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XPRIZE, AirMiners and Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) today announced a partnership to support early-stage carbon removal startups interested in the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, the $100M XPRIZE...

Four tech start-ups from three countries are leading breakthrough work to transform the ports and logistics sector by piloting projects with Gulftainer. eYard, Morpheus.Network, ThroughPut, and ZaiNar have emerged as winners of Gulftainer's Future...

This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Public Health Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award, which was established to acknowledge and celebrate outstanding multidisciplinary efforts to impact community health. The PHS...

The Cleanie Awards® today announced that applications are open for its 2021 awards program. Now in its fourth year, The Cleanie Awards is the leading awards program recognizing the top innovators, thinkers, leaders, and disruptors driving America's...

The TORTIYAHS!® Brand is excited to usher in Cinco De Mayo with its great tasting, family-favorite tortilla chips. As Cinco De Mayo is one of the top selling holidays of the year for tortilla chips, salsas and dips sales, "YAHS!" are the perfect...

Pricefx, the global leader in native cloud pricing software, today announced it partnered with the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester to sponsor the 2021 Simon Pricing Club Case Competition. This is the second implementation of...

Mary Kay Inc., a leading corporate advocate of women's empowerment and entrepreneurship, announced the top three winners of its World Series of Innovation (WSI) Challenge in partnership with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). In its...

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to present the Where Are They Now? Podcast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), a pioneering startup accelerator at the...

BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company developing a variety of cell-cultured seafood products directly from fish cells, announced this week the winners of the Eat Bluetm Essay Contest in collaboration with the Research Chefs Association (RCA)....

Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, is celebrating moms this year through an integrated campaign to encourage its supporters to thank, honor and support the moms in our life. Anyone can participate by uploading a picture...

In an effort to help small businesses remain resilient and enhance their local delivery services, Buzz E-Bikes, today announced the launch of "Buzz Across America." The online giveaway will award e-bikes to deserving local businesses across the...

Twelve of Europe's leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs. AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea FC, FC...

Veterans United Home Loans and realtor.com® have launched the Stars, Stripes and Summer $100K Veteran Homebuyer Giveaway. The promotion is the ninth sweepstakes collaboration between Veterans United and realtor.com® to give back to military Veterans...

The "Coopers" are ready to rock as Cooper Tire today kicked off Driven to Perform ? a nationwide garage band contest in partnership with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper. Cooper Tire and Alice Cooper, credited as the "godfather of shock...

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, is now accepting entries for the Techstars Sustainability Challenge: Net Zero. The equity-free challenge is looking for startups focused on carbon accounting and measurement, quality...

Syngenta Seeds and the Analytics Society of INFORMS selected a team affiliated with CSIRO Data61 in Australia as the winner of the 2021 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics. The Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics is a collaborative effort between...

Abnormal Security today announced the company has been named one of 10 finalists for the RSA Conference 2021 Innovation Sandbox Contest for its breakthrough cloud-native email security platform that stops modern email attacks through behavioral data...

Reply announces the opening of registrations for the Creative Challenge 2021, the team-based competition and part of the Reply Challenges program, that brings together students and young creatives from all over the world. The challenge consists of...

It was a sight-fishing clinic on Shearon Harris Reservoir in Raleigh on Wednesday, and pro Alton Jones of Woodway, Texas, was the professor. The Texas angler boated 12 bass weighing 45 pounds, 9 ounces to dominate the final-day Championship Round and...

4AIR, the first and only rating system focused on comprehensive sustainability in private aviation ? taking you beyond carbon neutrality, today announced #FORTHEAIR, an aerial photograph appreciation contest to celebrate Earth Day (April 22)....

Technology sectors such as FinTech, InsureTech, AgriTech, eCommerce, HealthTech, and CleanTech are not only solving some of Africa's most pressing problems, but also contributing significantly to the continent's economy. In fact, the so-called...

The champagne is flowing and the celebrations are well underway at Golden Euro casino after one lucky player hit the jackpot and landed a monster ?3,746,291 win. The player's win came on Realtime Gaming's hugely popular Aztec Millions slot, and is...

The USAID Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) is pleased to announce that Arizona State University swept the 15th annual Public Service Announcements for International Disasters contest (PSAid), taking first, second and third places...

Capgemini and Efma have launched the global Financial NewTech Challenge 2021 today, which offers NewTechs and financial institutions an opportunity to showcase their collaborative business solutions to an elite panel of experts and industry...

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to lift nationwide, experiences marketplace Groupon today announced the launch of its ?So #@$%ing Ready' campaign, a four-week initiative aimed at helping consumers go from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) to JODO (Joy of...

Cintas Corporation is seeking nominations for the 20th annual America's Best Restroom® contest. The initiative celebrates businesses that develop and maintain exceptional restroom facilities. Anyone can submit their favorite restroom now through...

Every lesbian has a coming out story. But "Coming Out for Love," a new online streaming series from award-winning LGBTQ filmmaker Nicole Conn, promises a fresh ? and often hilarious ? romp through a process acutely familiar to many. "I've been...

University of Phoenix and The Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) We Care for America Foundation, the charitable arm of EANGUS, are accepting applications for the 2021 Future Phoenix scholarship program. Three...

The 11th annual Sunstone Innovation Challenge announced the 2021 winners after its final pitch presentations Wednesday, April 7 over livestream. Sunstone Management, an international investment firm based in Long Beach, partnered with California...

Voting for the 2021 Custodian of the Year contest hosted by Cintas Corporation closes at 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 16. The nation's top 10 finalists include a diverse group of committed school custodians. Vote for your favorite custodian at...

The 2021 EdTech Awards has named CoderZ the winner of the 2021 Cool Tool Award in the "coding, computer science, engineering solution" category. CoderZ captured top honors in the category from a field of 15 finalists. CoderZ, which was also named a...

With one month to go until the 6th of May submissions deadline, the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award for rewarding impact, innovation, and inspiration, has today issued a final call to small-to-medium sized enterprises,...

Hialeah-based CGI Windows & Doors, part of the PGT Innovations family of brands, is expanding its successful "CGI Heroes: Celebrating Strength" initiative into a statewide contest to recognize heroes across Florida who go above and beyond to help...

Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) will bring cuteness into focus for the world at a time when it truly needs it, with photos of adorable dogs being shared online through its annual Puparazzi Photo Contest. The contest offers six photo entry categories,...

Wyndham Destinations, the world's largest vacation ownership company, has once again partnered with Richard Petty to provide vacationers with the ultimate roadtrip ride ? the 2021 Wyndham Destinations Chevrolet Camaro SS, custom built by Petty's...

Velocity Solutions announces that their Account Revenue Solutiontm has been selected as a finalist in Bank Director's 2021 Best of FinXTech Awards in the category of Best Solution for Customer Experience. Through the Best of FinXTech Awards, Bank...

Ramsey Solutions recognizes that teachers are among the unsung heroes of the past year. To honor their hard work, the company is launching a Teacher Appreciation Giveaway during National Financial Literacy Month in April. The giveaway is an...

Viva Wyndham Resorts, a collection of all-inclusive resorts located in the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico, has announced a new sweepstakes in celebration of the resort chains' 34th anniversary. With one grand-prize...

Texan by Nature (TxN), a Texas-led conservation non-profit, today announces the selection of the 2021 Conservation Wranglers. Conservation Wrangler is an accelerator program that catalyzes the very best Texan-led conservation projects occurring in...

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc. and brand leader in gaming and esports, today announced that HyperX Predator DDR4 memory was used to set a new overclocking world record for the fastest DDR4 memory frequency at...

LCGCtm Europe, a leading multimedia platform of peer-reviewed technical information on the field of chromatography and the separation sciences, is now accepting nominations for the 2022 HTC Innovation Award through June 30, 2021. "It is such a...

Mary Kay Inc., a leading corporate advocate of women's empowerment and entrepreneurship, announced today the top three winners of its World Series of Innovation (WSI) Challenge in partnership with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). In...

Veracode, the largest global provider of application security testing (AST) solutions, announced today the winner of its first-ever Hacker Games competition, which challenged students to hack and patch real-life apps online. WMG Cyber Security Centre...

US Foods Holding Corp. announced today the opening of the US Foods Scholars application period. US Foods Scholars provides financial support and development opportunities to culinary and hospitality students who demonstrate tremendous promise and...

OneSpin® Solutions, provider of certified IC integrity verification solutions for building functionally correct, safe, secure and trusted integrated circuits, has announced the winners of its fifth annual Holiday Puzzle. Each year, the puzzle...

GlossWire hosted its first-ever virtual pitch competition on March 18th, 2021. Nine finalists pitched in front of six influential leaders in media and beauty, moderated by Fashwire CEO and Founder Kimberly Carney, to win incredible cash prizes,...

Does the thought of spreading Kraft Mayo on a sandwich make your stomach turn? Does your irrational fear of this simple sauce keep you from enjoying the finer things in life? If you answered yes, you may suffer from "Mayophobia." Kraft Mayo knows...

BHMI, a leading provider of payments software best known for its Concourse Financial Software Suite, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Founded in 1986 by Chairman, Dr. Jack Baldwin; President, Dr. Lynne Baldwin; and SVP of Software...

Leading online auto retailer Carvana , known for its immersive, patented, 360-degree photo technology, is giving INDYCAR fans an experience they'll never forget: the chance to get up close and personal with Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 48 Honda and...

Horizon Therapeutics plc , in partnership with MIT Solve, a marketplace for social impact innovation, today announced it has created a first-of-its-kind annual global innovation challenge called The Horizon Prize focused on speeding diagnosis and...