London honored for supporting student mental health and eliminating barriers to care NATICK, Mass. , Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Business Journal honored Uwill founder and CEO Michael London as part of its 2025 Innovators in Healthcare list . Honorees represent a cross-section of Boston -based innovators addressing some of the most urgent and pressing challenges in the health care industry. London is the founding CEO of Uwill , the leading mental health and wellness solution proudly supporting more than 3 million students at 400 institutions globally. Utilizing its proprietary technology and counselor team, Uwill pioneered the first student and therapist matching platform. The solution offers an immediate appointment with a licensed counselor based on student preferences, all modalities of teletherapy, a direct crisis connection, wellness programming, realtime data, and support. "It's truly an honor to be recognized among this incredible group of innovators," said Michael London , Uwill founder and CEO. "At Uwill, our mission is to break down barriers to mental health care, delivering immediate and accessible support to students worldwide. This recognition reflects more than innovation—it underscores our unwavering commitment to addressing a vital need for students everywhere." London is a recognized thought-leader and pioneer within social impact entrepreneurship, having created more than one billion dollars in company value throughout his career. In 2013, he founded Examity, a leader in learning validation and online proctoring. Prior, London led Bloomberg Institute, an EdTech start-up funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg . Earlier in his career, he founded College Coach and co-founded EdAssist, both acquired by Bright Horizons Family Solutions. In 2019, he was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and held a position on the Massachusetts Governor's Commission for Digital Education and Lifelong Learning. Michael is a current Trustee at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is a Member of the Advisory Board at Babson College where he graduated with honors. He also received his MBA from Boston University . About Uwill: Uwill is the leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students. As the most cost-effective way to enhance a college's mental health offering, Uwill partners with more than 400 institutions, including Princeton University , the Ohio State University , Santa Fe Community College , and University of Alabama - Online. Uwill is also the exclusive teletherapy education partner for the Online Learning Consortium and teletherapy education partner of NASPA. For more information, visit uwill.com . Contact: Brett Silk bsilk@uwill.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uwill-founder--ceo-michael-london-named-innovator-in-healthcare-302338655.html SOURCE Uwill, Inc
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Michigan upsets No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 for Wolverines' 4th straight win over bitter rivalControversial billionaire Elon Musk hit out at The Sydney Morning Herald after technology editor David Swan published a scathing assessment of his future. In a piece titled ‘Elon Musk quits Tesla, flying cars take off: The predictions for 2025’, Mr Swan described Musk’s leadership of multiple tech companies as “unsustainable”, adding that something would have to give now that he has taken on an active role in the Trump administration. It comes as Trump supporters were this week divided over Musk’s stance on skilled migration – a development Swan cited as one of the “constant controversies and distractions” that would force Musk to step back from Tesla. “It will all come to a head in 2025, and Musk will be forced to hand over the reins at Tesla, a company many mistakenly think he founded.”, Mr Swan wrote. Within hours, Mr Musk fired back on his social media platform X. In a reply to another user’s commentary on the piece, Mr Musk told his 209.7 million followers he predicts “that the Sydney Morning Herald will continue to lose readership in 2025 for relentlessly lying to their audience and boring them to death”. Taking Musk’s Barb on the chin, Mr Swan quoted Musk’s post with a simple two-word reply. “Damn, roasted”, the post read. He later shared a screenshot of the exchange on his LinkedIn account, quipping: “Couldn’t disagree more with Elon on this one.” The Sydney Morning Herald has been approached for comment. Originally published as ‘Relentlessly lying’: Elon slams SMH after scathing op-edTenant, Inc. and Storelocal Storage Team Up with OC Rescue Mission for Holiday Donation Drive
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President-elect Donald Trump promised to expand oil drilling in the U.S. — good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic lifeblood and many felt the Biden administration obstructed efforts to boost the state’s diminished production. A debate over drilling on federal lands on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope likely will be revived, particularly in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which environmentalists long sought to protect. What is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? The largest wildlife refuge in the U.S. covers an area of northeast Alaska roughly the size of South Carolina. It boasts mountains and glaciers, tundra plains, rivers and boreal forest, and it is home to wildlife including polar bears, caribou, musk ox and birds. The fight over whether to drill in the refuge’s coastal plain along the Beaufort Sea goes back decades. Drilling advocates say development could create thousands of jobs, generate billions of dollars in revenue and spur U.S. oil production. While the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said the coastal plain could contain 4.25 billion to 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil, there is limited information about the amount and quality. It’s unclear whether companies will want to risk pursuing projects that could become mired in litigation. Environmentalists and climate scientists pushed for a phase-out of fossil fuels to avert the worst consequences of climate change. The refuge is east of the oil fields in Prudhoe Bay and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, where the Biden administration approved the controversial Willow oil project but made about half the petroleum reserve off-limits to oil and gas leasing. Have there been efforts to drill in the refuge? An exploration well was drilled in the 1980s on lands where Alaska Native corporations held rights, but little information was released about the results. Still, opening the coastal plain to drilling has been a longtime goal for members of Alaska’s congressional delegation. In 2017, they added language to a tax bill mandating two oil and gas lease sales by late 2024. The first sale took place in the waning days of the last Trump administration, but President Joe Biden quickly called on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to review the leasing program. That led to the cancelation of seven leases acquired by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, a state corporation. Litigation is pending. Smaller companies gave up two other leases. The Biden administration released a new environmental review ahead of the deadline for the second required sale. It proposes offering what the Bureau of Land Management said would be the minimum acreage the 2017 law allows — a proposal Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators cast as a mockery of the law. What do Alaska Natives want? Some Alaska Native communities welcome potential new revenue while others worry about how drilling will affect wildlife in an area they consider sacred. Gwich’in officials in communities near the refuge said they consider the coastal plain sacred. Caribou they rely on calve there. Galen Gilbert, first chief of Arctic Village Council, said the refuge should be off-limits to drilling. Arctic Village is a Neets’aii Gwich’in community. “We just want our way of life, not only for us but for our future generations,” Gilbert said. Leaders of the Iñupiat community of Kaktovik, which is in the refuge, support drilling. They vowed to fight attempts to designate the lands as sacred. Josiah Patkotak, mayor of the North Slope Borough, which includes Kaktovik, said in an October opinion piece that the land “has never been” Gwich’in territory. “The federal government must understand that any attempt to undermine our sovereignty will be met with fierce resistance,” he wrote. Oil is vital to the economic well-being of North Slope communities, said Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, a nonprofit advocacy group whose members include leaders from that region. Responsible development long coexisted with subsistence lifestyles, he said. After Trump’s election, what might change? Trump named Chris Wright — a fossil fuel executive and advocate of oil and gas development — to serve as energy secretary. In a video posted on X by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Trump said he would work to ensure a natural gas pipeline project long sought by state political leaders is built. The project, opposed by environmentalists, floundered over the years due to changes in direction under various governors, cost concerns and other factors. Dunleavy said Trump could undo restrictions imposed by the Biden administration on new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres of the petroleum reserve. Harcharek’s group sued over the restrictions, arguing the region’s elected leaders were ignored. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!Aspirants cry foul, say JSSC-CGL exam is a scamCommanders WR Noah Brown sustained internal injuries
Indian stock market: The domestic equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a tepid note on Monday tracking sluggish trend in the global markets. Asian markets traded lower today, while the US stock market ended lower last week dragged by losses in technology shares. This week, investors will closely monitor key stock market triggers , including the first set of December quarter updates for FY25, auto sales data, domestic and global macroeconomic data, flow of foreign funds, and other key global market cues. On Friday, the Indian stock market ended higher led by banking and auto heavyweights. The Sensex gained 226.59 points, or 0.29%, to close at 78,699.07, while the Nifty 50 settled 63.20 points, or 0.27%, higher at 23,813.40. “With no significant triggers in the near term, markets are likely to remain range-bound. Pre-quarterly business updates to be released in the first week of January 2025 will provide insights into the upcoming result season and would be keenly tracked by the markets,” said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Here are key global market cues for Sensex today: Asian Markets Asian markets traded lower on Monday tracking a fall in Wall Street on Friday, amid losses in technology shares. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2%, but is still 16% higher for the year. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.21%, while the Topix traded around the flatline. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.3%, while the Kosdaq dropped 0.41%. Gift Nifty Today Gift Nifty was trading around 23,986 level, a discount of nearly 6 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, indicating a tepid start for the Indian stock market indices. Wall Street US stock market ended lower on Friday amid profit-taking across the board. The Dow Jones declined 333.59 points, or 0.77%, to 42,992.21, while the S&P 500 dropped 66.75 points, or 1.11%, to finish at 5,970.84. The Nasdaq Composite ended 298.33 points, or 1.49%, lower at 19,722.03. For the week, the S&P 500 gained 0.7%, the Dow rose 0.36% and the Nasdaq added 0.75%. Tesla shares plunged 5%, Nvidia stock price declined 2.1% while Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft all slipped more than 1.5%. Amedisys shares rallied 4.7%, and Lamb Weston share price rose 2.6%. Dollar The Japanese yen traded around five-month lows against a dollar underpinned by rising US yields. The yen was changing hands at 157.71. The US dollar index measure against major rivals was flat at 107.98, Reuters reported. The euro stood at $1.0429. For the month, the dollar index is up 2.3%, bringing year-to-date gains to 6.6%. US Treasury Yields US 10-year Treasury yields traded near eight-month highs at 4.631% and are ending the year around 75 basis points above where they started, even though the US Federal Reserve delivered 100 basis points of cuts to cash rates. Gold Prices Gold prices rose as conflict in the Middle East lifted bullion’s safe-haven appeal. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $2,622.93 per ounce, while US gold futures gained 0.2% to $2,637.30. Crude Oil Prices Crude oil prices traded lower in thin holiday trade as traders awaited more economic data from China and the US later this week. Brent crude futures fell 6 cents to $74.11 a barrel, while the more active March contract was at $73.73 a barrel, down 6 cents. US West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 8 cents to $70.52 a barrel. (With inputs from Reuters) Disclaimer: The views and recommendations made above are those of individual analysts or broking companies, and not of Mint. We advise investors to check with certified experts before making any investment decisions.
This pharma stock could easily gain 20% next year, Jefferies saysGRAND FORKS — Bemidji State is playing at No. 14 UND to conclude their two-game home-and-home series. The Beavers won the series opener 2-1 in Bemidji's Sanford Center. The series finale is at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Follow the game Time: 6:07 p.m. Place: Ralph Engelstad Arena. TV: Midco Sports (GF Ch. 27/622 HD). Radio: The Fox (96.1 FM). Stream: NCHChockey.com. ADVERTISEMENT In-game updates UND's lines Forwards 29 Jackson Kunz—9 Sacha Boisvert—7 Mac Swanson 26 Dylan James—8 Jake Schmaltz—18 Jayden Perron 22 Owen McLaughlin—15 Carter Wilkie—21 Ben Strinden 19 Cody Croal—20 Cade Littler—5 Dane Montgomery Defense 13 Caleb MacDonald—4 Jake Livanavage 16 Andrew Strathmann—25 Abram Wiebe 3 Jayden Jubenvill—6 E.J. Emery 10 Tanner Komzak Goaltenders 30 Hobie Hedquist 35 T.J. Semptimphelter Not in lineup: F Cameron Berg (inj), F Louis Jamernik V (inj), D Bennett Zmolek (inj), G Kaleb Johnson (inj), F Dalton Andrew, G Aleksi Huson Bemidji State's lines Forwards 20 Kirklan Irey—16 Jere Vaisanen—11 Eric Martin 28 Kasper Magnussen—19 Jackson Jutting—8 Adam Flamming 9 Carter Randklev—26 Reilly Funk—25 Tory Lund 18 Rhys Chiddenton—15 Jaksen Panzer—17 Noah Quinn 14 Alexi Sylvestre Defensemen 21 Vince Corcoran—6 Mitch Wolfe 2 Tony Follmer—7 Isa Parekh 12 A.J. Macaulay—23 Luke Roelofs ADVERTISEMENT Goaltenders 30 Mattias Sholl 35 Raythan Robbins 33 Trent Wiemken Not in lineup: D Will Magnuson (inj), F Austin Jouppi, F Donte Lawson, F Jake McLean, D Patrik Satosaari, D Ryan Henderson Officials Referees — Brady Johnson and Bobby Lukkason Linesmen — Tyler Landman and Nathan Voll Supervisor — Thor Nelson Pregame notes UND continues its goaltender rotation with sophomore Hobie Hedquist coming in for the series finale. He had a shutout last Saturday. Hedquist enters the night on a scoreless streak of 70:14 going back to the series finale at Cornell. . . UND is surprisingly getting Cody Croal back in the lineup for the series finale. He replaces Dalton Andrew. . . UND remains without Cameron Berg, Louis Jamernik V, Bennett Zmolek and Kaleb Johnson. . . Bemidji State made four changes, adding three forwards and one defenseman to the lineup. . . Grand Forks native Jaksen Panzer is in the lineup for Bemidji State. . . The Beavers are looking for their first-ever sweep of UND.
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