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The Society for Technical Communication is hosting an event tomorrow! Be there 12pm in JC meeting room B, or be square!
03/23/2016

The Society for Technical Communication is hosting an event tomorrow! Be there 12pm in JC meeting room B, or be square!

Don't forget, we have an event tomorrow! We are going to have some fantastic guests from the DC/Baltimore chapter of the STC. 12pm in meeting room B of the Johnson Center, see you there!

The most challenging use of rhetoric? When you try to persuade yourself.Imagine if a solid one-on-one pep talk between y...
03/06/2016
Could You Hack Your Brain To Get More Motivated?

The most challenging use of rhetoric? When you try to persuade yourself.

Imagine if a solid one-on-one pep talk between you and a mirror could be as effective as an 8 oz. can of Redbull. Better yet, what if it was MORE effective? Scientists are analyzing the power of self motivation- both it’s strengths and it’s challenges.

Here is NPR’s Angus Chen coverage on the subject:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/03/469033034/could-you-hack-your-brain-to-get-more-motivated

Personally, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the results; and, maybe, I’ll do an analysis of my own the next time I’m in front of the mirror.

Volunteers learned to activate a part of the brain linked to motivation when they got feedback from an MRI. It's much more specific than older forms of biofeedback. But could it help change habits?

12/23/2015
Governor McAuliffe Announces Strategic Partnership Between Inova and George Mason University to...

Way to go GMU!

"Governor McAuliffe Announces Strategic Partnership Between Inova and George Mason University to Advance Personalized Medicine Translational Research" - See more at: http://www.inovanewsroom.org/inova-george-mason-university-partnership/ .AOaRMN6w.dpuf

FALLS CHURCH, VA – Today Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a strategic partnership between Inova, the largest health system in Northern Virginia, and George Mason University, the largest public research university in Virginia, to conduct translational research and share resources for the benefit of…

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