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    Call for Applications: The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence  Image

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    11-16-10

    Call for Applications: The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence

    /PRNewswire/ - Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) today announced that it now invites applications for its 19th annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE). This award is designed to recognize and honor extraordinary science teachers at the K-12 level who significantly impa...

    Lowe's Donates $500,000 to UNCF Campaign for Essential Student Aid to Help Students Graduate Image

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    11-16-10

    Lowe's Donates $500,000 to UNCF Campaign for Essential Student Aid to Help Students Graduate

    /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - UNCF - the United Negro College Fund - the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization, has received a $500,000 grant from Lowe's and the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Fo...

    Online College & Career Planning Platform Creator, ConnectEDU, Closes $7M Equity Offering Led By Allen & Co. Image

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    11-15-10

    Online College & Career Planning Platform Creator, ConnectEDU, Closes $7M Equity Offering Led By Allen & Co.

    /PRNewswire/ - ConnectEDU, Inc., (www.connectedu.com) the Boston-based leader in developing online college and career planning tools and platforms, today announced that it has successfully closed a $7 million equity of...

    Optimum Lightpath Awards $100,000 to Help New Jersey Schools Deploy Educational Technology Image

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    11-10-10

    Optimum Lightpath Awards $100,000 to Help New Jersey Schools Deploy Educational Technology

    /PRNewswire/ - Though ongoing budget limitations remain a challenge statewide, ten New Jersey schools will have the opportunity to roll out ambitious, technology-driven learning programs in their classrooms as a result of $100,000 in grants being given by Optimum Lightpath®....

    World Environment Center and Net Impact Launch Joint Initiative to Strengthen the Teaching of Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility in Business Schools Image

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    10-29-10

    World Environment Center and Net Impact Launch Joint Initiative to Strengthen the Teaching of Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility in Business Schools

    The World Environment Center (WEC) and Net Impact announced today a partnership to assess the sustainability skills that companies require of MBA graduates entering the workforce. The announcement was made at the 18th Annual Net Impact Conference, "2020: Vision for a Sustai...

    UC San Diego Survey Reveals Green Jobs Offer Great Salaries and Promotion Potential Image

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    10-25-10

    UC San Diego Survey Reveals Green Jobs Offer Great Salaries and Promotion Potential

    /PRNewswire/ - Forty-three percent of sustainability professionals make $75,000 or more per year, according to a survey conducted by the University of California San Diego Extension in collaboration with Sustainability: The Journal of Record. The majority of respond...

    America's Next Top Science Stars Named in Nation's Premier High School Science Competition Image

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    10-22-10

    America's Next Top Science Stars Named in Nation's Premier High School Science Competition

    /PRNewswire/ - The Siemens Foundation today announced the 2010-11 Semifinalists and Regional Finalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier science research competition for high school students.

    AT&T Sponsoring USA Science and Engineering Festival Image

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    10-18-10

    AT&T Sponsoring USA Science and Engineering Festival

    /PRNewswire/ - To motivate kids to take interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), AT&T* will sponsor the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on ...

    Broadcom Foundation and the Samueli Foundation Host National Lab Day Aimed at Matching Orange County Teachers and Students with Volunteer Scientists and Engineers Image

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    10-14-10

    Broadcom Foundation and the Samueli Foundation Host National Lab Day Aimed at Matching Orange County Teachers and Students with Volunteer Scientists and Engineers

    /PRNewswire/ - Broadcom Foundation and the Samueli Foundation have teamed with National Lab Day for a half-day conference designed to match up Orange County teachers and students with volunteer scientists and engineers from local companies, organizations and universities in ...

    75 New Social Entrepreneurs  Image

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    10-04-10

    75 New Social Entrepreneurs

    This week, 75 college freshmen hailing from five universities across the United States were accepted in the Compass Fellowship, a social entrepreneurial training program. Following a rigorous a...

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