ESG News For University of Washington

As many states and communities prepare for Veterans Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day on Sept. 22, Face the Fight (FTF) is announcing a new round of nonprofit grant recipients. These grants will support initiatives focused on preventing veteran suicide and breaking the stigma around seeking help within the military community.The grants total $13.9 million and will fund 27 projects from 23 grantees in communities across the country; to date the initiative has awarded $25 million. The grantees

Moore Foundation awards more than $4 million to advance the ideas and innovations of five scientist-inventors

Seahawks Star Jaxon Smith-Njigba to Host; Announced Players Include NFL Star Garrett Wilson, Seahawks Legend and Super Bowl Champ Robert Turbin, Marshall Glaze and Kwame Appiah of Netflix's “Love is Blind: Season 4”Presented by Waves Lifestyle, 2024 Edition of Annual Summer Event in South Sound Will Feature New “Filling the Gap” Community Initiative Highlighting Five Local Non-Profit Organizations

Innovative New Dental School Focused on Serving Rural & Underserved Communities to be First in Nation to Offer Students Three Years of Full-time Immersive Training at Community Health Centers in Tacoma, Tri-Cities and Yakima

The Banu Foundation, a charitable organization devoted to empowering, protecting, and educating at-risk children and women around the world, partnered with C4ADS to highlight strategies aimed at alleviating and preventing human trafficking in Ukraine and surrounding countries. The ongoing war has exacerbated living conditions for Ukrainians, leaving them vulnerable to human trafficking networks.On June 14, a panel of experts came together to share effective anti-trafficking approaches across pub

Un-carrier Advances Importance of STEM Education by Supporting Interactive Exhibition Focused on Technology’s Role in Connecting People to their World

The funding creates the Amerigroup: Reinforcing the Safety Net Fund, which expands opportunities for nursing students to gain firsthand experience serving diverse communities with complex needs.

Navy Federal Credit Union announced today the recipients of its ROTC All-American Scholarships. The program honors the best and brightest ROTC seniors across the nation. Launched in 2018, the recipients are chosen by a panel of judges based on the pillars of the ROTC program: Leadership, Military Excellence, Scholarship and Service.From the collective group of nominees, Navy Federal selects 15 to become ROTC All-American Scholarship recipients. Out of the 15 finalists, the top Air Force, Army an

Funding is part of UnitedHealthcare’s $11 million in Empowering Health grants focused on expanding access to care and addressing the social determinants of health for people in underserved communities

CANbridge Participated in the Ceremony as a Founding Sponsor

Over $700,000 in Funding for Mental Health Curriculum, Community Redevelopment, Youth Peer Counseling and Behavioral Health Workforce Training

NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) honored its top energy customers for their leadership in energy efficiency, sustainability, and community support during the second annual Excellence in Energy Awards on November 17, 2021.The Excellence in Energy Awards recognizes NRG customers who demonstrate a strong commitment to the planning and achievement of their environmental and community goals. Through the annual celebration of these awards, NRG is shining a spotlight on successes and milestones that are sh

National awards program introduces fifth award category encouraging health equity for medically disadvantaged communities

DATRON Dynamics marks 25th anniversary by donating $25k worth of tools across ten educational institutions with DATRON machines in their STEM program.

Stride has selected the first recipients of its We Stand Together College and Education Equity Scholarships in support of racial and socioeconomic equity in education

The Black Future Co-op Fund, University of Washington Foster School of Business’ Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC), and Bank of America today announced a new partnership to build generational sustainability of Black-led businesses and nonprofits across Washington state.“Black businesses and organizations have long been vital contributors to Washington state, yet purposeful and persistent anti-Blackness has undermined their opportunity to thrive,” says Angela Jones, J.D., Fund arc

The Amazon Literary Partnership awards more than $1 million in funding to 80 nonprofits across the countryAmazon Literary Partnership is committed to supporting writing programs and nonprofit literary organizations that uplift and amplify emerging writers and diversity in storytelling

Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will join the faculty at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business for the 2021-22 school year.

CR Forum Bestows Additional Honors to Outstanding Clinical Research Organizations for Groundbreaking Clinical and Translational Research Advancements with 2021 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards

2021 “Hope for Healing” Recipients Overcame Adversity to Earn Award

The Bank Contributed $100 per 3-pointer Made During the Women’s and Men’s Pac-12 Basketball Tournaments

Program to train the next generation of domestic and international place-based social impact investing change agents

Awards recognize the rise of purpose in business and build on Loyola’s role as global leader in social business education

A pioneer in ESG data science expands team with quant industry leader

Grants awarded at Komen-led Breast Cancer Disparities Research Summit

AKA Provides Free Mammograms in the Bay Area

Grants to help strengthen health systems and reduce health disparities in underserved communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America

HanesBrands and the Pac-12 are teaming up to care for those living homeless in Seattle during the athletic association’s Sustainability Conference.

April 26 event to recognize Chicago-area students for academic achievements in STEM

Symetra, a national provider of employee benefits, annuities and life insurance, appointed Sharmila Swenson as AVP, Public Affairs, a new role.

Anu and Naveen Jain announced Leaf Wearables as the grand prize winner of the $1M Anu & Naveen Jain Women’s Safety XPRIZE at the United Nations in New York City. Entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Anu and Naveen Jain launched a million-dollar prize using the XPRIZE platform, the global leader in designing incentive competitions solving humanity’s grand challenges, to address the safety of women and girls by leveraging technology. The prize,

Comprehensive wealth management firm names the five recipients of $25,000 in total college scholarships for the fall 2018 school term

Voya Financial has announced the winners of Voya Scholars — a scholarship program launched in collaboration with Scholarship America.

Study aims to establish a genetic screening approach to aid in diagnosis of patients with WHIM syndrome

Regional Winners Move on to Final Phase of Competition: National Finals in Washington, D.C.Franklyn Wang, Falls Church, VA Wins Top Individual Honors; Gabrielle Liu, Nashville, TN, and Allen Liu, Chattanooga, TN Win Top Team Honors

Regional Winners Move on to Final Phase of Competition: National Finals in Washington, D.C. Neil Wary (Elmhurst, IL) Wins Top Individual Honors; Brandon Zhu and Daniel Zhang (Midland, MI) Win Top Team Honors

This year, the DigitalGlobe Foundation (DGF) celebrates its 10th anniversary—marking a decade devoted to advancing the use of geospatial imagery to address local and global challenges and championing the education of the next-generation of geospatial leaders. The foundation is the 501(c)(3) organization underwritten by DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation satellite imagery and advanced geospa