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The Ballmer Institute, for Children’s Behavioral Health

A Transformational Gift  Beginning in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, Connie and Steve Ballmer’s gift promises to transform behavioral health services for youth by creating a national model of thought and action for addressing the challenges of children’s behavioral health On March 1, 2022, the University of Oregon announced the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral […]

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Coca-Cola supports United Way childhood literacy program

Courtesy photo The Coca-Cola Company recently donated $10,000 to the United Way of Delta County’s free book program for children under age five, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Pictured above are Julie Mallard, executive director of the United Way of Delta County, and Nick Bink, general manager of Bink’s Coca-Cola, who remarked, “During this time of

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Chick-fil-A Donates $5,000 to ‘If You Give a Child a Book’ Campaign

Chick-fil-A is supporting our “If You Give a Child a Book” campaign by making a $5,000 donation. This will help get books into the hands of kids in need across Tampa Bay. Posted at 2023-09-19T08:03:29-0400 and last updated 8:03 AM, Sep 19, 2023 At WFTS, we believe giving children books can take them to new places, plant

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NCAA community engagement highlights from 2021-22 academic year

By Corbin McGuire8/17/2022 11:00:00 AM Community engagement is a pillar for the NCAA, its member schools and student-athletes who serve others in several ways during their college careers. While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this connection between athletics and communities, much of it returned in the 2021-22 academic year across college sports.  Below are some highlights

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How China takes extreme measures to keep teens off TikTok

TikTok announced a one-hour daily limit for users under 18, but authorities in China have pushed the domestic version, Douyin, much further. By  March 8, 2023 STEPHANIE ARNETT/MITTR | ENVATO China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. As I often say, the

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The Social Dilemma

2020 | Maturity Rating:PG-13 | 1h 34m | Documentaries This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations. Starring:Skyler Gisondo, Kara Hayward, Vincent Kartheiser Watch all you want.JOIN NOW From Jeff Orlowski, director of the News and Documentary Emmy Award-winning film “Chasing Ice.” Videos The Social Dilemma More Details

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NC State Athletics Partnering with North State Bank for Wolfpack Blitz Reading Initiative

3/22/2021 10:49:00 AM | General Share: NC State Athletics has partnered with North State Bank to sponsor the annual Wolfpack Blitz Reading Initiative from March 22-24. This year, more than 45 Wolfpack student-athletes are participating in the virtual Wolfpack Blitz across seven local elementary schools. “I’ve been trying to find a way to give back to the

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Carolina study shows habitual checking of social media may impact young adolescents’ brain development

January 3, 2023  The study provides some of the first findings on how social media usage could have long-standing and important consequences on the development of adolescent brains. In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents’ habitual checking of

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