Alfred

Acadian Adds to Investment Team with Key Hires

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Banking, Asset Management, Professional Services, Finance, Wellington Management Company, National Science Foundation, Principal, Faculty, Research, AJO, ESG, Incumbency advantage for appointed U.S. senators, Quantum technology, SVP, AQR, Materials science, Yale School of Management, Doctor of Philosophy, Data science, Engineering, Emiliano Zapata, Yale University, Princeton University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Learning, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Toronto, FTSE Global Equity Index Series, Louisiana House of Representatives, Acadian Asset Management, Representative, Alfred, NLP, University, Columbia University, House, ML, Deep learning, Senate, Harvard University, Łukasz, Atlas, Asset management, Security (finance), Management, Investment

Acadian Asset Management announced the addition of four senior staff to the investment team.

Key Points: 
  • Acadian Asset Management announced the addition of four senior staff to the investment team.
  • Owen Lamont, PhD, joins the Global Equity Research team as SVP and Portfolio Manager.
  • Said Director of Global Equity Research Vlad Zdorovtsov, “Owen and Javier bring very complementary sets of skills to our team.
  • Said Ms. Young, “We are continually on the lookout for exceptional talents to contribute to the enhancement of our investment process.

Carnegie Corporation of New York Contributes $5 Million to National Initiative Focused on Revitalizing Local News

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Other Philanthropy, Other Policy Issues, Internet, Labor, Fund Raising, Foundation, Philanthropy, Social Media, Elections, Campaigns, Technology, Public Policy, Government, Construction & Property, Blogging, Other Communications, Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Communications, University, Primary, Secondary, Education, Investment, Community foundation, Diffusion, Ford Foundation, Sesame Street, Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, Archewell, Forward, Lumina Foundation, Environment, News, Cohesion (computer science), Organization, Foundation (nonprofit), Policy, MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Knowledge, PBS, Democracy Fund, Land, Alfred, Democracy, Knight Foundation, Constitutional right, Public policy, Multimedia, Climate change, Publication, American Public Media Group, Educational television, Joyce Foundation, Ford, Speech, Environmental Trust (New South Wales), Movement, KFF, McKnight Foundation, Corporation, Editorial, California Community Foundation, Robert, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Management, Journalism

The Corporation is awarding $5 million in addition to its existing portfolio of media grants.

Key Points: 
  • The Corporation is awarding $5 million in addition to its existing portfolio of media grants.
  • Introducing #PressForward: An unprecedented philanthropic collaboration to inform and engage communities by bolstering local news with an investment of over $500M.
  • Since 2005, approximately 2,200 local newspapers have closed, resulting in 20 percent of Americans living in “news deserts” with little to no reliable coverage of important local events.
  • Investments in nonpartisan public policy development, analysis, and advocacy are needed at the local, state, and national levels.

Data Sharing for Research: A Compendium of Case Studies, Analysis, and Recommendations

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
FPF, Review, Alfred, Communication, IBM, Metadata, Partnership, United Nations, University, Meta, Success, YODA Project, Privacy, Microsoft, Future of Privacy Forum, Information technology, Central Information Technology Office, Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, Organization, Pet, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Working Group, Report, Aggregation, Data analysis, Science and technology in Asia, Publishing, United, Cultivation, Corporation, Coordinate system, Legislation, Pharmaceutical industry, Cryptocurrency, Medical device, Management, Mobile phone, Ethics, Research
Key Points: 

"Ebb and Flow" Brain Mechanism That Drives Learning Identified

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Learning, Alfred, Human, Food, Depression, Nature, Memory consolidation, Schizophrenia, Sleep, NYU, ADHD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Brain, Dopamine, Research, Delusion, Doctor of Philosophy, National Institutes of Health, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder predominantly inattentive, Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Hormone, NYU Langone Health, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Running, Animal, Leopold Tritsch, Patient, Water, Motivation, Mouse, Oscillation, Rest, Memory, Acetylcholine, Physiology, Pharmaceutical industry, Mobile phone, Management, Medical imaging, Nursing

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have long thought that rewards like food or money encourage learning in the brain by causing the release of the "feel-good" hormone dopamine, known to reinforce storage of new information. Now, a new study in rodents describes how learning still occurs in the absence of an immediate incentive.

Key Points: 
  • Now, a new study in rodents describes how learning still occurs in the absence of an immediate incentive.
  • Rewards were thought to promote learning by simultaneously triggering an increase in dopamine and a decrease in acetylcholine.
  • This sudden hormone imbalance is believed to open a window of opportunity for brain cells to adjust to new circumstances and form memories for later use.
  • Known as neuroplasticity, this process is a major feature of learning as well as recovery after injury.

Boston Omaha Asset Management Announces Sydney Atkins as Managing Director

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Finance, Banking, Professional Services, Asset Management, Insurance, SPAC, Lead, Alfred, NCAA, Partnership, Business, MIT, Middlebury College, Goldman Sachs, Mountain, Wealth, Ellevest, BOC, Art school, NYSE, Neuroscience

Boston Omaha Asset Management (BOAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corporation (NYSE: BOC), has named Sydney Atkins as Managing Director.

Key Points: 
  • Boston Omaha Asset Management (BOAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corporation (NYSE: BOC), has named Sydney Atkins as Managing Director.
  • Adding someone of her caliber enhances the existing team in building long-term partnerships with like-minded investors,” said Alex Rozek, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO of Boston Omaha Corporation.
  • Sydney arrives at Boston Omaha Asset Management after an accomplished career in the finance industry.
  • She recently served as Lead Director of Yellowstone Acquisition Company (NASDAQ:YSAC); a SPAC sponsored by Boston Omaha Corporation that completed a merger with Sky Harbour Group (NYSE: SKYH).

Digital Public Library of America Launches The Banned Book Club to Ensure Access to Banned Books

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Alfred, Partnership, Freedom, Knight Foundation, Digital Public Library of America, Multimedia, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Digital technology, DPLA, Cone, FCB, Library, Book, Publishing, Lyrasis

NEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that readers in communities affected by book bans can now access banned books for free via the Palace e-reader app. The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned. The e-books will be available to readers for free via the Palace e-reader app.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that readers in communities affected by book bans can now access banned books for free via the Palace e-reader app.
  • The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned.
  • "At DPLA, our mission is to ensure access to knowledge for all and we believe in the power of technology to further that access," said John S. Bracken, executive director of Digital Public Library of America.
  • To access The Banned Book Club now, download the Palace app , and choose "Banned Book Club" as your library, then follow the prompts to sign up for a free virtual library card.

FPF Announces Recipients of the Third Annual Award for Research Data Stewardship

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Steps, FPF, Learning, Alfred, Mobile location analytics, Risk, Hyperglycemia, Partnership, Mayo Clinic, Industry, University, Award, Education, Diabetes, D.C, Solution, Public, Gravy, Future of Privacy Forum, Research, Medicine, Privacy, RSVP, Doctor of Philosophy, Movement, MS, Science, Assistant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Hypoglycemia, Data as a service, Patient, Kincade Fire, Reading, Health, Knowledge, Policy, Epidemiology, Conditional sentence, Pharmaceutical industry, Ethics, MD, Optum
Key Points: 

Registration Opens for 2023 International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Seattle

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
ISS National Lab, Alfred, Laboratory, Travel, Education, AAS, Alchemy, American Institute of Physics, International Space Station, Research, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Human, Bell Labs, American Astronautical Society, NASA, Brown University, Engineering, Yale University, STEM, CASIS, Government, Faculty, Hyatt, Mathematics, Scientific research on the International Space Station, International Space Station programme, Livestreaming, American Institute, Conference, MIT Press, International Space Development Conference, ISS, TED, Nursing, Science, Stanford University, Physics

SEATTLE, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Registration is now open for the 12th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC), July 31-August 3, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Seattle, Washington.

Key Points: 
  • SEATTLE, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Registration is now open for the 12th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC), July 31-August 3, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Seattle, Washington.
  • ISSRDC brings together leaders from the commercial sector, U.S. government agencies, and academic communities to foster innovation and discovery onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
  • ISSRDC 2023 will showcase how the space station continues to provide a valuable platform for research and technology development that benefits humanity and enables a robust and sustainable market in low Earth orbit.
  • Science educator and award-winning author Ainissa Ramirez, Ph.D., will join the conference as a keynote speaker.

Nemours Children's Health Announces $78 Million Donation from the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Parent, Nemours Children's Hospital, COBRE, Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, Research, Racism, Alfred, National Cancer Institute, Hospital, Patient, Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, Health, National Institutes of Health, Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Bed, NIH, Community Oncology Alliance, NCI, Sickle cell disease, Disease, Nemours Estate, Child, Sibling, Immunodeficiency, RFP, Pharmaceutical industry, Vaccine, Nursing, Dentistry, Cancer, MD

WILMINGTON, Del., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nemours Children's Health announced today a $78 million donation from the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation of Wilmington, Delaware to fund new and innovative research programs and to dramatically expand Nemours Children's capacity to provide clinical care for children with cancer, sickle cell disease, and other blood disorders. The announcement was made in the unfinished, fifth-floor shell space at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware that will now become a new inpatient unit to be known as the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Nemours Children's Health.

Key Points: 
  • The new Moseley Foundation Institute will positively influence pediatric cancer and blood disorder care worldwide," said Nemours Children's Health President and CEO R. Lawrence Moss, MD.
  • The new initiatives include:
    Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Nemours Children's Health: The state-of-the-art, family-oriented Moseley Foundation Institute will accommodate the growing number of children seeking Nemours' care, together with their siblings and parents.
  • Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Endowed Chair for Sickle Cell Disease: In 2021, Nemours received a $10.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support the Delaware Comprehensive Sickle Cell Research Program.
  • Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute Endowed Laureate Program: The Moseley Foundation Institute will create an annual research goal Request for Proposals (RFP) focused on cancer and blood disorders research.

SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF SIDNEY KIRSCHNER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Pleasure, Alfred, SGC, Ethics committee, Management

SEMINOLE, Fla., Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGC) today announced that Sidney Kirschner, Chairman of the Board of Directors, passed away on February 21, 2023 at the age of 88.

Key Points: 
  • SEMINOLE, Fla., Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGC) today announced that Sidney Kirschner, Chairman of the Board of Directors, passed away on February 21, 2023 at the age of 88.
  • Mr. Kirschner joined the SGC Board in 1996, and served as its chairman for the past 11 years.
  • During his involvement with SGC, the Company grew from $135 million to more than $536 million in annual revenues, and achieved many other measures of success.
  • Michael Benstock, SGC’s Chief Executive Officer, commented “I have known Sid since he joined our board, and had the pleasure of serving with him on SGC’s Board of Directors for 27 years.