Todd Feeback — The Hale Center for Journalism A study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine points to vitamin C’s ability to help kill cancer cells without harming normal tissues. Vitamin C, administered in high doses along with conventional chemotherapy drugs, can also reduce the toxic effects of chemotherapy. According to an article from…
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education wants to make it easier for students to transfer between the state’s two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Last Thursday, the Board added 16 courses to a new statewide “transfer course library,” which guarantees equivalent credit at any of the state’s 26 public two- and four-year institutions. “There…
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism A Kansas City man correctly predicted the winner of Esurance’s $1.5 million Super Bowl contest on the Kansas City–based app Knoda. According to Kyle Rogers, CEO and cofounder of Knoda, the user “Johnny Optimist” predicted the result roughly 36 hours prior to the official announcement of the winner.…
Walking into the Sprint Accelerator is a lot like walking into a recently remodeled college student union: there are open work spaces, MacBooks galore, pingpong and shuffleboard tables and white board surfaces everywhere — literally everywhere, even painted onto the wall. The accelerator is a lot different than a place to lounge between classes, however.…
Kristin Riott is the executive director for Kansas City environmental nonprofit Bridging the Gap. Kristin Riott is executive director of Bridging the Gap, which she said is one of the leading environmental nonprofits in the Midwest. BTG follows the philosophy that environment, economy and community are tightly connected. A simple example of the connection between…
John G. McGrath — The Hale Center for Journalism The NFL season is over, and it was a mixed bag for the Chiefs. The team made the playoffs after an abysmal 2012 campaign, but it closed out the season with a monumental collapse against the Indianapolis Colts. Prospects for the team might look bright on…
Red Bridge Elementary fourth grader KayShawn Whitworth wants to be both a scientist and an inventor when he grows up. “Scientists, to me, connect to inventing things,” Whitworth said. “If I was just a scientist I would be studying things and then, out of nowhere: pop! an invention comes into my head. … Most of…
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism Boulevard Brewing Company has teamed up once again with Christopher Elbow Chocolates to make its seasonal Chocolate Ale. This beer is infused with cocoa nibs, or chopped roasted cocoa beans, in the brewing process to create the drink, which has been in high demand. Shipments of Chocolate…
Todd Feeback — Hale Center for Journalism CVS Caremark announced plans to remove tobacco products from more than 7,600 stores in the United States by Oct. 1. Through a press release announcing the decision Wednesday, the company estimated an annual loss of revenue at $2 billion. According to 2012 numbers, CVS had overall sales of…
Kyle Geary — The Hale Center For Journalism Representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration visited Kansas City on January 22. Dr. Winslow Sargeant, chief counsel for advocacy, and Becky Greenwald, regional advocate for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, participated in 1 Million Cups before attending a closed meeting with entrepreneurs. Sargeant holds a national…