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What began as an event to find three business owners to split a $1 million investment, turned into a life-changing $3 million move by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The foundation is not only helping the economy, it is also tackling social justice issues. When it's all said and done, leaders at the foundation anticipate investing at least $50 million in for-profit companies over the next decade.
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Eight Honored With 2024 Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards 
Eight honored with 2024 Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards.University of New Mexico researchers in fields ranging from music to data science are the 2024...more
Eight honored with 2024 Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards.University of New Mexico researchers in fields ranging from music to data science are the 2024...more
Red Iron Group Announces Strategic Investment in Charter Impact to Drive Accelerated ... 
Red Iron Group Announces Strategic Investment in Charter Impact to Drive Accelerated Growth and Enhancements to Service Offerings.Charter Impact is a leading provider of business management and...more
Red Iron Group Announces Strategic Investment in Charter Impact to Drive Accelerated Growth and Enhancements to Service Offerings.Charter Impact is a leading provider of business management and...more
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David and Kim Sewell are longtime supporters of Cleveland Clinic.The Sewells are most impressed with Cleveland Clinic's focused approach to treating complex issues.In 2022, Cleveland Clinic launched...more
David and Kim Sewell are longtime supporters of Cleveland Clinic.The Sewells are most impressed with Cleveland Clinic's focused approach to treating complex issues.In 2022, Cleveland Clinic launched...more
Lemelson-Mit Awards 2024-25 Inventeam Grants to Eight High School Teams 
The Lemelson-MIT Program and the InvenTeams grants initiative celebrate a series of firsts in the annual high school invention grant program.This year's teams are: Battle Creek Area Mathematics and...more
The Lemelson-MIT Program and the InvenTeams grants initiative celebrate a series of firsts in the annual high school invention grant program.This year's teams are: Battle Creek Area Mathematics and...more
Missy Hughes: Collaboration Is Key to Maintaining Wisconsin's Lead in Innovation 
Missy Hughes: Collaboration is key to maintaining Wisconsin's lead in innovation.Missy Hughes is secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development...more
Missy Hughes: Collaboration is key to maintaining Wisconsin's lead in innovation.Missy Hughes is secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development...more
Business Council Launches Can-Do Campaign, Pushes Canadian Policy-Makers to Go From ... 
Business Council launches Can-Do campaign, pushes Canadian policy-makers to go from worst to first in economic growth.Business Council of Canada (BCC) is calling on Canadians to urge their elected...more
Business Council launches Can-Do campaign, pushes Canadian policy-makers to go from worst to first in economic growth.Business Council of Canada (BCC) is calling on Canadians to urge their elected...more
Multi-Stakeholder Action Drives Sustainable Rice and Shrimp Farming Through Nature-Positive Solutions 
Multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential for food systems transformation.The Integrated Rice and Shrimp Farming initiative in the Mekong Delta brings together farmers, businesses, civil society...more
Multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential for food systems transformation.The Integrated Rice and Shrimp Farming initiative in the Mekong Delta brings together farmers, businesses, civil society...more
California Must Not Abandon Its Climate Leadership 
The California Air Resources Board is slated to consider approving amendments to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.The proposal would expand an already rigorous accounting and tracking system to...more
The California Air Resources Board is slated to consider approving amendments to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.The proposal would expand an already rigorous accounting and tracking system to...more
North Country Communities Included in Latest List of Recipients For $435 Million State Grant ... 
North Country communities included in latest list of recipients for $435 million state grant water infrastructure improvements.Boonville, NY has been allotted $7-million for wastewater treatment...more
North Country communities included in latest list of recipients for $435 million state grant water infrastructure improvements.Boonville, NY has been allotted $7-million for wastewater treatment...more
Cie Launches Sailing Programme and Postdoctoral Innovation Centre in Hungary 
CIE launches Sailing Programme and Postdoctoral Innovation Centre in Hungary - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University."Sailing Programme" aims to cultivate talent with international perspectives, an...more
CIE launches Sailing Programme and Postdoctoral Innovation Centre in Hungary - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University."Sailing Programme" aims to cultivate talent with international perspectives, an...more
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Students, Skateboarding and Social Enterprise
To address the ongoing issue of student dropouts, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) teacher Craig Morrison started a school-business program called the Oasis Skateboard Factory (OSF) to help keep teens stay in school.