• The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) held two Learning Acceleration Challenges during the 2022-23 school year, designed to incentivize innovation in math and science. (ed.gov)
  • This Ted-style talk on how to grow a WOSB at the WIPP Business Summit 2022 walks through the real-life valleys, crevasses, and peaks of navigating the real and imagined barriers to financial growth of a 25-year-old company. (targetgov.com)
  • Kervall, M. & Pålsson, H. (2022) Barriers to change in urban freight systems: a systematic literature review . (lu.se)
  • Learn about the latest research, interventions, education, and emerging tools and technologies that may help overcome these barriers to medication non-adherence. (cdc.gov)
  • Clark Atlanta University Professors Dr. Jenny Jones and Dr. Eyitayo Onifade recently penned "Policy, Practice, and Institutional Barriers to Financial Capability and Asset Building Related to Race in the United States," a chapter within the newly released Social Work and the Grand Challenge of Ending Racis m book. (cau.edu)
  • Structural and institutional barriers, such as a lack of access to a quality education, adequate housing, or sufficient income to meet basic needs, keep individuals from accessing healthy produce. (cdc.gov)
  • Also, NCAN will award a $100,000 grand prize in September 2019 to one city based on a holistic review of the percentage growth in completions, adoption of effective strategies, barriers overcome, and likelihood of sustainability. (kresge.org)
  • Research on sustainability transitions has brought about important insights into the specificities of innovation for overcoming grand challenges. (lu.se)
  • Sustainability challenges associated with energy systems are complex and need an interdisciplinary approach. (lu.se)
  • The purpose of the hybrid workshop was to bring Lund University staff together to discuss opportunities and challenges to collaborate for sustainability. (lu.se)
  • This week, the National College Access Network announced the 2018-19 FAFSA Completion Challenge grant competition to raise FAFSA completion rates among high school seniors in cities across the country. (kresge.org)
  • The 2018-19 competition builds on the success of the initial 2016-17 FAFSA Completion Challenge , funded by Kresge. (kresge.org)
  • The chapter shares evidence and insights from research collaborations to overcome the barriers of structural racism and financial exclusion through financial capability and asset building (FCAB). (cau.edu)
  • African higher education must increase its interaction with the informal sector if it is to drive the continent's innovation agenda and respond to development challenges, said Professor Berhanu Abegaz, executive director of the African Academy of Sciences, at a gathering of 420 African innovators held to set the research agenda for Grand Challenges Africa. (universityworldnews.com)
  • We need to reorient our higher education systems to enable them to build a culture of innovation," he told University World News at a Grand Challenges Africa forum held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from 23-26 February. (universityworldnews.com)
  • Grand Challenges is a collection of grant programmes that fosters innovation to solve key global health and development problems. (universityworldnews.com)
  • Grand Challenges Africa - launched last September by the African Academy of Sciences or AAS , the New Partnership for Africa's Development and international partners - will help to tackle the problem of low investment in research and development and to drive innovation that will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. (universityworldnews.com)
  • East Africa is the biggest recipient of the Grand Challenges Africa innovation fund, receiving 54% of the money, followed by West and Southern Africa with 23% and 17% respectively. (universityworldnews.com)
  • We also appreciate all their work to collect and summarize data to understand what we can learn from the challenges and recommendations from other open innovation initiatives to inform future similar work at IES. (ed.gov)
  • The 2009 "Lund Declaration" concluded that European research and innovation must focus on the grand challenges of our time, finding solutions to problems associated with ageing societies, pandemics, public health, security, global warming and the increasingly difficult access to sources of energy, water and food. (lu.se)
  • Parknäs provided the keynote address to workshop participants, highlighting the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, resource depletion, and our growing population as challenges - as well as opportunities - for innovation. (lu.se)
  • Its academic role as well as its accomplishments and challenges in practice settings will be discussed. (stanford.edu)
  • The Grand Rounds sessions highlight how CDC and its partners are already addressing these challenges and discuss recommendations for future research and practice. (cdc.gov)
  • Get notified about the latest updates from Public Health Grand Rounds right in your inbox by setting up an alert today! (cdc.gov)
  • Public Health Grand Rounds is a monthly webcast created to foster discussion about major public health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • The third edition of Youth Ideathon 2023 , a ground-breaking festival of ideas, reached its pinnacle on November 19, 2023, with a grand finale held at the prestigious Dogra Hall of IIT Delhi. (menafn.com)
  • Since 2013, it has been the Grand Prix held the most times, with 93 editions as of 2023 . (wikipedia.org)
  • One hundred U.S. cities are invited to submit a proposal describing how they will meet NCAN's challenge: to raise their FAFSA completion rates among the Class of 2019 by at least 5 percentage points, compared to the Class of 2017. (kresge.org)
  • Grand Rapids residents are mainly Hispanic/Latino (37%) and African American (36%), and have higher rates of obesity and some chronic diseases than the general population (2017 Grand Rapids African American Health Institute report). (cdc.gov)
  • Check out the Grand Rounds On Demand archive for our past presentations. (cdc.gov)
  • Visit Grand Rounds On-Demand to browse upcoming and previous presentations. (cdc.gov)
  • Our world-class research and education focus on how business can contribute to addressing the great societal challenges of our time, such as climate change and social inequality. (rsm.nl)
  • The LU Land seminar series aims to underpin current societal challenges related to sustainable land use and highlight these challenges from different perspectives, and make room for further discussions on possible ways forward. (lu.se)
  • Silent Thunder: Breaking Through Cultural, Racial, and Class Barriers in Motorsports (2004) is the autobiography of African-American motorsports pioneer Leonard W. Miller. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2019], but these existing commonalities provide opportunities for tackling grand challenges in FEW research not just domestically but also globally. (vectorsjournal.org)
  • For the past few years, your Grand Rapids Chamber Government Affairs team has been hard at work addressing the child care crisis in West Michigan and beyond. (grandrapids.org)
  • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Starting a business can be a huge challenge in itself and historically Black entrepreneurs have had an even greater disadvantage. (woodtv.com)
  • Kzoo Station, located in Grand Rapids' Boston Square neighborhood will soon offer a space for local food entrepreneurs to launch their businesses. (woodtv.com)
  • In 2011, the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids (GRYMCA) launched a mobile farmers' market known as the Veggie Van to sell fresh fruits and vegetables to Grand Rapids residents and local store owners. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 1 in 3 Grand Rapids adults (32%) had obesity in 2015. (cdc.gov)
  • Healthy eating can help prevent and control many chronic diseases, but urban residents of Grand Rapids often lack access to affordable fresh produce, since they live in low-income areas more than a half mile from a supermarket, according to the USDA Food Atlas. (cdc.gov)
  • The Nairobi meeting was convened by the AAS' Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa or AESA, which runs Grand Challenges Africa and is a platform for developing science strategies and capacity and funding health research. (universityworldnews.com)
  • It will also overcome challenges faced by the pharmaceutical industry through a series of ​ ' sprint' projects to drive economic growth, advance sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing, and ultimately deliver patient benefit. (uk-cpi.com)
  • Join us at the Summit and gain a better understanding of the UWA Grand Challenges and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). (edu.au)
  • A major challenge is to develop balanced approaches (e.g., through adaptation or mitigation) that allow sustainable resource use at local, regional, and global scales while meeting environmental and societal needs. (vectorsjournal.org)
  • In light of this, the SAF Grand Challenge Roadmap is a 128-page document created by the US Government that explores the potential of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the US's vast aviation industry. (airport-technology.com)
  • From wind-driven wildfires to massive hurricanes, extreme weather poses challenges for utilities, often causing power networks to fail-sometimes with deadly consequences. (dpl-surveillance-equipment.com)
  • Recruitment poses challenges. (cdc.gov)
  • I could sit here and talk for an hour about all the challenges and hurdles that we faced from the beginning until today and challenges that we are facing now," he said. (woodtv.com)
  • Today we stand together in solidarity to address challenges and to eradicate ignorance and intolerance in our city and across the nation. (macleans.ca)
  • The broad objective is to reach a clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities arising at the interface of business and society. (rsm.nl)
  • April 30, 2009 - Recovery Act Grand Opportunities "GO" Grant Submission Deadline Moved to May 29, 2009. (nih.gov)
  • The Grand Challenge Seminars incorporate hands-on learning opportunities that ask students to think critically about complex problems in today's society. (cmu.edu)
  • With the knowledge gained from this challenge, we hope to continue to design opportunities that encourage transformative, innovative change within education. (ed.gov)
  • Attitudes toward race profoundly shape access to opportunities and how society responds to people with financial challenges. (cau.edu)
  • Cancer Grand Challenges is a series of £20m ($25m) awards that give international teams of researchers the freedom to think differently, act creatively and explore truly innovative science to take on fundamental questions in cancer. (cancergrandchallenges.org)
  • By creating maps for a wide range of metals, they not only determined which metals should be easiest to produce using this approach, but also identified fundamental barriers behind the efficient production of others. (mit.edu)
  • The 2016-17 Challenge demonstrated that cities could achieve significant progress in just one school year by working collaboratively across sectors to give students the FAFSA completion support they need," said Bill Moses, Kresge's managing director for its Education program. (kresge.org)
  • This article is based on a series of conversations and materials shared in #MacroSW chats about the Grand Challenges Initiative for Social Work during 2016. (socialworker.com)
  • In 2016, #MacroSW hosted seven chats, each focused on one of the grand challenges. (socialworker.com)
  • Grand challenges for social work: 20th Annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Conference, January 13-17, 2016, Washington, DC. (cdc.gov)
  • The team makes it to the Long Beach Grand Prix in the mid-1970s. (wikipedia.org)
  • For other uses, see Italian Grand Prix (disambiguation) . (wikipedia.org)
  • Gran Premio d'Italia ) is the fifth oldest national motor racing Grand Prix (after the French Grand Prix , the United States Grand Prix , the Spanish Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix ), having been held since 1921. (wikipedia.org)
  • Every Formula One Italian Grand Prix in the World Championship era has been held at Monza except in 1980 , when it was held at Imola . (wikipedia.org)
  • The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the World Manufacturers' Championship from 1925 to 1928 and toward the European Championship from 1931 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1938. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was additionally designated the European Grand Prix seven times between 1923 and 1967, when this title was an honorary designation given each year to one Grand Prix race in Europe. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first Italian Grand Prix took place on 4 September 1921 at a 10.7-mile (17.3 km) circuit near Montichiari . (wikipedia.org)
  • Zborowski was killed at the following year's Grand Prix at Monza driving a Mercedes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lewis Hamilton inherited the Brazilian Grand Prix lead when Max Verstappen was tipped into a spin. (formula1.com)
  • Victory for Hamilton gave him his 50th win in 99 races in the post-2014 turbo hybrid era, while his time at the front meant the Silver Arrows became the fifth constructor to lead 5,000 laps in Grand Prix history. (formula1.com)
  • The story's uniqueness lies in the social challenges Miller encounters that directly affects events on the actual racetrack. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the main barriers Bailey's family encounters is a lack of communication between different people with different beliefs. (utahstories.com)
  • Crafting appropriate research protocols also poses a challenge as linguistic and cultural barriers may exist between the research team and the target population, potentially biasing measures and instruments. (cdc.gov)
  • Grand challenges such as climate change, population growth, and urbanization are all coupled and are together threatening the security and services of FEW systems at an accelerating rate. (vectorsjournal.org)
  • Our goal is to eliminate those barriers and help foster an environment that promotes healthy behavior changes, and we need your help to make this shift! (cdc.gov)
  • Historically, grand challenges have been grounded in mathematical problem solving and have mobilized innovative solutions. (socialworker.com)
  • The challenge included two phases: In Phase 1, intervention providers submitted information on their interventions and research plans for implementing and testing their interventions under routine conditions. (ed.gov)
  • In Phase 2, selected research teams (finalists) were given $25,000 to implement and test their interventions with a shot at receiving the grand prize. (ed.gov)
  • What are the biggest research challenges facing our industry? (spe.org)
  • The Research & Development Committee (now Research Development Technical Section) identified five areas it considers key grand challenges in E&P and is developing articles on each. (spe.org)
  • Here we aim to establish some basic understanding to predict the efficiency of electrochemical metal production and metal-air batteries from examining computed thermodynamic barriers for the conversion between metal and metal oxides," says Shao-Horn, who is on the research team for MIT's new Center for Electrification and Decarbonization of Industry , a winner of the Institute's first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition. (mit.edu)
  • The November session of Grand Rounds, " Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and Protecting Your Health " addressed current research needs and the many unknowns about per- and PFAS. (cdc.gov)
  • She also taught a Challenge Lab on equitable entrepreneurship at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, and she currently hosts UC Berkeley Extension's monthly Future of Work podcast . (citris-uc.org)
  • In response to this problem, the grand prize required interventions to reach an effect size equal to or exceeding 0.77 on a broad measure of math achievement, the NWEA® MAP™ Growth math assessment. (ed.gov)
  • An improvement in line with the challenge's 0.77 effect size criterion for the grand prize would substantially lessen the average achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers-and would be no small feat! (ed.gov)
  • Hear from some of our UWA Grand Challenges Champions, UWA's plan to be Carbon Neutral by 2025, and our Students Making a Difference grants. (edu.au)
  • They're the champions who are challenging racism. (macleans.ca)
  • Pharmaceutical companies and technology providers wishing to contribute to the Digital Grand Challenge are invited to collaborate and bring their IP to a sprint to create and de-risk novel digital solutions for advanced manufacturing. (uk-cpi.com)
  • Must admit that I find Herrmann's (grand unified) language a challenge to digest, but that needn't be a barrier. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Oil and gas is a high-technology industry, where companies, scientists, and engineers continually challenge the barriers of what is possible to find and produce energy. (spe.org)
  • For more than 100 years, a grand challenges framework has prompted groups, professions, and institutions to find new ways to focus on meeting the greatest needs of society and to solve problems. (socialworker.com)
  • This Cancer Grand Challenge aims to find clear answers to those questions by improving our understanding of combination treatments. (cancergrandchallenges.org)
  • Barriers still exist to implementation of a technology-based intervention. (ed.gov)
  • Hamilton exploded with emotion on reaching parc ferme after his victory, the Briton leaping up over the barriers to embrace his Mercedes team crew. (formula1.com)
  • Affordable childcare was a known barrier both for recruitment and retention of our team members. (grandrapids.org)
  • lt;p>To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Everest ascent, Erik and his team founded a new No Barriers program, No Barriers Warriors, which uses teamwork and the mountains as a transformative force to help veterans reclaim their lives after devastating injuries. (scienceblogs.com)
  • This Cancer Grand Challenge is expected to result in biological insights into how cancer cells respond to perturbations of specific pathways and how resistance to therapies arises, being transformed into a set of mechanistic rules. (cancergrandchallenges.org)
  • Many buildings are A.D.A.-compliant and still difficult to navigate for older adults who have one or more physical, sensory or cognitive challenges, and especially for the frail elderly who have many. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • With the growth of supercomputing clusters, the infrastructure systems are scaling up resulting in challenges such as power and cooling and rising cost of compute resources. (prnewswire.com)
  • Power and cooling is one of the major barriers before adding up new systems for enterprises. (prnewswire.com)
  • The new Digital Grand Challenge will bring together pharma companies and leading technology providers to enable an end-to-end vision of a compliant digital systems architecture with frictionless connectivity. (uk-cpi.com)
  • EWALD's design will break the crystal volume barrier and, thus, open the door for new types of experiments, the study of grand challenge systems, and the more routine use of NMC in biology. (ornl.gov)
  • Ultimately, beneficial ecosystem services depend on balancing consumption and production of FEW resources, although loss of biodiversity, pollutant releases, critical disruptions in nutrient cycling, and intensified land use are increasingly challenging the resilience and functioning of human-sustaining FEW systems. (vectorsjournal.org)
  • It is anticipated that proposals addressing this challenge will go beyond clinical approaches based on comparing potential effects of various drugs or matrix-based mix-and-match strategies, to transform our understanding of how cancer therapies should be deployed. (cancergrandchallenges.org)
  • In 1938 two botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, joined a group of river runners in order to chart the plants of the Grand Canyon. (lapl.org)
  • It is the history of how they fought for permission and for funds to conduct a formal study of the plants in the Grand Canyon, which had not been documented and surveyed. (lapl.org)
  • At times they may have been weary and had doubts about the feasibility of this project, but they never gave up on their initial goal to survey what was unknown about the plants of the Grand Canyon. (lapl.org)
  • lt;p>In September 2014, Erik and blinded Navy veteran, Lonnie Bedwell, kayaked the entire 277-miles of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River, considered one of the most formidable whitewater venues in the world. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The Grand Challenges in Social Work Initiative is a call to action for our profession to solve our nation's social problems, while advancing this work through science and technology. (socialworker.com)
  • The Grand Challenges for Social Work were originally articulated by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare as focal points for further action needed in the 21st century. (socialworker.com)
  • Today's 12 grand challenges in social work are organized around three main areas-individual and family well-being, stronger social fabric, and a just society. (socialworker.com)
  • More than 100 international donors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and the United States Agency for International Development, were also there. (universityworldnews.com)
  • As institutions begin to expand offerings in this domain, understanding barriers and facilitators to program development is critical. (imconsortium.org)
  • To meet the challenges of an aging population, she proposes the development of LEED-like standards and awards for a "silver" architecture. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • However, relapse of the disease and/or development of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remain to be the most common barriers for successful allo-HSCT. (bvsalud.org)
  • Recent development of Dijon city has brought new challenges that benefit from this cross-societal approach. (who.int)
  • It can be as localized as a city event or the worldwide viewing of Overwatch League Grand Finals last week in New York with 20,000 people live and millions watching on ESPN," Dickie added. (ecommercetimes.com)
  • He founded an organization called No Barriers, which helps people with challenges tap into the human spirit, break through barriers, and contribute to the world. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The three plenaries leaned into the gray spaces, ethics, and eye-opening challenges inherent in the theme "Data for All People. (esipfed.org)
  • That's why she was so encouraged to see so many different people come to their grand opening, from local families with children to Native Americans, missionaries, and tourists. (utahstories.com)
  • But what I am here to do is I'm here to acknowledge the great work of people who get up every morning of every day to challenge racism in this city. (macleans.ca)
  • Presidents of universities, people like Wab Kinew, Michael Champagne, Althea Guiboche, people who get up every day and go into the streets to challenge it. (macleans.ca)
  • Like other developed countries with an ageing population, one of the challenges over the next decade will be providing care and support to people as they age. (who.int)
  • I believe we've been able to develop deeper relationships because I talk with people about what life is like with type 1 diabetes - their challenges, their goals, their needs, their struggles - and I'm no longer trying to be a computer. (medscape.com)
  • Learning to reduce conflict requires an understanding of cultures and identities, and why and how society builds barriers between and among us. (cmu.edu)
  • And I do believe we should not undervalue the opportunity to come together and to communicate the challenges that we face in the society that we live within. (macleans.ca)
  • We will challenge them, because I believe that for every wilful, ignorant person out there, there are a great number of Canadians who are willing to form an alliance, a partnership, and communicate with us to overcome the challenges we face as a diversified society in Winnipeg and in Canada. (macleans.ca)
  • The Arabian Gulf location means a solution was required to provide a salt barrier / break layer to line the base and sides of the tree pits since the saline groundwater table is relatively close to the surface. (abg-geosynthetics.com)
  • Should Hijikata fail to triumph in his next two fixtures, the possibility for the U.S. to break a two-decade Grand Slam title absence remains very much in play. (bigbignews.net)
  • Dimension Townhouses bought the Grand Apartments for $2.1 million in July 2021. (heraldnet.com)
  • The Commercial Boulevard district also serves as a grand shopping avenue and business hub. (abg-geosynthetics.com)
  • Much of the competition was "broadcast" via the online service Twitch, but on July 11, the Overwatch League announced a major deal with Disney to bring the grand finals to those aforementioned channels. (ecommercetimes.com)
  • The Panel would welcome applications from teams of researchers with varied expertise that can address this challenge in new and unexpected ways. (cancergrandchallenges.org)
  • We use our expertise to assess and test innovations that remove barriers to voting and enhance voter participation. (wustl.edu)
  • We recognize this challenge was an ambitious and rapid effort to improve math achievement. (ed.gov)
  • Participants considered several interventions, including: creating investment accounts for children starting at birth, improving financial literacy and education, removing community barriers so all can access good financial services, and ensuring that financial policies and public protection laws create fair and equal access to financial support for all. (socialworker.com)
  • Good afternoon, my Lords, and welcome to the Grand Committee. (parliament.uk)
  • Each will give an overview of the program history, status, challenges, successes, and models of care delivery, with the goal of advancing the conversation on this topic and enhancing dialog. (imconsortium.org)
  • As the Mannings and others in the SPARK autism study have discovered, finding dental care for children and adults on the autism spectrum can be a particular challenge. (sparkforautism.org)
  • This was announced today at a meeting held at Al-Azhar during which the Grand Imam met with Muslim scholars from several countries. (who.int)
  • In the present circumstances, many schools face extra strains that may make it challenging to implement new interventions, as is required during an RCT. (ed.gov)
  • Players are able to make friends with other players halfway around the world and challenge them to a game," she told the E-CommerceTimes. (ecommercetimes.com)
  • While the anniversary cake didn't make it into the recordings, there were many other moments to celebrate 25 years of ESIP and look forward to a challenging, but promising future in Earth science data. (esipfed.org)
  • Iuga 2 takes into consideration - the more challenging it becomes to make fruitful intersectional inquires. (lu.se)
  • Grand Rounds are presented live every 3rd Tuesday of each month. (cdc.gov)
  • Join blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer on his quest to harness adversity, redefine expectations, and live a life without barriers. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The same challenges that Clover and Jotter confronted decades ago remain barriers for women in the sciences today. (lapl.org)
  • Despite these differences, China and the United States share common challenges and objectives with respect to FEW resources and services, such as their heavy reliance on fossil fuels and their efforts to improve water resource management and develop "green" cities . (vectorsjournal.org)
  • The Colorado River was, and still is, one of the most dangerous rivers in the world: wild, unpredictable, and more challenging to navigate than skilled, seasoned river runners could imagine. (lapl.org)
  • lt;p>Erik is the author of two best-selling books: his memoir, Touch the Top of the World and The Adversity Advantage, which offers lessons for turning challenges into greatness. (scienceblogs.com)
  • He is an internationally recognized speaker and brings his message of living a No Barriers Life to audiences around the world. (scienceblogs.com)