Venture Investors Scott Kupor and Ali Behbahani Discuss Role of Venture in Supporting Entrepreneurship at Congressional Hearing (National Venture Capital Association)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jul 2016
(Source ... WASHINGTON, DC - Venture investors Scott Kupor, Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Chair-elect of the NVCA Board of Directors, and Ali Behbahani, MD, Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), testified today before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship at a hearing to examine the role of venture capital in supporting innovation and spurring entrepreneurial activity in the U.S ... (noodl....

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Focus for NEA Big Read program (NEA - National Endowment for the Arts)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
NEA - National Endowment for the Arts) ... In celebration of the initiative's 10th anniversary, the NEA is announcing a new focus for the NEA Big Read library on contemporary authors and books written since the founding of the NEA 50 years ago ... To select the new books, the National Endowment for the Arts solicited suggestions from NEA Big Read grantees, NEA literature grantees, NEA literature fellows, and others ... About the NEA Big Read....

NEA book program gets a makeover, will feature newer works

Edit Springfield News-Sun 13 Jul 2016
The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update. The NEA announced Wednesday that the Big Read, for which communities throughout the country have been assigned a single work to discuss, will focus on contemporary works of literature and offer a more diverse range of voices and styles....

​NTU and NEA collaborate to develop a waste-to-energy research facility (Nanyang Technological University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
The National Environment Agency (NEA) today signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) to co-fund the development of a S$40 million Waste-To-Energy (WTE) Research Facility ... The collaboration agreement was signed by Mr Ronnie Tay, CEO of NEA, and Professor Ng Wun Jern, Executive Director of NTU's Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI)....

‘Big Read’ dumps some classic titles, focuses on the contemporary

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Jul 2016
The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update. The NEA announced Wednesday that the Big Read, for which communities throughout the country have been assigned a single work to discuss, will focus on contemporary works of literature and offer a more diverse range of voices and styles....

Claudia Rankine, Kao Kalia Yang and others added to NEA Big Read list

Edit Star Tribune 13 Jul 2016
Thirteen new titles add to the "makeover" of the list ... ....

Campaña #ZAPzika de March of Dimes urge que se prevenga el daño cerebral en bebés

Edit PR Newswire 13 Jul 2016
WHITE PLAINS, Nueva York, 12 de julio de 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- March of Dimes está buscando miles de firmas para una petición en línea para solicitar que el Congreso actúe de inmediato en la aprobación de un paquete de financiamiento ... ....

Hainan Airlines premiado con la Designación de Aerolínea Cinco Estrellas SKYTRAX por sexto año consecutivo

Edit PR Newswire 13 Jul 2016
LONDRES, 13 de julio de 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SKYTRAX, un proveedor global de servicios de evaluación de aviación profesionales y firma de investigación con un enfoque en los servicios de aerolínea y aeropuerto, anunció a los ganadores de los SKYTRAX World Airline ... ....

Premier Investors Double-Down on Innovating Healthcare Consumerism with Additional $15 Million in Funding for Docent Health

Edit Business Wire 13 Jul 2016
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Docent Health announced today that the company received investment capital from three prominent venture capital firms deeply committed to cultivating consumerism in healthcare. The $15 million Series A round, co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Maverick Ventures, will help Docent Health transform the way health systems engage with customers ... ....

Envíe dinero a Costa Rica con las opciones de transferencia de dinero de Sharemoney

Edit PR Newswire 13 Jul 2016
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, Nueva Jersey, 13 de julio de 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Sharemoney, el servicio de transferencia de dinero en línea de OMNEX Grupo, está ampliando sus servicios para incluir envíos de remesas a Costa Rica. Sharemoney ha estado facilitando... ....

Commentary: Can Real World and Education World get along?

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 13 Jul 2016
By Jonathan Zimmerman. I live in two worlds ... MATT ROURKE / Associated Press. Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia Friday ... It was a lovefest, for the most part, as Clinton endorsed higher teacher pay and the other standard items on the NEA's wish list ... But that was too much for the NEA, which sees charter schools - most of which are nonunionized - as a scheme to break its back, and to destroy public education along the way ... And so on....

2017 House Interior and Environment Bill Makes Policy Strides, Still Spends Too Much (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
(Source. The Heritage Foundation) ... The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), for instance, should be funded privately and not receive funding from federal or state governments ... The bill provides $150 million for the NEA for FY 2017, an increase of $1.9 million compared to current funding. Private contributions to the arts and humanities vastly exceed the amount provided by the NEA....
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