November 2023

National Grid Named Top Utility in Economic Development

National Grid was recently recognized by leading economic development industry publication Site Selection Magazine as a 2023 Top Utility in Economic Development, selected from a pool of approximately 3,300 electric utilities from across the country. Of the twenty companies named, National Grid is the only utility to make the list with operations in the Northeast.

Young Innovators To Shape the Future Through Annual Student Competition

With the goal of inspiring a generation of global innovators and problem solvers to ignite positive global change, Tata Consultancy Services today announced that its 2023-2024 goIT Global Innovator of the Year competition will accept entries from students aged 6 to 17 now through December 31, 2023. This global competition encourages students to develop and submit innovative technology solutions that can help address the world’s challenges in support of the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Qualcomm Wireless Reach Supports STEAM Mobile Learning in Kentucky

The University of Kentucky College of Education, the Southeast South-Central Educational Cooperative, Project Tomorrow and four K-12 school districts have collaborated to support enhanced STEAM learning experiences for more than 1,100 K-12 students in the Appalachia region of Kentucky for the past six years. The program, funded by a grant from Qualcomm through its Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative, incorporates mobile devices for students, teachers and pre-service teachers along with high-quality educational content.

Hispanic Audiences in Focus: Trust in Media – The Key Factor Driving the Shift to Streaming

Originally published on Nielsen Insights

Hispanics represent one-fifth of the U.S. population, but their media engagement can be complex due to the inherent nuances within the community.

Hispanics are streaming trendsetters

Hispanics spend the most media time with television, but their engagement with TV is rooted in what they watch on streaming services.

Vanguard Renewables: A Farm-Driven Circular Solution

Vanguard Renewables partners with leading food and beverage companies to recycle food and beverage waste on multi-generational dairy farms across the country to make renewable energy via anaerobic digestion. Vanguard has a long-standing partnership with Barstow's Longview Farm, a seventh-generation family farm and member-owner of the Cabot Creamery Cooperative, to host one of Vanguard's Farm Powered® anaerobic digesters.

Removing Barriers To Travel: Expedia Launches New Made To Travel Fund

Everyone should have access to travel. The Expedia Made to Travel™ Fund supports nonprofits and organizations in pursuing travel equality. To date, the Fund has awarded more than $1.5M in grants to a diverse set of like-minded organizations, all sharing the common goal of removing barriers to travel.

Learn more about the fund, how you can become the next recipient, and stay tuned for more posts about the grantees. https://bit.ly/3ujL7QW

How Nikki Jolly Is Helping To Address the Growing Challenge of Food Insecurity

Originally published by Martita Mestey on Authority Magazine

In this interview series, we are talking to leaders who are helping to address the increasing problem of food insecurity who can share the initiatives they are leading to address and solve this problem.

As a part of this series, we had the pleasure of interviewing Nikki Jolly.

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