THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY M.B.A.
Eco-friendly M.B.A. programs now offer combo degrees and green electives. Read Published Article Environmentally conscious M.B.A. students are increasingly looking for more from their education than a patina of financial acumen and a degree that will ratchet up their income. These students have adopted the goal of sustainability; that is, conducting business in a [...]
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CONSIDER A SCHOOL’S CAREER SERVICES BEFORE APPLYING
Read Published Article in U.S. News & World Report When Christine Bonney, a 2009 graduate of Cornell University, decided last fall that she wanted to pursue a master’s degree in psychology, she met with admissions officers and filled out applications, but a school’s career services center wasn’t on her mind. “I know it’s important, but my focus [...]
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BE YOUR OWN BOSS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Read Published Article As a child, Belinda Stubblefield loved playing the banker in Monopoly. She resold the gum her mother bought for her to classmates for a nickel a piece. Then she stashed the cash in her “rainy day” piggy bank, which was shaped like a little girl with an umbrella over her head. “I [...]
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HOW TO SAFELY COMBAT MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS WITH HORMONE THERAPY
Younger women tormented by hot flashes are coming back for an ultralow dose By Kerry Hannon Posted: December 15, 2009 Read Published Article Video: The Life Change of Menopause For three years, Susan Kirchoff tried all the usual remedies to manage her menopausal hot flashes—exercise, soy foods, herbal supplements. But she still woke up with [...]
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BEST PLACES TO LAUNCH A SECOND CAREER
College towns and centers of healthcare or state government tend to make great bets. By Emily Brandon , Kerry Hannon Read Published Article in Many seniors are going to be employed past age 65, both for the money and because they enjoy working. But jobs aren’t exactly easy to come by right now. The unemployment [...]
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SECOND-ACT CAREERS: FROM HEAD HONCHO TO HUMANITARIAN
Running companies was his thing. Volunteering was not. Until the tsunami Read Article as Published Picture yourself atop a ski slope in Telluride, Colo., with a day of perfect powder schussing before you. You pause, take it all in—and wish you were helping Hurricane Katrina flood victims dig out of rotting houses. It was [...]
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The Trouble With Alzheimer’s Care: One Family’s Story
Dad was taken away for a psychiatric evaluation, and our family lost control By KERRY HANNON We lost him a little at a time. In 2000, my Dad, then 80, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and it began: He moved off ever so slowly, calling back at us as he went, trying to keep us [...]
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Alzheimer’s Care: How Copper Ridge Nursing Home Gets It Right
By KERRY HANNON March 11, 2009 There’s a sense of calm when you enter Copper Ridge, a residential assisted living and nursing home facility that specializes in caring for Alzheimer’s patients in Sykesville, Md., near Baltimore. Natural light streams through the windows, and the aroma of baking bread and strains of piano music float through [...]
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Eric Carlson: On Elder Care—and Elder Law
Tips from the author of “20 Common Nursing Home Problems—and How to Resolve Them” By KERRY HANNON All too commonly, the choice of a nursing home is made under duress—when a prospective resident and his or her family are already in difficult times. U.S. News asked Eric Carlson, a Los Angeles attorney with the National [...]
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ACUPUNCTURE FOR DOGS? HOLISTIC VETS SWEAR BY IT
Read Published Article A growing number of veterinarians are embracing alternative medicine Maggie was in trouble. A urinary-tract infection had taken a sudden and devastating turn, and her kidneys edged toward total shutdown. An intensive course of antibiotic treatment failed to make a difference, and as the strong medication wreaked havoc on her stomach lining, [...]
A collection of 65 essays that provides practical and entertaining advice about how to create a fulfilling retirement. The royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research.
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