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SpaceX's latest launch, scheduled to lift off at8:02 p.m. Wednesday, carries with it a distinct Daytona Beach angle. The missionis ceiling-breaking in at least five ways. Here they are, in countdown fashion:

The Inspiration4 launch is most noteworthy because it will be the first space flight crewed by all civilians. Jared Isaacman, the commander, is a New Jersey-born billionaire businessman who bought his ride from SpaceX and its billionaire founder, Elon Musk.

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Isaacman's team includes:

This won't be the first time Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates have gone into space. Six NASA astronauts and one Canadian astronaut attended ERAU.

Now, add two more to that list.

Isaacman, a high school dropout who founded his first company at age 11, graduated from Embry-Riddle's Worldwide Campus in 2011.

Sembroski graduated from ERAU's Worldwide Campusin 2007.

In a recent Q-and-A with Embry-Riddle staff, Sembroski said of his time there: "Going to Embry-Riddle opened up some new doors that I did not know even existed. Being able to explore interests in high-powered rocketry, government space policy, engineering, human factors, computer science, and even in stage production and drama, I was able to follow my passions and learn about the world of aerospace at a place that is like no other."

Their involvement in Inspiration4 has the campus abuzz.

Everyone at Embry-Riddle is excited about the mission and proud of our Eagles, Jared and Chris, university President Barry Butler said. We wish the whole Inspiration4 crew a very safe and successful mission. We thank them for being a source of inspiration to students who may wish to follow in their footsteps.

Inspiration4 will leave Earth aboard the Dragon spacecraftfrom Kennedy Space Centers historic Launch Complex 39A.

When the crew launches, they'll be launching to an orbit of about 575 kilometers (or nearly 360 miles)," Benjamin Reed, director of SpaceX, said at a news conference Tuesday. "This is significant and historic because it's going to be the highest that humans have gone into orbit since the Hubble servicingmission and, in fact, they'll be above the current orbit of the Hubble and the current orbit of the International

Space Station."

The flight is scheduled to circle Earth once every 90 minutes for three days, traveling at roughly 22 times the speed of sound. Splashdown is expected somewhere off the coast of Florida.

Want to know more? The crew is featured in a Netflix series, "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space."

The series profiles the crew and follows them on their training, including a hike to the top ofMt. Rainier and a flight in a fighter jet to simulate G forces.

The documentary is part of Inspiration4's mission: to inspire future generations to explore.

"Space to inspire has always been my motto as a teacher," Proctor said. "And when I was talking to my students, the thing about it was when I would say, "space to inspire," they were thinking outer space, but really, it's this space, your space. We all have this unique space that we carry with us everywhere we go, and getting to know what makes us passionate andhow to share our unique gifts with the world is so important."

The crew has been engaged in a fund-raising mission forSt. Jude Research Children's Hospital, which serves children with cancer and other diseases.Isaacman pledged to give a match of up to$100 million, making the goal $200 million.

With any kind of great endeavor like this comes a lot of responsibility," Isaacman said in a March interview onEmbry-Riddle's Aviation Outlook on YouTube. Youve got to achieve this great balance of making progress in advancing the world for a ton of great benefits … but you also have an obligation to take care of some of the problems and challenges were faced with today. This mission achieves balance on both."

We are trying to deliver a very powerful and inspiring message to the world, Isaacman said.

Butler, the ERAU president, said their philanthropic mission exemplifies "Eagle values," or being of service to one another.

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The University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, are cited among the best in the country by multiple annual college guides for 2022.

Out this week are the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Colleges rankings, with UMaine earning multiple recognitions: National Universities those offering a full range of undergraduate majors, and masters and doctoral programs, and producing groundbreaking research; Top Performers on Social Mobility advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants; and Top Public Schools.

UMaine Machias is in the list of National Liberal Arts Colleges those that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the liberal arts fields of study. As a National Liberal Arts College, it also is ranked in Top Performers on Social Mobility and in Top Public Schools.

UMaine was ranked in U.S. News & World Reports Best Undergraduate Business Programs (#166), Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs (#154) and Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (#147).

For the first time, U.S. News also published a ranking of more than 690 schools with Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree programs and the UMaine School of Nursing is included in the Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs (#76).

UMaine School of Nursing faculty, staff and students are committed to evidence-based, compassionate and inclusive care of patients, families and communities, says Kelley Strout, UMaine School of Nursing director and professor. Our students engage in active, didactic classroom learning with accompanied 740 hours of experiential learning in direct-patient care. We are honored that our teams commitment to excellence is demonstrated in the national Baccalaureate of Science in nursing program rankings.

UMaine is one of Princeton Reviews Best 387 Colleges for 2022. The two-page profile includes the traditional Students Say reflections on academics, life and the student body. Undergraduates who responded to the guides survey highlighted the academic comprehensiveness, affordability, hands-on learning opportunities at the states research university, engagement in athletics and four-season recreation, the arts, and inclusive community. Also noted: the value of being centrally located in one of the most beautiful states in the nation.

UMaine is one of Princeton Reviews 2022 Best Colleges in the Northeastern, and has long been on Princeton Reviews list of Green Colleges.

Washington Monthlys 2021 College Guide and Rankings includes UMaine in its listing of national universities institutions that award a significant number of doctoral degrees based on contributions to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility, research and providing opportunities for public service. Also among Washington Monthlys other lists including UMaine: the 2021 Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll.

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022, published earlier this summer, also featured UMaine.

Our consistent inclusion in the national college guides speaks to our quality, breadth, depth and value for students and their families, says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. The UMaine experience focuses on student success and experiential learning, with mentoring by world-class faculty and all the advantages of learning at the states research university and its regional campus.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Woebot Health today announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board, a group of healthcare and technology leaders whose deep and diverse experience will help advance the companys clinical and research and development activities as it develops the next generation of digital therapeutics that engage people in their mental health.

The formation of our Scientific Advisory Board is a foundational next step as we continue to expand our overall body of research, as well as advance through the FDA regulatory process, said Chief Clinical Officer and Board Co-Chair, Athena Robinson. We look forward to leveraging our new board members expertise to enable a future where clinically-validated digital solutions are an integral part of a comprehensive ecosystem of care.

Woebot Health has pioneered the development of software designed to create and maintain a therapeutic working alliance a foundational concept to enable meaningful engagement and improved outcomes in mental health. Woebot, the companys digital coach, offers clinically-validated therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and is the basis for its automated coaching solutions for adults, postpartum women and adolescents as well as a pipeline of prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs).

Founding members of Woebot Healths Scientific Advisory Board include:

Stewart Agras, MD: Having founded one of the first programs in behavioral medicine in the United States, Dr. Agras is presently Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is continuing his internally recognized research program in implementation science of evidence based psychotherapy. For much of his career Dr. Agras research interests have been in the investigation of behavior change in areas such as eating disorders, treatment compliance, essential hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors, and anxiety disorders. Dr. Agras has been editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. He has also served as the president of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) and was the first president of the Society for Behavioral Medicine.

Charles Gross, PhD: A national C-suite leader in behavioral health with over three decades of management, operations and clinical experience, Dr. Gross clinical experience includes working in both inpatient and outpatient settings and in the delivery of therapeutic services and psychological testing. His career in behavioral health began with Kaiser Permanente, where he provided direct care and was responsible for behavioral health services in a large tri-state region in the United States. Dr. Gross extensive C-suite healthcare management experience features leadership positions with two of the nations largest health insurance companies; at one of them, he was the senior executive responsible for behavioral health operations for all commercial, Medicare and Medicaid benefit plans. Dr. Gross excels at combining healthcare strategy, operations, and profit and loss (P&L) responsibilities to advance whole person health via earlier access to behavioral health services. He is passionate about operationalizing evidence based healthcare that systematically addresses primary, secondary and tertiary behavioral health needs.

Dan Jurafsky, PhD: A Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, Dr. Jurafsky is the recipient of a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the Association for Computational Linguistics, the Linguistics Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also the co-author of the widely-used textbook "Speech and Language Processing" and co-creator of the first massively open online course in Natural Language Processing. Dr. Jurafskys trade book, "The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu," was a finalist for the 2015 James Beard Award. His research ranges widely across natural language processing as well as its applications to the behavioral and social sciences.

Jane Tiller, MBChB (MD), MPhil, MBA: Dr. Tiller is the Chief Medical Officer at Blackthorn Therapeutics. As a leader, Dr. Tiller combines scientific, medical, and business expertise to effectively manage high performing clinical organizations and lead all facets of drug development from clinical research to medical affairs. She has 14 years of experience leading pharmaceutical medical organizations in the United States and Europe, across multiple therapeutic areas, including neuroscience, immunology, virology, cardiovascular, immune-oncology, sleep medicine and pain. Her deep understanding of health care dynamics, behavioral health technologies and physician and patient needs is informed by 17 years of clinical and academic medical practice, including five years as clinical director at the Maudsley Hospital in London.

Athena Robinson, PhD: The Chief Clinical Officer at Woebot Health and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Stanfords School of Medicine. Dr. Robinson oversees the companys regulatory strategy and overall program of research, as well as the empirically-supported psychotherapeutic underpinnings of the Woebot Health products. Her areas of expertise include evidence-based digital therapeutics, implementation science, and treatment-outcome behavioral health research. She is the recipient of a number of research awards and fellowships, including from the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the NCAA, and Stanford University, and is the author of dozens of original peer-reviewed research publications, articles, books and book chapters on subjects ranging from digital mental health technology to eating disorders and professional well being.

Timothy Mariano, MD, PhD, MSc: Vice President and Medical Director at Woebot Health, Board Co-Chair and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Mariano provides medical, clinical and regulatory leadership for Woebot Healths growing pipeline of prescription digital therapeutics and for its scientific partnerships. Before joining the company, he was medical director at Sage Therapeutics, where he led the clinical development, medical monitoring and regulatory strategy for several early and late-stage studies. Before that, he was an assistant psychiatrist at Brigham and Womens Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. A prolific researcher with dozens of articles published in peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Mariano has received research awards and fellowships from, among others, the Career Development Institute for Psychiatry, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation and the NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Program. He is a licensed psychiatrist practicing at the Providence VA Medical Center in Rhode Island and an investigator at its Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology (CfNN).

Alison Darcy, PhD: Founder and President of Woebot Health and Adjunct Faculty member in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Stanfords School of Medicine. A clinical research psychologist and health tech visionary, Dr. Darcys work to explore how digital treatments can help solve human problems began more than 20 years ago, when she created one of the first online support groups for people with eating disorders. That work led to PhD level studies in psychology at University College Dublin and post-doctoral training at Stanford School of Medicine and with the American Psychiatric Association. At Stanford, she also worked with AI pioneer Andrew Ng to explore the intersection of AI and healthcare, leading his Health Innovation Lab in Computer Science. A frequent speaker on digital therapeutics design and development, barriers to care and engagement, Dr. Darcy has authored more than 40 publications and been awarded research grants and contracts from the NIH, the Davis Foundation and APA.

About Woebot Health

Founded in 2017, Woebot Health has created relational technologies that underpin a new generation of digital therapeutics and tools for mental health. The companys proprietary relational agent, Woebot, is capable of quickly forming a bond with users and delivering human-like therapeutic encounters that are psychologically related, responsive to a persons dynamic state of health, and targeted using multidisciplinary tools. Woebot is at the heart of the companys AI-powered platform and the foundation for digital therapeutics and tools that seamlessly integrate within health ecosystems and solve for gaps along the health care journey. For more information, please visit woebothealth.com or follow Woebot on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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