Facebook is still testing a mentorship tool that it announced last year, as it tries to identify how to best facilitate online and offline relationships.Read More
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An Artist Whose Mentors Are Scientists
Dianna Cohen, an artist and environmentalist, remembers well how her hometown of Los Angeles changed in the 1970s when local grocery stores started offering plastic bags in addition to paper ones. During her family’s frequent trips to the beach, she could see the effect of that shift on the surrounding environment—something that inspired her to […]
When It’s Hard for Women to Find Male Mentors
In March, political chatter erupted over the a fact dredged up by The Washington Post from a 2002 The Hill article: Vice President Michael Pence won’t dine alone with any woman other than his wife, or at least that was the case in 2002. (The Hill article also noted that he will often decline drinks […]
LinkedIn is testing a new, free service that matches users with potential mentors
Drew Angerer/Getty LinkedIn is testing a new feature that will help users find potential mentors and mentees, Fast Company reports. The free service is only available to some users right now, but it will be available to all LinkedIn users by the end of the summer, a LinkedIn representative told Fast Company. Here’s how it […]
When Potential Mentors Are Mostly White and Male
Stacy Blake-Beard was 29 years old when she was starting out as a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Not only was she the youngest faculty member, but she was also younger than most of her students. One day, one of her doctoral students came into her office to discuss a research project. […]
Yoga Teachers, Mentors, Business Partners
Early yoga masters relied on parampara, an oral tradition meant to pass teachings from teachers to students, to ensure that their practices endured. Today, there are tens of thousands of yoga teachers in North America, and many of them consider themselves to be mentors of a sort, providing physical, mental, and spiritual guidance for their […]
Sports trailblazers and mentors inspire InStyle
Amna Karra-Hassan is founder and president of the Auburn Giants. Pic: Hugh Stewart for InStyle EXCLUSIVEThe Sunday Telegraph Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend OLYMPIC gold medal-winning rower Kim Brennan, Summer and Winter Paralympian Dr Jessica Gallagher and Founder and President of the Auburn Giants, […]
Hamilton enlists young parents as mentors in struggle for higher birth weights
A handful of peer mentors and researchers have been enlisted by public health officials and a network of more than 30 local health organizations to figure out the barriers to birthing and raising healthy babies in the city. CBC | Health News
