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CREF and Aeroseal Partner to Improve Health Care Facilities

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The agreement will span various sectors, including health care, education, and general commercial buildings— areas of expertise for both organizations—to cut energy costs and improve sustainability in facilities nationwide.

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  • The agreement will span various sectors, including health care, education, and general commercial buildings— areas of expertise for both organizations—to cut energy costs and improve sustainability in facilities nationwide.
  • CREF and Aeroseal aim to address these needs to make healthcare facilities safer, more comfortable, and cost-effective.
  • "The combination of Aeroseal's ventilation expertise and CREF's knowledge of working in acute care facilities makes for simple, low-risk projects that bring immediate benefit to health facilities.
  • Health care is a complex landscape," said Guy Colglazier, Vice President, and General Manager of Aeroseal's commercial division.

PPG, PPG Foundation invested more than $17.5 million in communities worldwide in 2023

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

PPG (NYSE:PPG) and the PPG Foundation today announced that they invested more than $17.5 million worldwide in 2023, an increase of $1.3 million over 2022.

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  • PPG (NYSE:PPG) and the PPG Foundation today announced that they invested more than $17.5 million worldwide in 2023, an increase of $1.3 million over 2022.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240215307583/en/
    PPG and the PPG Foundation invested more than $17.5 million worldwide in 2023 to support over 450 community partners and programs that are focused on advancing education and delivering community sustainability while encouraging PPG employee volunteerism.
  • The PPG Foundation partnered with AdoptAClassroom.org to equip teachers and 10 schools in PPG communities with STEM education tools.
  • 60 COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® projects completed in 2023 in 16 countries:
    In 2023, PPG’s global Colorful Communities program reached its 500th project milestone .

CREF Supports Fast-Growing Network of 685+ MB2 Dental Locations

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

With deep expertise in healthcare, CREF will serve as a strategic partner to MB2 Dental, providing comprehensive real estate services for MB2 Dental's 685 locations and counting.

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  • With deep expertise in healthcare, CREF will serve as a strategic partner to MB2 Dental, providing comprehensive real estate services for MB2 Dental's 685 locations and counting.
  • Both CREF and MB2 Dental have Dallas-based offices with a national network and specialize in building long-term partnerships.
  • MB2 Dental partners with dentists to provide support services so they can focus on delivering best-in-class patient care.
  • MB2 Dental's decision to work with CREF comes at a moment of significant growth for the company, having added 163 new dental practices in 2023 alone.

Autel and Collision Repair Education Foundation Partner to Donate ADAS Calibration Equipment to Collision School Programs Valued at 162K

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Monday, October 16, 2023

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autel, a leading developer of automotive diagnostic, servicing, and calibration products, has partnered with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) to donate an Autel Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Calibration Package to eight standout U.S. collision repair school programs.

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  • PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autel, a leading developer of automotive diagnostic, servicing, and calibration products, has partnered with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) to donate an Autel Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Calibration Package to eight standout U.S. collision repair school programs.
  • CREF is the collision industry's national 501c3 charity that works to support high school and post-secondary collision programs, students, and instructors nationwide.
  • This includes roughly 1,000 collision school programs (high school programs, technical/community college) that educate roughly 30,000 collision students each year.
  • "On behalf of the collision school programs that CREF works to support, I would like to thank and recognize Autel for this incredible ADAS equipment donation.

PPG, PPG Foundation to invest $2 million to prepare students for skilled trade careers

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Friday, October 6, 2023

PPG (NYSE: PPG) and the PPG Foundation today announced a commitment to invest $2 million through 2025 to support workforce development initiatives that provide training and opportunities for future skilled workers in manufacturing and coatings application.

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  • PPG (NYSE: PPG) and the PPG Foundation today announced a commitment to invest $2 million through 2025 to support workforce development initiatives that provide training and opportunities for future skilled workers in manufacturing and coatings application.
  • “The PPG Foundation is a long-time supporter of workforce development programs.
  • A PPG technical specialist also helped to train students who visited a PPG manufacturing facility.
  • PPG LINQ is a trademark and MoonWalk, the PPG Logo and We protect and beautify the world are registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

40-Year Industry Leader John Greenip Joins CREF Team

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CREF, a global corporate real estate and facilities management firm, announced today that John Greenip, an experienced and dynamic leader with decades of leadership experience in project management operations, is joining the team as the new Vice President of Capital Program Management.

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  • Greenip plans to make client satisfaction a top priority as he supports existing and cultivates new relationships across the region.
  • "At CREF, we have reimagined real estate because our team of experienced problem solvers knows what it takes to build, grow, and operate facilities in a highly regulated environment," said Robert Gendron, CREF Chief Executive Officer.
  • We are thrilled to have him join the team to help support and advance CREF at this exciting moment of growth for the company."
  • Greenip comes to CREF with 40 years of industry experience.

What 600+ College Professors Can Teach You About Retiring Secure for Life

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Monday, October 2, 2023

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Call 1-800-387-1129 to request a free review copy of Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants.

Key Points: 
  • Call 1-800-387-1129 to request a free review copy of Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants.
  • PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Call 1-800-387-1129 to request a free review copy of Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants.
  • Lange says, "Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants is his most personal book because he comes from a family of academics: both his mother and his brother were university professors."
  • To get your copy of Retire Secure for Professors and TIAA Participants, you can order the book on Amazon now.

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America and Its Subsidiary

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aaa” (Exceptional) of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and its wholly owned insurance subsidiary, TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company (TIAA-CREF Life).

Key Points: 
  • AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aaa” (Exceptional) of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and its wholly owned insurance subsidiary, TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company (TIAA-CREF Life).
  • Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of “aa” (Superior) on TIAA’s surplus notes.
  • For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best's Credit Ratings .
  • AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry.

MITRE Launches Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework Navigator

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

MITRE released the Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework (CREF) Navigator TM — a free, visualization tool that allows organizations to customize their cyber resiliency goals, objectives, techniques, as aligned with NIST SP 800-160, Volume 2 (Rev.

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  • MITRE released the Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework (CREF) Navigator TM — a free, visualization tool that allows organizations to customize their cyber resiliency goals, objectives, techniques, as aligned with NIST SP 800-160, Volume 2 (Rev.
  • “Resiliency is the ultimate goal of cybersecurity,” said Wen Masters, vice president, cyber technologies, MITRE.
  • “We’ve taken the original cyber resiliency framework we created with NIST and now made it searchable and visualized,” said Shane Steiger, principal cybersecurity engineer, MITRE.
  • “We plan to keep evolving the Navigator as the discipline of cyber resiliency engineering matures.”
    Future enhancements to the CREF Navigator are planned to provide additional automated support for organizations interested in building stronger defenses for their critical infrastructure.

TIAA Institute Awards Economist Who Shows HSAs Can Increase Retirement Savings, Lower Taxes

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Monday, January 9, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The TIAA Institute awarded Adam Leive the 27th annual Paul A. Samuelson Award for showcasing how Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) can help consumers with both retirement savings and taxes.

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  • The study shows whether consumers use their HSAs as savings vehicles and how HSAs impact health spending.
  • It studies whether consumers use their Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) as savings vehicles and how they impact health spending.
  • HSAs grew in popularity as a way to lower rising healthcare costs.
  • "Dr. Leive's research gives us insight into consumer behavior that goes into why participants are choosing HSAs and how HSAs can contribute to their overall financial well-being," said Surya Kolluri, head of the TIAA Institute.