Why Some Countries Must Look to Geothermal Investment
SEATTLE — While solar and wind energy often receive the majority of attention in the…
Author Patrick Tolosky
Patrick Tolosky
Patrick is a writer for The Borgen Project from Longmeadow, MA. He studied Spanish at Bates College in Maine while also taking the classes necessary for medical school. After graduation, Patrick spent the summer of 2015 working in Peru as a result of being awarded a Davis Projects for Peace Grant to build a Hampi Wasi, or Medical Clinic, with the Q’eros people. The following year, he lived in Madrid while teaching English through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Patrick is currently pursuing a career in medicine. He believes that empowerment through health is one of the strongest avenues for social change.
The Role of Gene Editing in Poverty Reduction
SEATTLE — A new technology called “clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats”, otherwise known as CRISPR,…
Can Community Successfully Heal Mental Illness?
LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts — Mental Illness is an incredibly complex group of conditions and diseases that…
Investment in Renewables to Electrify Rural Peru
SEATTLE, Washington — Energy demand in Peru is growing at almost 10 percent a year, and…
A Rural Water Market: Inadequate Water Availability
SEATTLE — Water is one of the essential ingredients to human life, yet it is…
Artificial Intelligence to Combat Illness
LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts — Artificial intelligence (AI) has been confined to the realm of science fiction…
Caterpillar to Empower Rural Communities with Microgrid
LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts — Caterpillar Incorporated is investing time and resources into developing reliable, sustainable, and…
Treating Violence as a Disease
CHICAGO — Diseases such as Tuberculosis, HIV, or influenza are widely known to be both…
Can Stem Cells Help the Developing World?
SEATTLE — Bettering human health through stem cells is on the cutting edge of research…
What is the REACH Act?
SEATTLE — The Reach Every Child and Mother Act, is gaining support in Congress, with…