The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to biomedical research and education. It provides grants to individuals and institutions and conducts research in various areas, including diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV. Its flagship program, the Investigators Program, employs several hundred full-time researchers. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a non-profit […]
Katherine Howard, Henry VIII’s fifth wife, was executed at 17 for adultery and treason. Scholars have criticized her, but her short life shows a loving child who couldn’t handle the English court or the king’s jealousy. Her family’s ambition for power enabled her to marry Henry, but evidence of her past affairs led to her […]
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1857. He was a good student and graduated from Yale University in 1878. Taft quickly passed the Ohio bar exam and became an assistant solicitor of Hamilton County. In 1900, President McKinley sent Taft to serve as chief civil […]
Clark Howard is a radio talk show host and consumer advocate based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has written several books on spending and saving money, and his radio show covers general consumer wealth and money management, as well as warning against scams. Howard supports charities such as Habitat for Humanity and has a Consumer Action […]
