Education

As part of its national effort to help teens develop and embrace 21st century literacy skills, my.hsj.org and hsj.org seek high school teachers for an expenses-paid, two-week s...

/PRNewswire/ - As the leading corporate advocate for positive afterschool programs, JCPenney is increasing its support of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) by sponsoring 500 high ...

Green Education Foundation's (GEF) Green Energy Challenge is off and running with nearly 300,000 students participating nationwide. GEF is mobilizing thousands of K-12 schools to participate from across the country in the largest school-based energy efficiency campa...

/PRNewswire/ - Greg Mortenson, an acclaimed education advocate and author of the 2007 New York Times best-seller Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time, praised

(Marketwire) Corix Utilities and the University of Oklahoma (OU) today announced that Corix will be providing a $2 million endowment to help set up the new Corix Institute for Water Resources and Sustainability at the University. This significant environmental investment fur...

/PRNewswire/ - BNY Mellon, a leading global asset management and securities services company, today announced a 10-year, $1 million commitment for the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs and education at the University of Pittsburgh. BNY Mellon empl...

Nicor is encouraging Illinois students to enter its annual Energy by Design poster contest and utilize their holiday breaks from school to create energy efficiency posters. Students who create winning designs can receive prizes which range from $75 "“ $1000. The d...

/PRNewswire/ - Seventy-four percent of Americans say they would volunteer their time as a holiday gift to someone this year, according to a recent survey for The Responsibility Project. Reso...

The Elsevier Foundation has announced the 2010 recipients of grants under its Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program, committing over $300,000 to support the work of libraries in developing countries. The 2010 grant recipients were selected from 260 pr...

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - UNCF - the United Negro College Fund - the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization, and College Summit, the largest provider of college-going culture support in the US, have partnered with Darden and its family of restaur...