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Penn State among top US, international institutions in 2021 THE Impact Rankings Times Higher Educations rankings — based on the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals — place Penn State in the top 3% of universities worldwide Image: United Nations April 21, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State ranked fourth in the U.S. and 32nd in the world out of 1115 international institutions that participated in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings, released today...

THE finalists for the inaugural Impact Summit competition, a Scottish showcase for startups having a positive impact on the world, have been announced - where the winner will receive a business support package worth over £20,000 from The Herald, FutureX and ParlayMe. Judges selected Bara Wahbeh (AKYAS Sanitation), Jenifer Clausell-Tormos (Develop Diverse), Barry Leaper (LiberEat) and Dr Faisal Ghani (SolarisKit) to progress from the semi-finals, which took place virtually over March...

Ross Kelly 08 April 2021, 12.39pm DIGIT spoke with Christian Kroll, founder of Ecosia, ahead of Impact Summit 2021 to explore how the company is helping in the fight against climate change. When German entrepreneur Christian Kroll returned fro...

The U.K is the Regional Final host for the U.N. Nobel Prize for Students with a $1m reward to end World Hunger. By Fidelia Amezhinim Job on 2nd April 2020 United Kingdom (PRUnderground) April 5th, 2021 The Hult Prize is an international initiative in which students worldwide develop social enterprises to compete for $1m from the United Nations (U.N.). Students from 3,000 universities across 121 countries firstly take part in individual campus competitions for the honour of going through t...

Apply Now: $500,000 WhatsApp Grants for Social Justice Organizations By Wayan Vota on April 5, 2021 Billions of people all over the world use WhatsApp to stay connected to friends and family. Governments, NGOs and charities use WhatsApp to support COVID-19 digital response with messaging services that enable fact-checking, hotlines, and vaccine scheduling. WhatsApp is a key tool to provide vulnerable, disempowered and minority communities with easy and secure access to vital information and su...

Hult prize regional summit concludes 93 Dhaka, April 4, 2021 (BSS) – The closing ceremony of the two-day long Hult Prize Dhaka Regional Summit 2021 organized by BUP Business and Communication Club (BCC) run by the Department of Administration in Marketing, Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) was held today at Bijoy Auditorium of its campus. The aim of the Hult Prize is to provide an opportunity for the university students to create an impact for h...

Penn State will co-sponsor the summit, themed Cultivating resilience, changing the world, April 19-22 Image: Times Higher Education February 23, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Registration is now open for faculty, staff and administration with global interests to attend the Times Higher Education Innovation & Impact Summit, which will take place virtually April 19-22. Penn State is co-sponsoring the summit, titled “Cultivating resilience, changing the world.” “The world looks to the Times ...

February 24, 2021 The Hult Prize Foundation has officially announced the locations and co-hosts of its 2021 Impact Summits. This year’s summits will take place across 50 different cities around the world, each hosting the regional final round of the Hult Prize flagship one-million-dollar startup challenge. University of Massachusetts Amhersthas been selected as a co-host for one of the 50 summits happening in March and April. In its 12th year, the Hult Prize Foundation received a record numbe...

Former 18F Official Returns to Lead Next Phase of Technology Transformation Services lil xzary/Shutterstock.com email February 19, 2021 The tech team is about delivering services to the public, not just disruption, General Services Administration alumni Dave Zvenyach told Nextgov.  Among the familiar names taking new leadership positions at the General Services Administration is Dave Zvenyach, who served in several positions during the Obama administration, inc...

Welcome to the fifth edition of Singapore FinTech Festival and SWITCH. More than 60,000 participants from over 130 countries have joined us in the worlds first week-long-round-the-clock hybrid digital and physical event. Let me also welcome participants of the Milken Institute Asia Summit joining us. FinTech as a Force for Good We are in the  midst of three global crises – a pandemic; a recession; and climate change. Covid-19 has infected 67 million people and taken the lives of 1.5 million...