anne Goodman Peace Education Award, 2014
•    Achievement Award, Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, 2017
•    World Citizenship in Action Award, Awarded by World Citizens in Canada, 2019
•    Fellow of McLaughlin College, York University, 2020
5. Professional Affiliations and Activities
Professional Organizations
•    American Sociological Association (Executive Committee, 1988 91 and Chairman, Nominations Committee, Section on War and Peace, 1988-89.
•    Executive Committee, Section on War and Peace, 1989-91. Invited to stand for election as chair, 1994)
•    Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
•    Humanistic Sociology Association (International Representative, 1983-84)
•    Canadian Peace Research and Education Association
•    International Sociological Association
•    Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development “COPRED”
•    (Executive Committee, 1985-89; Chair, Publications Committee 1988-89)
•    International Peace Research Association (Invited to serve as director, 1993)
•    North American Academy of Arts and Sciences (named Fellow, 2002)
Public Affairs Organizations
•    Campaign for a Department of Peace, Toronto Chapter. Executive Committee, 2007 and 2008.
•    Canadian Citizens Assembly for the Helsinki Process (Executive Board, 1990-3)
•    Canadian Disarmament Information Service (CANDIS) Founding President and Director.
•    Canadian Physicians for Global Survival (1986 – present)
•    Canadian Pugwash Group (1985 – present. Secretary, 1988-90. Executive Committee 1991-93, Board of Directors, 1993-1998); chair nominating committee 2006, 2009
•    Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (1984 – present). Honorary director 2015-present
•    Couchiching Institute for Public Affairs.
•    Committee for Resolution One, 1983.
•    Committee for the Third Track, 1983-84.
•    Contact Group for Nonviolence in the Former Soviet Union, 1995-present.
•    Corporate Nuclear Concern, Inc. (Director and Secretary, 1989 -1999)
•    Group of 78 (1986 – present)
•    Helsinki Citizens Assembly, 1990-97. Chair, structure committee, 1992-94
•    Hunger Project of Canada (Member, Board of Directors, 1981-83)
•    Nonviolence International Canada (Trustee, 2007-present)
•    Peace Magazine. Editor-in-Chief since 1985.
•    Science for Peace (Executive Officer, 1983-85. Advisory Board, 1987-90; National Board of Directors, 1983-86; 1990-1999; Vice President, 1999-2000, 2014-2015; Executive Committee, 2000-2005, 2007-2010, 2017-2018; President, 2012-2014 and 2015-2017).
•    Toronto City Council: Peace Committee Planning Group (1989)
•    Toronto/Volgograd Initiative. (Steering Committee 1983-84.)
•    Toronto Sesquicentennial Planning Group, 1983.
•    United Nations Association (1983 – present)
•    United Campuses for Nuclear Disarmament (Canadian Execu

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More than 34 million Americans – just over 1 in 10 – have diabetes, and neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the feet, or more commonly referred to as diabetic nerve pain, is one of its most common complications.

The painful symptoms associated with this nerve damage include numbness, tingling, as well as burning, shooting or stabbing sensations that most often affect the lower extremities.

It is a progressive and debilitating complication of diabetes that will affect approximately more than 5 million Americans in 2021 and is expected to double by 2030.

Lindsay Colbert, Executive Director of The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, and Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes and Vice Chair Clinical Research, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor will be available to talk about the findings from a new national survey of patients that captured beliefs, perspectives and attitudes towards their diabetic nerve pain.

A key finding from the survey revealed an overwhelming 71% of patients desire change, and are seeking better treatments and a future with less pain. Furthermore, over a third of respondents reported needing to rest more; the most frequently reported necessary life-style change due to their pain.

Key Facts and Figures:

The lack of effective, innovative treatment options have left many patients with a significant unmet medical need

Two in five patients had to visit three or more doctors before getting the right diagnosis for their pain

58% of patients are not satisfied with the current treatment plan for their diabetic nerve foot pain

Interview is courtesy of Averitas Pharma, Inc.

https://www.averitaspharma.com/
https://www.nervepainandme.com/

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A leading mind in business growth for 30 years in Silicon Valley, Venture Capitalist, and Author Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D.

Aligning the Dots: The new paradigm to grow any business

Publisher: Onward Business Press Author Website: https://philippebouissou.com/

It’s eight o’clock Monday morning. What do you do to outpace the market and grow faster than your competitors? Aligning the Dots provides a clear answer to that deceptively simple question.

Although many how-to-grow business books have been published, none offer a pragmatic and reliable blueprint for top-line growth that is built on deep data analysis and a universal framework that leads to revealing insights. Without a clear roadmap to growth, a CEO’s demands for innovative product development, better marketing, and increased customer acquisition and conversion often fail to produce desired outcomes. An effective leader understands that without clear direction and guidance, teams will revert to business as usual and no amount of inspirational taglines will help the business grow faster.

Aligning the Dots introduces a new paradigm. It’s a universal, data-driven and prescriptive methodology, called A4 Precision Alignment, designed to accelerate any business. Based on the profound insight that the maximum top-line growth rate can only be achieved when a business and its target market are perfectly aligned, this methodology reveals how quantitative measurements of alignment form the base for the development a Growth Playbook.

That blueprint will guide any business to align the dots to outperform its target market and fly past its competitors.

In an interview on your program Dr. Philippe Bouissou can discuss:

1. There are 11,000 business books published every year. Why should we talk about your Book?

2. What results does this new paradigm to grow any business deliver?

3. Why did you choose to focus on the topic of growth?

4. What is unique about Aligning the Dots?

5. What are the traditional methods to grow a business?

6. Why do these traditional ways of growing a business rarely work?

7. What is counterintuitive about your new paradigm?

8. What is surprising about it?

9. How does it provoke new thoughts or bring “conventional wisdom” into question?

10. How did you come up with this new idea?

11. What in your background was critical to invent this new paradigm?

12. Does this new methodology apply to any business?

13. Can you give an example of a bad and a good alignment?

14. Who is the audience for this book?

15. How does the COVID19 pandemic affect the teachings in this system?

Aligning the Dots offers a new systematic methodology for optimizing resource allocation towards long-

term profitable growth. Philippe Bouissou’s engaging style uses a combination of personal anecdotes,

scientific analogies, and relevant case studies to convey his message of alignment. While the target

audience cuts across the broad business community, I find the methodology to be most directly relevant

to young technology startups who have a very low margin for error in their business model.

—Eric Benhamou Founder and General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures and Former Chairman and CEO of 3Com

Every executive intuitively knows the importance of aligning what a company sells with what its customers

want, but few executives actually know how to do it right. In his smart, new book—Aligning the Dots—

business growth expert Philippe Bouissou presents a simple, but powerful framework for building

alignment along four critical business axes. No matter what size your business or what industry you’re in,

Aligning the Dots is the playbook you need to spark revenue growth right now — and well into the future.

—Peter Economy The Leadership Guy, Inc. Magazine

Aligning the Dots offers a precise, logical way to understand how the fundamental drivers of business

work, and how to align your company with them for long-term success. It’s the rare book that combines a

comprehensive science of how business works with dozens of practical tips that any leader can apply.

—Chris Yeh Co-author with Reid Hoffman of Blitzscaling

I’ve seen so many businesses struggle as the vision and expectations of entrepreneurs and company operators

are out of sync with the customer or the marketplace. Aligning the Dots provides an articulate, pragmatic,

and innovative framework for solving these misalignments. It is a resource that can and should be

referenced repeatedly to help pressure test strategy and plans for the competitive edge that derives from precision alignment.

—Lori Bush Former President and CEO, Rodan + Fields

Genius often creates out-of-the-box thinking. Aligning the Dots makes you think differently and that makes

it powerful. Any business should understand and use these concepts.

—Nolan Bushnell CEO of X2 Games Founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E Cheese!

Category: Business

Publisher: Onward Business Press

Page count: 240 (full-color)

ISBN: 9781734208702

Price: $27.95

Formats: Hardcover, e-book

About the Author:

Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D. has spent three decades in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, a CEO, a venture capitalist, and a management consultant. He is Managing Partner at Blue Dots Partners LLC, a firm he co-founded focused on top-line acceleration. He started his career as the founder and CEO of G2i, Inc. a Unix software company that was acquired by Matra. He then was Senior Vice President at Matra Hachette Multimedia, Inc., where he led US business development for electronic publishing for the $12 billion, high-tech and diversified media company before joining Apple as Director of the Worldwide Internet Commerce Group, where he founded and managed the online Apple Store and grew its revenue from zero to $350 million.

After Apple, Bouissou became a venture capitalist and successfully invested $43 million and generated double-digit cash-on-cash IRR. For over half a decade, Bouissou co-managed the Milestone Group, a management consulting firm serving over 220 clients. During his career, Bouissou led over 120 management-consulting projects with companies such as Cisco, Microsoft, SAP, and Verisign and served on the board of directors of 20 companies, including ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Silicon Valley, where he currently serves.

Bouissou graduated from École Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a BS in Mathematics, an MS in Physics, and a Ph.D. in non-linear physics and chaos theory.

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Listen to “Cristal Glangchai, Whats keeping girls out of STEM? Why?” on Spreaker.

Girls at a very young age are curious about science and math—about 74% of kindergarten girls want to go into STEM—but by the time they reach middle school, only 15-20% remain interested.

Scientist, author, and professor Cristal Glangchai, PhD, attributes this to the way educators, parents, and the media talk to girls about pursuing STEM careers. She argues that a key part of raising strong, confident young women is giving them the tools of entrepreneurship to engage in STEM.

Glangchai’s new book, VentureGirls: Raising Girls to be Tomorrow’s Leaders (HarperCollins; May 2018) explains what has kept young girls out of STEM fields, as well as the practical applications of STEM learning, and how we can address the gender imbalance therein.

Dr. Glangchai offers a unique solution based on her own experience as an engineer and entrepreneur as well as the founder of VentureLab, a nonprofit that empowers kids, especially girls, with an entrepreneurial mind-set. VentureGirls.

Dr. Glangchai can discuss or write about the following:

• Women and STEM: How, as of now, women make up only 29% of the science and engineering workforce. Dr. Glangchai can share her fundamentals for empowering young girls in STEM.

• How STEM Education Impacts Entrepreneurship: Dr. Glangchai explains how science teaches kids about failure, and why learning to embrace failure is the key to entrepreneurial success.

• Creating Young Entrepreneurs: 65% of kids will have jobs that we cannot even imagine today. How parents can and should encourage kids as young as 5 years old to embrace their innovativeness and entrepreneurial mindset.

Publishers Weekly recently called VentureGirls a “game-changing guide to empowering young women.” The author has been featured on the TODAY Show, NPR, Wall Street Journal, TEDx, and much more.

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Influencing Our Day – Todays Behavior and the Way We Interact with Others.
As Autumn is a Time of Transformation we’re here with Rachel Herz, PH.D. And World Renowned Expert on the Psychology of Smell and Emotion. She is here to discuss the Importance of Fragrance and Emotion and Learn More about How Fragrance can Help Encourage Us to Step Out of Our Comfort Zone this Season.

Rachel Herz, PhD & Author Bio
Rachel Herz, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and leading world expert on the psychological science of smell. She has been conducting research on the sense of smell, emotion, perception, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990. Dr. Herz has published over 75 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants, co-authored several college textbooks, and is an adjunct professor at Brown University and Boston College. She is also a professional consultant to various industries regarding smell, taste, food and flavor, and is frequently called upon as an expert witness in legal cases involving olfaction. Dr. Herz is the author of two popular science books, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell, which was selected as a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books,” and That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion, which analyzes the emotion of disgust from culture to neuroscience, and has received numerous accolades from both popular and scholarly presses. Currently in the process of publication, Rachel Herz has a new book that explores how our senses and psychology govern our perception of food, and the experience and consequences of eating.
For more information see: www.rachelherz.com

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Preceded by
George M. Modlin
President of the University of Richmond
1971—1986 Succeeded by
Samuel A. Banks

Preceded by
Carlyle Campbell President of Meredith College
1966—1971 Succeeded by
John E. Weems

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Please join Charles R. Marmar for a

90th Birthday

Celebration

Honoring

Eric J. Simon, PhD

Professor

Departments of Psychiatry, Biochemistry,

and Molecular Pharmacology

Thursday, June 5th 4:30 – 6:00pm 1 Park Avenue, 7th Floor “Central Park”

Please RSVP to Melody Baugh at 646-754-4858 or Melody.Baugh@nyumc.org by Monday, June 2nd.

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Club 101: 101 Park Avenue (@ 40th Street) in New York City

Dr. Lori Sokol, Founder & Publisher, Sokol Media Inc.

Lori Sokol, Ph.D., Founder & Publisher of Work Life Matters, announced that all honorees will be profiled in the annual special awards issue of Work Life. Matters Magazine to be published nationwide in December 2012. Companies include: Campbell Soup Company, Credit Suisse, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLC, Discovery Communications, Eli Lilly and Co., ESPN, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Microsoft, NBCUniversal, New York Life, Orbitz Worldwide, Unilever among Top Companies named by Work Life Matters Magazine for their Pioneering Leadership in LGBT Equality.

•                                         Loreen Arbus, Philanthropist/Producer/Disability Rights Activist and first woman to head up programming at a major U.S. television network.

•                                        Jonathan D. Lovitz, former Host of Logo/MTV’s hit series “Set Up Squad”/actor/activist.

•                                        Margot Bingham, Star of “In Between Men” and the new face of Revlon.

•                                        Nick Mathews, Star of “In Between Men”

•                                        Lauren LoGiudice, Star of the film “When Harry Tries to Marry”

•                                       Timothy Mandala, star of the Vin Diesel series “The Ropes”

•                                        Nick Ayler, DJ/Actor/Model

•                                        Rob Sedgwick – actor “Damages” “Law & Order”

•                                        Annmaria Mazzini Sedgwick – Noted choreographer and former star dancer of The  Paul Taylor Company

•                                        Camilla Barungi of “Project Runway” fame/entrepreneur/activist

•                                        Josh Folan, star of the new films “What Would Bear Do?” & “All God’s Creatures”

•                                        Javier Gomez, noted photo journalist & activist

•                                       Sebastian La Cause, star of the hit series “Hustling” & acclaimed Broadway star.

•                                       Jessica Press, star of the hit series “Hustling”

•                                        Mike Ruiz, of “The A-List: New York” fame & acclaimed photographer/activist

•                                        Matt Anctil – Broadway star of “La Cage Aux Folles”

•                                        Victoria Milne – Director, Creative Services (Creatvie Director) at Department of Design & Construction, New York City

•                                       Stacey Tisdale – Correspondent PBS “Need To Know”

•                                        Cheryl Wills – Award Winning Anchor NY1 News Television

ABOUT WORK LIFE MATTERS MAGAZINE:

Work Life Matters Magazine is a national business publication that provides news and analysis about the corporate, public and social issues inherent in the quest for achieving effective work life balance on behalf of our nation’s workforce. Published since 2002, the publication annually pays tribute to companies that serve as leaders in their respective fields by providing innovative and effective work/life balance programs and policies for their employees. www.lorisokolphd.com

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