Intel Passes the Science Talent Search Torch

Intel Passes the Science Talent Search Torch

This week Intel was faced with an interesting PR challenge when it announced the decision to end a 20-year relationship with the Science Talent Search program – the nation’s oldest science fair for high school students. Sure, at first blush it might look like abandon...
Golf Clap for CVS

Golf Clap for CVS

We should all give CVS a standing ovation for its decision to stop selling cigarettes. However, today’s news that CVS is helping reduce smoking in the US is a ‘tough pill to swallow’. Should anyone be surprised this research was lead by CVS’ Health Research Institute...
Thoughts From Our Summer Intern

Thoughts From Our Summer Intern

The end of summer means saying goodbye to the heat (actually not too sad about that one after this week!), sand between your toes, white pants and at the Next Step office, our amazing intern Sarah Strangie. Before heading back to Amherst and her favorite slice of...
What Happened to the Ebola Crisis?

What Happened to the Ebola Crisis?

Just a year ago, you couldn’t turn on the news without hearing about Ebola. As doctors and nurses were returning from West Africa after providing compassionate care to those in suffering, Ebola was labeled as the pandemic that was going to take down the US population....
Reality versus REALITY

Reality versus REALITY

For years I’ve struggled to grasp the senseless popularity of a family based in Southern California that manipulates the weekly tabloid silly sheets for greater marketing pull. My struggle is that people care and they are winning! Yesterday when news broke that the...