University of Phoenix white paper translates “sandwich generation” research into employer strategies to improve retention and workforce stability
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University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has released a new white paper, “How Organizations Can Help Sandwich Moms Achieve Work-Life Balance,” authored by TaMika Fuller, DBA, and Victoria Lender, DBA, both affiliated with the University’s Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR). The paper builds on insights from the University of Phoenix 2025 Career Optimism Special Report™ Series: Moms in the Sandwich Generation to offer actionable strategies for employers to better support employees of the “sandwich generation,” balancing care for both children and aging parents.
AI is quickly becoming a part of our everyday lives. From work tasks to gym routines and even home improvement projects, AI can be used to help with just about everything. Which is why Binghamton University, State University of New York is working to educate the public on it.
Binghamton is partnering with SUNY Cortland, SUNY Delhi, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Oneonta, Broome Community College, and Tompkins Cortland Community College to launch the Advancing AI for the Public Good initiative. The three-year, $900,000 initiative includes a free online AI Prep for Careers noncredit microcredential to introduce students to foundational AI principles, workforce applications, and ethical considerations.
Investigators from VHIO, which is part of the Vall Hebron Campus, publish the first study to address the impact of the exposome on early-onset colorectal cancer through epigenetic signatures.
The researchers compared epigenetic methylation marks in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer with those of patients with late-onset colorectal cancer and confirmed previously identified risk factors including diet, education level, and smoking.
They have now identified exposure to picloram, a widely used herbicide, as a new risk factor associated with the development of colorectal cancer in individuals younger than 50 years old. Using population data, the investigators report that US counties with a higher use of this pesticide have higher rates of early-onset colorectal cancer, even after accounting for socioeconomic factors and the use of other pesticides.
Published today in Nature Medicine, this research has been possible thanks to the funding received from the "la Caixa" Foundation and the Spanish Association Against Cancer.