Cisco Foundation Commits $100 Million for Climate Projects and Technology
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The Cisco Foundation money will help nonprofits that use technology to promote community carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and education and activism on climate change.
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Cisco Foundation
$100 million over 10 years to make grants and impact investments to nonprofit groups that are using technology to combat climate change and promote community education, carbon reduction, climate resilience, green jobs, and activism.
American Express
$40 million to the Accion Opportunity Fund, a nonprofit community-development financial institution, to offer loans and other resources to small-business owners in the United States, with a focus on Black entrepreneurs.
Online Automotive Retailer Vroom Announces Two New Additions to Board of Directors
Paula B. Pretlow and Frederick O. Terrell Bring Decades of Finance and Business Experience to the Board
NEW YORK, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Vroom (
www.vroom.com), a leading ecommerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles, today announced that it has added two new members to its Board of Directors, Paula B. Pretlow and Frederick O. Terrell. The new members bring decades of finance and business experience to the board.
Paula Pretlow built her career helping company leaders maximize shareholder and stakeholder value personally delivering hundreds of millions in revenue and building relationships with many of the world’s largest institutional investors. She is a former Senior Vice President of The Capital Group, a $2.4 trillion privately held investment management firm, where she led the public fund business development and client relationship group and was responsible for large clie
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Are you constantly racing to cross items off your to-do list, juggling several tasks at a time, and feeling like you’re behind schedule? Do you get agitated by any impediment, however small, that attempts to slow down your progress? Then you might be dealing with “hurry sickness.”
Hurry sickness is a behaviour pattern (not a diagnosable condition) characterised by chronic rushing and anxiousness and an overwhelming, persistent sense of urgency even when there’s no need to be moving so fast.
The term was coined by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman and popularised in their 1974 book, “Type A Behavior And Your Heart.” (At the time, they posited that people with Type A personalities were more prone to heart issues. The strength of that association was later called into question.)
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Are you constantly racing to cross items off your to-do list, juggling several tasks at a time, and feeling like you’re behind schedule? Do you get agitated by any impediment, however small, that attempts to slow down your progress? Then you might be dealing with “hurry sickness.”
Hurry sickness is a behavior pattern (not a diagnosable condition) characterized by chronic rushing and anxiousness and an overwhelming, persistent sense of urgency even when there’s no need to be moving so fast.
The term was coined by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman and popularized in their 1974 book, “Type A Behavior And Your Heart.” (At the time, they posited that people with Type A personalities were more prone to heart issues. The strength of that association was later called into question.)
Amid Racial Reckoning, A Push To Diversify College Investment Strategies
As the country undergoes a racial reckoning, GBH News surveyed Williams College and ten other colleges in Massachusetts with large endowments and asked how many asset managers they invest with are Black or brown. The collective answer: They re not saying much.
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While
Steven Rogers was serving as a trustee of Williams College in the 2000s, the business school professor urged his alma mater to invest at least some of its endowment dollars with Black-owned asset managers. He appealed directly to the chairman of the college’s finance committee.