How are you spending this weekend? If your answer to that question is dancing without stopping for two straight days, there?s a good chance you?re a Penn State student participating in the giant annual dance marathon - a.k.a, THON - to raise awareness of and funding for treatment of children?s cancer. And if you?re planning […]
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Cancer Institute, last year this terrible disease caused more than 4,000 deaths in the U.S., and nearly 13,000 new cases emerged. Fortunately, the institutions of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium invest time, energy and resources into fighting this avoidable and treatable malady in […]
It?s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the pink ribbons (and shirts, and stickers) are out in force. And the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (BTCRC) is commemorating the month by highlighting innovative and important work the universities of the conference are doing year-round to fight this terrible disease. Read about some of that work below: […]
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. When Connor Cosgrove was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks into his career as a wide receiver at […]
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. A cancer diagnosis is one of just a few things that can completely throw a young person?s life […]
Inspired by their experiences in college and elsewhere, these Pathfinders are passing by the typical, well-trod career paths and blazing their own trails. We?ll explore the unconventional approaches these Big Ten alums and faculty are taking to work. The numbers are staggering: One out of every three women and one out of two men will […]