The officers won't be generating six copies of each ticket and the court clerks won't have to file and alphabetize each case. The pilot project was a cooperative effort between six local and state government agencies and three private companies. For more information, contact Sgt. To reverse this trend, the Boston University School of Management launched a program to help its students start a business while still in school. The Michael Bronner E-Business Center and Hatchery helps students develop a business plan and connects them with venture capitalists for financial and managerial assistance.
Students submit a business idea to a screening committee.
Associate Dean Michael Lawson says the first seven business ideas were selected in March and each student was assigned a faculty adviser to work on the business plan. The project will let 1,500 diabetes patients in rural and inner-city New York care for their health from their homes. Half the patients will get computers and training to let them read blood sugar levels, take pictures of their skin and feet, and check their blood pressure at home. Dr. Steven Shea of Columbia University hopes the program will show how cyber-medicine could be part of a diabetic's health care regimen, whether patients can get better care at a lower cost without having to visit the doctor's office, and if it is cost effective for the federal government to reimburse health care providers. Just eat it Despite billions of dollars in spending on pollution control, Americans are obliged to share their air with 3.7 million tons of newly created toxins each year, and about 46 million people live in areas that don't meet EPA standards.