Jeffrey Eisenband
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska research targeting diseases
BTN LiveBIG: Nebraska research targeting diseases
?My guess is that most scientists would say that they got into science because they wanted to change the world,? Stephen DiMagno says. DiMagno, 52, did not set out to change medicine. When he began as an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska in 1993, he did not see himself making breakthrough discoveries involving […]
BTN LiveBIG: Firefighter raising autism awareness
BTN LiveBIG: Firefighter raising autism awareness
Last October, Purdue University firefighter and paramedic Blair Blanch attended a program led by Bill Cannata of the Autism Law Enforcement Education Coalition (ALEC). For Blanch, the session was not just any old lecture. Blanch?s son, Nicholas, who will turn six years old this June, has autism. ?I instantly felt connected to the message this […]
BTN LiveBIG: Northwestern giving back this weekend
BTN LiveBIG: Northwestern giving back this weekend
David Chase was at Northwestern University Library when the idea hit him. He does not remember what he was studying at the library. That is irrelevant. His idea had nothing to do with schoolwork. Chase, then a sophomore, was studying late with friend Kevin Short. The two diverted their conversation away from academics to that […]
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin's Sauer helping paralympic champions
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin's Sauer helping paralympic champions
Jeff Sauer admits he was not initially ecstatic over the prospect of coaching the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team. ?They came to me and asked if I?d be interested. I wasn?t real excited about getting back into coaching again. I liked the administrative side of things,? he says. Sauer, 71, coached Division I hockey at Colorado […]
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa mobile museum on the move
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa mobile museum on the move
Dan Reed grew up in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, a small town on the Missouri border. The rural region did not exactly boast museums full of history and research. However, in the midst of the space race, Reed got his scientific education when a group from NASA rolled up with modern technology. ?I very much remember […]
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad having fun with culture
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad having fun with culture
Priya Shah?s life was stable. She earned a bachelor?s degree in communication and economics from Rutgers in 2011. Out of college, she started work at a marketing firm in New Jersey. For someone who was born in India and immigrated to the United States at age three, the progression of life appeared ideal. But sitting […]
