The first step in raising the profile of STEM professionals is getting the mainstream media on board.

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It is no excuse either for the HP board to have gambled its future on growth by acquisition to stem the way its old-line core businesses, like storage and enterprise software, were collapsing.

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There seems to be no doubt the stem cell conference in March was cancelled at the last minute due to Seifert and others on the board as well.

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