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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the four featured Nicholas Academic Centers (NAC) scholars was not expected to survive childbirth. “Before I opened my eyes to this world, I shared my first eight months of life alongside cancer,” stated Tanesha Bravo. Injecting her grandmother with insulin, caring for her mother’s medical issues, losing her best friend to leukemia, and surviving her own surgeries to remove a hemangioma fueled Bravo’s goal of becoming a surgical oncologist. This fall,...

MEDELLÍN, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mineros S.A. (TSX: MSA, MINEROS: CB) (“Mineros” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that over the past seven years, Mineros has invested more than US$12 million (COP $50.000M) in social impact projects, benefiting more than 80,000 people in Bajo Cauca, Antioquia. This was accomplished through the Works for Taxes program, through which individuals and legal entity taxpayers may pay income and other taxes by investing in public works or projects of social...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elevate, a leader in sports and entertainment strategy and investment, today announced the launch of its Collegiate Investment Initiative, in partnership with Velocity Capital Management (“Velocity”) and the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation (“Texas PSF”). This groundbreaking initiative reaffirms Elevate’s long-standing commitment to college athletics and is designed to provide colleges and universities with capital and strategic resources to develop revenue-gen...

NOVI, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Learning Care Group, Inc., the second-largest for-profit early education and child care provider in North America, today announced a series of key leadership transitions that reflect the company’s commitment to excellence in education, customer experience, and sustained growth. Central to these changes is the elevation of Dr. Johnna Weller, Chief Academic Officer, to the Executive Vice President level. This move recognizes Dr. Weller’s pivotal role in shaping and a...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has appointed Laura Smith as the new director of Eyes On Learning, a coalition of state, local, and national organizations dedicated to improving the vision health of Arizona’s children. About 1-in-4 school-age children have a vision problem that may affect their ability to learn. Healthy vision is especially vital in early childhood and the early grades, when children develop the literacy skills they need to learn to read and be succ...

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Alberta is sounding the alarm over a looming crisis in the province’s K–12 education system as hundreds of educational assistants (EAs) across the province face job losses following the withdrawal of most of the federal Jordan’s Principle funding for non-reserve schools. Jordan’s Principle is a federal policy intended to ensure First Nations children receive the services they need without delay, including in education, health care, and social services. I...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, more than 174 community organizations and 35 schools across 37 countries globally are stronger as nearly 11,000 volunteers from Convergint, a global systems integrator with 220 locations worldwide, volunteered approximately 60,000 hours of their time for the company’s 24th annual Convergint Social Responsibility Day. This year’s efforts include support from over 30 partners across the industry who also volunteered their time and over $639,000 in donatio...

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From groundbreaking schizophrenia treatment research to innovative sea turtle robots, Canada's top young scientists showcased world-class research and innovation this week at the 63rd Canada-Wide Science Fair. At an awards ceremony this evening at the University of New Brunswick, 219 finalists were recognized with nearly $1.3 million in scholarships and awards at the country's premier youth science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) even...

FREDERICTON, Nouveau-Brunswick--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qu’il s’agisse de la recherche révolutionnaire sur le traitement de la schizophrénie ou de la création de robots novateurs inspirés des tortues de mer, les meilleurs jeunes scientifiques du Canada ont présenté cette semaine des projets de recherche et d’innovation de calibre mondial lors de la 63e édition de l’Expo-sciences pancanadienne. Au cours d’une cérémonie de remise des prix qui s’est déroulée ce soir à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick, 2...

KAYSVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reading Horizons®, a leader in foundational literacy, is proud to announce that two of its flagship products received top honors in the 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards presented by SmartBrief on EdTech. Each year, the publication’s audience of educators and administrators highlights the most innovative and effective education solutions through these awards. They choose winners based on how well the solutions drive meaningful outcomes and advance learning through cr...