2014 Fields Medal Symposium- Cedric Villani

Widening gap between the rich and poor in European cities

From http://erc.europa.eu/projects-and-results/erc-stories/widening-gap-between-rich-and-poor-european-cities

The widening gap between rich and poor is leading to segregation in more and more European cities. The rich and the poor are living at increasing distance from each other, and this can be disastrous for the social stability and competitive power of cities. These are the conclusions of joint research of Prof. Maarten van Ham, ERC grantee at Delft University of Technology, and Prof. Tiit Tammaru, Dr. Szymon Marcińczak and Prof. Sako Musterd.

Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report

Half of U.S. College Grads Agree Their Education Was Worth the Cost

Thank you for your interest in the Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report. Based on interviews with more than 30,000 graduates, the 2015 report builds on the initial findings from the 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index and further examines the link between key college experiences and positive outcomes for alumni long after graduation.

The Gallup-Purdue Index 2015 Report explores the relationship between student debt, experience and perceptions of college worth. The report examines important questions such as:

• Do U.S. college graduates think their education was worth the cost?
• Do students graduate well-equipped to find good jobs and prosper financially?
• Do graduates leave school prepared to pursue their passions and lead healthy, fulfilling lives?

For more see
http://www.gallup.com/services/185885/gallup-purdue-index-report-2015-prev.aspx

Apollo 11 Photos

About that new Greek American “genius grant” winner — and more stories from our Launchpad

Here are the latest stories from our Launchpad. You can read the full articles by clicking on each of the links below — or you can find excerpts from all these stories on our NextGen Launchpad on LinkedIn, as well as on the Launchpad on our website at hellenext.org. If you like what you see, you can always make sure you get the latest stories when they come out, just by clicking on the ‘Follow’ button at the top right of our NextGen Launchpad page on LinkedIn. Have a great week! Leon Leon Stavrou | Executive Director, The Next Generation Initiative | On LinkedIn | On Facebook | Donate CHECK THESE STORIES OUT! Here is a sample of recent Launchpad stories for our new What’s Your Idea? series about the next generation taking on big challenges: • 2015 “genius grant” MacArthur Fellow Dimitri Nakassis, on thinking outside the box… • NextGen alum Manolis Kellis, co-leader of the MIT/Harvard team that’s discovered a metabolic “master switch” that controls obesity… • A team of young Greeks who left their careers in Boston, Brussels and Berlin to launch a high-tech start-up in Greece aimed at holding government officials accountable… • Demetrios Karamintzas: a young man on the front lines, fighting poverty and the roots of terror, armed with only his oboe… • Effie Kyrtata, the dynamic, 25-year-old London-based launcher of start-ups to save Greece… • Stanford grad Mema Roussopoulos and the young Greek researchers who are engineering a new ‘upgrade’ for democracy’s ‘operating system’… • …and 17-year-old Nefeli-Sofia Stefopoulou, one of 10 global winners of Microsoft’s YouthSpark Challenge for Change. Some other recent Launchpad articles featuring: • NextGen Master Class leader Marina Hatsopoulos, talking about her role in bringing young Greek entrepreneurs this summer to an international technology startup bootcamp held at MIT • NextGen mentor Gregory Maniatis (and senior adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General’s representative on international migration, Sir Peter Sutherland), explaining why the current migration crisis is “by far the most divisive and dangerous crisis” Europe has seen in a decade… • NextGen’s (successful) search for a team of Greek American students to enter JPMorgan Chase’s Code for Good competition… • Stanford professor (and future NextGen Master Class leader) Josiah Ober, on what the modern world can learn from the ancient Greeks… • …and an unforgettable story about “Papa Stratis,” whose selfless work, helping the migrants still arriving on the island of Lesbos, led him to be hailed as ‘the Savior of Refugees’ and the ‘Good Samaritan of Greece’. Tweet Share Forward Share The Next Generation Initiative | | Donate Follow us on the NextGen Launchpad on LinkedIn The Next Generation Initiative Board of Advisors • Thalia Assuras • John Brademas • Sylvia Mathews Burwell • William Capitan • Theodore Couloumbis • James Dimitriou • Michael Dukakis • Michael Evdemon • Val Halamandaris • Andreas Kakouris • Ted Leonsis • Gregory Maniatis • Alexandros Mallias • Andrew Natsios • Alexis Phylactopoulos • Barbara Spyridon Pope • Paul Sarbanes • William Shuyler • Olympia Snowe • George Stamas • Leon Stavrou • George Stephanopoulos • George Tenet • Effie Triantafilopoulos • Loucas Tsilas •

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