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Laureate Education Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 and Provides 2024 Outlook

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Operating income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $110.0 million, compared to $78.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Operating income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $110.0 million, compared to $78.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Net income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $41.7 million, compared to net income of $39.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $131.3 million, compared to $94.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Operating income for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $110.0 million, compared to $78.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of $32.0 million.

American Indian College Fund Hosting Online Book Discussion with Indigenous Author Mona Susan Power

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

DENVER, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) is hosting a free, online book and author event for the public featuring the PEN Award–winning Native American author, Mona Susan Power, on March 26 from 12-1 Mountain Daylight Time. Power will discuss her new book, A Council of Dolls, with College Fund President, Cheryl Crazy Bull.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) is hosting a free, online book and author event for the public featuring the PEN Award–winning Native American author, Mona Susan Power, on March 26 from 12-1 Mountain Daylight Time.
  • Power will discuss her new book, A Council of Dolls, with College Fund President, Cheryl Crazy Bull.
  • Mona Susan Power is the author of four books of fiction: The Grass Dancer (awarded the PEN/Hemingway prize), Roofwalker, Sacred Wilderness, and her most recent novel, A Council of Dolls (longlisted for the National Book Award).
  • Mona Susan Power shines a light on the damage wrought by Indian boarding schools and historical massacres that echo throughout generations of Indigenous people.

American Fiction: scathing and accurate portrayal of the obstacles black writers face in publishing

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Despite his clear talent, Monk continuously faces rejection for his latest novel.

Key Points: 
  • Despite his clear talent, Monk continuously faces rejection for his latest novel.
  • It’s never explicitly said but it’s made pretty clear that his book is just not “black enough”.
  • Authors from historically marginalised communities, including black authors, repeatedly encounter obstacles to getting their work published, receiving post-publication support, or securing a safe platform that allows their voices to be heard.

The struggle for authentic representation

  • Monk considers the book as pandering “black poverty porn” and its success drives him to the edge.
  • In one scene, Monk asks a bookseller why his books are being stocked in the African-American Studies section as they’re “just literature”.
  • When he takes his books to sit among the general fiction, he’s confronted with a large display of We’s Lives in Da Ghetto.
  • It reflects an idea of blackness and black experience that publishers are all too happy to buy into.

Commercial success vs. authenticity

  • It’s his answer to the absurdity of the publishing industry, replete with almost every black stereotype he could think of, including gangs, absent fathers, guns and drugs.
  • To Monk (and initially his agent) this is an unsellable book that obviously calls out the racism inherent in the success of such books like Sintara Golden’s.
  • To his complete bewilderment, however, he’s offered a $750,000 advance from a publisher who had passed on his other work.
  • In the midst of all this, Monk is asked to be the diversity inclusion to judge a prestigious literary award.
  • The conversation between the two touches on the complex issues surrounding authenticity, commercialisation, “selling out” and the definition of meaningful representation.


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Ellis Walker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

PEN Canada calls for dismissal of charges against Brandi Morin

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Monday, January 29, 2024

TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service's (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead of a court hearing scheduled for February 1.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - PEN Canada is deeply concerned at the Edmonton Police Service's (EPS) arrest of Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin and calls for the immediate dismissal of all charges against her ahead of a court hearing scheduled for February 1.
  • Brandi Morin, Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist, was arrested during a police raid on an Indigenous encampment.
  • In 2023 Ms. Morin was awarded PEN Canada's Ken Filkow Prize for her bravery in "advancing freedom of expression in Canada."
  • PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization that celebrates literature, defends freedom of expression, and assists writers in peril at home and abroad.

KeraLink International Launches the Great Cornea Challenge and a Cornea Technology Accelerator

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Monday, December 11, 2023

KeraLink International (KLI) today announced the launch of the Great Cornea Challenge and the Cornea Technology Accelerator.

Key Points: 
  • KeraLink International (KLI) today announced the launch of the Great Cornea Challenge and the Cornea Technology Accelerator.
  • The Great Cornea Challenge invites entrepreneurs and innovators to propose new products, services, or technologies for preventing, detecting, and treating corneal blindness in LMICs.
  • Ultralight founder and CEO Monik Sheth stands behind the work of KeraLink International and its mission to eradicate corneal blindness.
  • We love supporting the types of founders and innovations that the Great Cornea Challenge is attracting," Sheth said.

KeraLink International Provides $2.5 Million in Seed Funding to Enable Development of Bioengineered Corneal Implants

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Pantheon Vision, an early-stage ophthalmic medical device company KLI established, will use the funding to develop bioengineered corneal implants to reduce reliance on donated corneal tissue – often unavailable in LMICs.

Key Points: 
  • Pantheon Vision, an early-stage ophthalmic medical device company KLI established, will use the funding to develop bioengineered corneal implants to reduce reliance on donated corneal tissue – often unavailable in LMICs.
  • “Development of novel therapeutic solutions is costly but critical to fulfilling our mission of eradicating corneal blindness,” said Douglas J. Furlong, KLI Board Chairman.
  • More than 12.7 million children and adults are blind because of corneal injuries or infections, and millions more are blind in one eye or live with seriously impaired vision.
  • KLI is rewriting the narrative of corneal health by advancing ground-breaking products, technologies, and services to eradicate corneal blindness with specific emphasis on low- and middle-income countries.

Laureate Education Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Highlights (compared to nine months ended September 30, 2022):

Key Points: 
  • Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 Highlights (compared to nine months ended September 30, 2022):
    On a reported basis, revenue increased 20% to $1,074.9 million.
  • Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $228.8 million, compared to operating income of $192.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
  • Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $65.5 million, compared to net income of $29.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $287.3 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $244.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Co-Packaged Optics Market worth $49 million by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

The CPO type segment is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The CPO type segment is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.
  • As the technology matures, its adoption is expected to increase further in data center and high-performance computing (HPC) markets.
  • Data center and high-performance computing is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.
  • Asia Pacific market is expected to witness the highest CAGR in the co-packaged optics market during the forecast period.

Co-Packaged Optics Market worth $49 million by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023

The CPO type segment is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The CPO type segment is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.
  • As the technology matures, its adoption is expected to increase further in data center and high-performance computing (HPC) markets.
  • Data center and high-performance computing is expected to account for the largest share of the co-packaged optics market in 2023.
  • Asia Pacific market is expected to witness the highest CAGR in the co-packaged optics market during the forecast period.

Dilan Qadir wins 2023 Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - Dilan Qadir, a Kurdish Canadian writer, is the recipient of the 2023 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship, which is awarded annually to one member of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile community.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2023 /CNW/ - Dilan Qadir, a Kurdish Canadian writer, is the recipient of the 2023 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship, which is awarded annually to one member of PEN Canada's Writers in Exile community.
  • This year, Qadir will work under the guidance of David Bezmozgis, an award-winning writer and filmmaker and the Creative Director of the Humber School for Writers.
  • "I'm grateful for the opportunity provided by the Humber Scholarship," says Qadir.
  • Now, with his Humber scholarship, he joins an alumni of previous recipients: Maria Saba (2020), Arzu Yildiz (2021), and Luis Horacio Nájera (2022).