The Health Guru
BY LINDA BAKER
Mohan Nair channels a visionary.
Short Shrift:The threat of just-in-time scheduling
BY AMY MILSHTEIN
Companies can benefit when they use software to meet staffing requirements and address employees’ family and life commitments.
Knight Cancer Challenge No Biotech Dream
BY JOE CORTRIGHT
The Knight challenge is an important instance of philanthropy. But we should not assume it will magically transform OHSU into a business- and job-spinning engine for the local economy.
Shades of Gray
BY KIM MOORE
Are we too quick to diagnose corruption?
Picture This
BY JACOB PALMER
As a general rule, the more people with autism can be provided with visual cues, the better they will be able to understand and manage their environment. It’s a lesson Tom Keating learned well. The 61-year-old Eugene grant writer spent 31 years taking care of his autistic brother James, and in the late 1980s developed a spreadsheet that created a series of nonsense characters that grew or shrank depending on how much money James had in his account.
Group dating company breaks 21st century mold
NEW YORK TIMES: Startup aims to transcend problems of dating sites, apps.
Hawaii about to be first state banning all teens from smoking
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Bill passes that would raise the legal age to possess and consume tobacco in all its forms to 21.
Bill to privatize Elliott Forest moves on
TIMBER NEWS: Bill to end logging in the Elliott State Forest dies; federal aid for timber-dependent counties reinstated; pests could ravage natural resources after warm winter; Oregonians rebuffed after challenging industry.
PDC holds competition to send startup to Silicon Valley
The winner will get a chance to hype its company and city at a global entrepreneurship conference.
Wyden lobbies to keep funding for Pendleton research center
Under President Obama’s proposed budget, the Columbia Plateau Conservation Center would lose $911K.