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New application for cell phones — saving lives globally

by MICHELLE SALEMI | Nov 1, 2012 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Innovations in mobile devices are offering more than bigger touch screens and fancy colors: They’re connecting people from shore to shore on global health. The mobile phone is a powerful tool that about 83 percent of American adults carry around in their...

The Medill Minute for October 10, 2012

by MICHELLE SALEMI | Oct 10, 2012 | Topics

Oct. 10 Medill Minute from Medill Washington on Vimeo. The top stories Medill reporters are working on Wednesday October 10.

Youth inspired by panelists’ passionate remarks

by MICHELLE SALEMI | Oct 2, 2012 | Business & Tech, Politics

WASHINGTON — Twenty-year-old Jason Patel lives and breathes politics. “I read a lot of news and politics,” said Patel, a student at George Washington University. “I’d consider myself an avid reader. I’m especially passionate about taxes.” As a political communications...
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