Sentences with phrase «for innovative efforts»

Select exhibitors were rewarded for their innovative efforts through the 2017 awards.

Across the country, 46 schools, six districts, and six postsecondary institutions are being honored for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education.

The call from President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to transform 5,000 of the country's failing schools has been backed with large sums of money for innovative efforts.

This school in Chula Vista, California, has been recognized for its innovative efforts to support the needs of its multilingual student population through the use of technology - enhanced project - based learning.

Not exact matches

Related: How to Harness the Power of Internet Memes for Your Business (Infographic) We asked Huh a series of 20 questions ranging from silly to serious in an effort to provide greater insight into the creative mind of this innovative and interesting entrepreneur.

Second, he looks for a candidate who might have led an innovative or exploratory effort within a larger organization.

Walmart Foundation supports food waste innovation in Canada In addition to the efforts of Walmart, the Walmart Foundation will invest $ 15 million USD (~ $ 19 million CAD) across Canada in not - for - profit organizations engaged in research and innovative initiatives to reduce food waste all along the food chain.

With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging technology industry by founding various innovative startups and startup incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.

Eckroth has a reputation for introducing innovative solutions during his tenure at Hertz, where he spearheaded efforts to automate the car rental process, create efficiencies and introduce self - service systems and processes.

FINMA recognises the innovative potential of such technology and has been supporting efforts in developing and implementing blockchain solutions in the Swiss finance industry for several years.

Health care companies have also continued to expand their research and development efforts, resulting in innovative discoveries as well as cures and treatments for many diseases.

In San Francisco an innovative effort to raise $ 30 million for the public library has met with great success.

Christianity Today circled India from north to south and back again for two weeks in order to witness the innovative and successful mission efforts of Indian evangelicals — this, despite rising persecution from Hindu nationalists.

There, her innovative efforts led to a unique marketing campaign for Vidalia ® Onions, creating a DreamWorks Animation ® partnership aptly titled «Ogres & Onions.»

Creating innovative flavor solutions that translate to about 150 countries and territories around the world takes a passion for problem solving, extraordinary effort and teamwork.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Summarizing these challenges in his opening address to the conference, Dr Matthew Morell, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), reminded delegates of the efforts of the international research community to develop innovative climate - smart best practice packages for rice smallholders.

During his tenure at the resort, he has undertaken initiatives that have led to substantial growth in revenue, including the creation of the New Jersey Wine & Food Festival which is gearing up for their largest event yet and their 10th anniversary this May, as well as renovating the resort's hotels, recruiting top culinary talent, creating innovative partnerships with farmers and producers to increase their sustainability efforts, and soon reconceiving the resort's culinary jewel, the four - star Restaurant Latour.

By participating in this innovative program, Guardian provides many great benefits to its staff as well as vital support for Mass Audubon's ongoing efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands across Massachusetts.

By participating in this innovative program, Guardian provides many great benefits to its staff as well as vital support for Mass Audubon's ongoing efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands.

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

«Politicians of all parties must now redouble their efforts through innovative and robust policy development and effective scrutiny of the process of making laws for Wales.

«Governors Cuomo, Malloy, Murphy, and Raimondo deserve great credit for this innovative, first - in - the - nation regional gun violence prevention effort.

«This is true consolidation of services,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. «I would like to thank Onondaga County Executive Mahoney for her leadership and for working with us in this innovative effort.

The 30 - second spot, called «Began,» will air on broadcast, cable and digital market areas throughout the district.Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

«As the lead community engagement partner in the Participatory Budgeting (PB) effort in NYC, Community Voices Heard was excited that Citizens Union noted its support today for innovative pilot programs such as Participatory Budgeting.

These efforts continue as New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offer communities the opportunity to compete for tens of millions of redevelopment dollars for the presentation of a thorough, innovative, and collaborative sustainability plan for their region.

An innovative effort would embed sensors in agricultural fields in a bid to cut down on irrigation — saving farmers money and preserving water for endangered species

Sieweke's team will next focus their research efforts on the relationships between macrophages, sperm, and testosterone production, which may yield innovative treatments for certain kinds of male infertility.

NASA's FY 14 budget included $ 105 million to plan for the capture and redirection of an asteroid, increase innovative partnerships and approaches to help us amplify efforts to identify and track and characterize asteroids, and conduct studies for mitigating potential threats.

At present, there is simply no way to scale up such innovative efforts because there is no larger market for such «premium» credits as well as no interest from aid agencies.

«As the largest health care provider in the U.S., VA has the responsibility to continuously examine how our extensive suicide prevention efforts are working, and to identify critical opportunities for improvement in service to our nation's Veterans,» said Dr. Caitlin Thompson, Deputy Director for Suicide Prevention for VA. «This collaborative effort with NIMH provides us with unprecedented information that will allow us to design and implement innovative strategies on how to assess and care for those Veterans who may be at high risk for suicide.

Core areas of research at the institute include work on brain - computer interfaces to aid patients with spinal injury and paralysis; innovative advances in computational neuroscience to address behavior and mood disorders; and research into mechanisms of cell death as part of efforts to identify therapies for neurodegenerative diseases that include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's.

This conference provides a unique opportunity for all stakeholders from academia and industry to meet and discuss best - practice examples of improved open communication and other innovative efforts to increase trust.

It supports and inspires efforts that create and expand new frontiers for the benefit of humanity by funding innovative solutions to critical global issues in the areas of science and technology, the environment, education, and humanitarian advances.

This basic structure will be the same for all avian genetic rescue efforts, although the unique traits of every species will demand different innovative techniques at various stages in the process.

Just by looking at it you can tell that a lot of time and effort was spent on its construction and design; good materials, comfortable straps, extensive adjustability for any body type, and the ability to increase and decrease resistance for different movements and difficulties are just a few of the innovative features.

While the MatureD app is not the most innovative, it does combine the best features of other dating apps and focuses its efforts for those looking for love who are over 40.

The students drew a storyboard of the scenes for the video, selected actors for the various parts, and then filmed and edited the piece themselves — and their creative efforts didn't go unnoticed: They won the 2007 iVIE award for the most innovative video in education.

For that to happen, small schools must mature into a stronger movement by formulating serious proposals for assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseeFor that to happen, small schools must mature into a stronger movement by formulating serious proposals for assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseefor assessments and accountability, throwing their vocal political support behind school choice, and insisting on new, innovative efforts to reduce the learning curve for those who wish to start small schools and their overseefor those who wish to start small schools and their overseers.

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, California.

In some previous posts I've mentioned the incredibly innovative paper by Collin Hitt, Julie Trivitt, and Albert Cheng that looks at student non-response on surveys (leaving answers blank or saying «don't know») as a proxy for conscientiousness or effort.

The overarching goal of this effort is to leverage new knowledge in the service of generating and testing innovative intervention models to produce substantially greater impacts on learning, behavior, and health outcomes than existing programs and policies, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and families.

«To deliver on the promise of the White House Opportunity Agenda, we must identify and scale innovative ways for school counselors to lead college readiness efforts.»

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

One area under particular scrutiny is education, where funding for programs such as charter and pilot schools, mainstays in the effort to bring innovative teaching...

At the same time, they fault fellow education Leftists for «opposing innovative efforts to transform the organization of public education and the governance of schooling.»

Since 2000, the foundation has invested $ 2 billion in innovative school models, improved systems for data and accountability, and school district efforts.