Reducing Recidivism through Entrepreneurship High rates of recidivism in the United States negatively affect prisons, inmates, the government and tax-paying citizens. In 2013, the U.S. imprisoned 2,220,300 people. A Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that within three years of… Continue Reading
Patents and the Cancer Moonshot: How Subject Matter Eligibility Affects Research When standard cancer treatments fail, some doctors are turning to the developing field of immunotherapy. Immunotherapy involves treatments that use the patient’s own immune system to combat cancer. Both pharmaceutical companies… Continue Reading
Weekly Roundup is a McNair Center series compiling and summarizing the week’s most important Entrepreneurship and Innovation news. Here is what you need to know about entrepreneurship this week: The Right to Entrepreneurship Tay Jacobe, Research Assistant, McNair Center for Entrepreneurship… Continue Reading
Entrepreneurship and human rights are not frequently mentioned in the same conversation in the United States. However, in international policy, human rights and entrepreneurship are linked by many common policy goals, including enforcing the rule of law, improving infrastructure and fighting… Continue Reading
In an effort to raise capital and focus on the most profitable value-adding activities, Pemex — Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company — is contemplating a sale of its fertilizer subsidiary, according to media reports published on January 12. Surprisingly, the leaked… Continue Reading
In his inaugural speech, President Trump pledged to “eradicate” radical Islamic terrorism “completely from the face of the Earth.” This suggests a redoubling of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and greater pressure on U.S.… Continue Reading
Mexican kingpin to face U.S. justice Today (1/20), Chapo Guzman arrived in New York to face justice in the U.S. Chapo Guzman has been called the world’s richest man and alternately, the world’s most wanted man, for allegedly moving tons… Continue Reading