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Roy Rogers Restaurants Secures Spot on Annual Franchise Times Top 400 List
FREDERICK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roy Rogers Restaurants, the iconic chain of western-themed quick-serve restaurants based in Frederick, Maryland, proudly announced today its inclusion in the Franchise Times Top 400 List. This achievement…
Mary Kay Recognized for Leadership in Conservation and Sustainability in the 2023 Texan by Nature 20
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mary Kay Inc., a global leader in skin care innovation and sustainability, is honored to announce its inclusion in the 2023 Texan by Nature 20 (TxN 20), a prestigious recognition by the conservation non-profit,…
Shoe Carnival Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Results
EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shoe Carnival, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCVL) (the “Company”), a leading retailer of footwear and accessories for the family, today reported results for the third quarter ended October 28, 2023. Highlights Total…
Ohio Virtual Academy Partners With Alumni to Host Ninth Annual Christmas Toy Drive Benefiting…
MAUMEE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $LRN #OHVA--Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) — a full-time, tuition-free, online public school for grades K-12 — has partnered with alumni to host their Ninth Annual Christmas Toy Drive benefiting Nationwide…
SportsMD and Andy Roddick’s ViewFi Partner to Provide Telehealth Sports Medicine Care to Athletes…
FAIRFIELD, Conn & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SportsMD.com, the premier online sports medicine resource providing content and care for athletes, announced a partnership with ViewFi, a tech-enabled virtual orthopedic and rehabilitation…
Santa Clara University Awarded Third HEED Diversity Award
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #DEI--For the third year in a row, INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has awarded Santa Clara University its Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The award recognizes universities…
Northwell Health Pediatric Rheumatologist Recognized for Lifetime Achievement by the American…
MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For her dedication to research and leadership in rheumatology, Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) pediatric rheumatologist and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research scientist…
Indulge in the Essence of the South with O’Charley’s Limited-Time-Only “Southern…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--O'Charley's is thrilled to announce the launch of its much-anticipated and limited-time-only Southern Comfort Specials Menu, set to delight taste buds and bring a touch of Southern charm to guests…
Skylar Unveils ‘Sunkissed Dahlia’ Eau de Parfum – Feel the Sun’s Golden Radiance Shine Over…
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starco Brands, Inc. (OTCQB: STCB) today announced Skylar, maker of clean fragrances, introduced its latest olfactory creation, Sunkissed Dahlia, an eau de parfum that encapsulates the warmth of the sun and…
BeMe Health Secures Funding, Launches Teen Mental Health Partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield…
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #WithTeensinMind--BeMe Health (BeMe), creator of an interventional behavioral health platform built by and for teens, today announced a $1.5 million funding investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas…
Viva Resorts by Wyndham Unveils Exciting Black Friday Deals and Holiday Promotions for 2023
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viva Resorts by Wyndham, a leading name in the travel industry, is excited to announce its exclusive Black Friday and Holidays promotions for 2023. Through these outstanding offers, Viva Resorts by Wyndham is set…
Braid, Anniversary Edition Launching April 30, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thekla, Inc. today announced that Braid, Anniversary Edition is officially coming to PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC and Netflix on April 30, 2024. Originally released to critical…
PowerSchool to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PWSC) (“PowerSchool” or the “Company”), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced that members of its executive…
e.l.f. Launches Its First-Ever Experience on Roblox, Empowering Entrepreneurs and Cultural…
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--e.l.f. Cosmetics and e.l.f. SKIN have launched a new one-of-a-kind experience, e.l.f. UP!, on Roblox, a global immersive platform for communication and connection. e.l.f. UP! takes users on a dynamic,…
Over Half (55%) of Undergraduate Students Worldwide Want Involvement of Human Expertise in GenAI,…
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #GlobalStudentSurvey--According to a new global study, 40% of undergraduates worldwide say they have used generative AI (GenAI) for their college/university studies, with Kenya (63%), Canada (54%),…
Holiday Advice: Alsana Experts Offer Ways to Support Loved Ones with an Eating Disorder
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Alsana--Alsana, an eating disorder treatment provider and recovery community, encourages families with loved ones in recovery to understand the importance of relapse prevention planning during the holidays.…
American Water and the American Water Charitable Foundation Celebrate National STEM Day at Local…
CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States., and the American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water,…
Northwell Launches $500 Million Initiative to Expand Pediatric Mental Health Services and Access to…
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the number of children and adolescents in need of mental health support continues to increase at alarming rates, Northwell Health is investing $350 million over the next five years and launching a…
Q&A: Activist Betty Osei Bonsu on plastic waste, finding solutions, and galvanizing youth |…
Globally, we're facing a plastic pollution crisis at a scale we've never seen. But the impacts of this crisis are not felt equally. From the production to the disposal of plastics, the most vulnerable communities often experience the…
Holiday Shopping Starts Now with Lenovo’s Black Friday Sale
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lenovo is kicking off the holiday shopping season with its annual Black Friday Sale, where consumers can shop for some of the best deals of the year! This sale runs from November 20 to…
Tire Industry CEOs commit to ambitious sustainability workplan
Laguna Niguel, 1 November 2023: The CEOs of 10 leading tire manufacturers gathered this week to confirm a two-year Tire Industry Project (TIP) workplan focused on research and action for sustainability in the tire lifecycle, including…
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky of PKP – The…
Continuing our series of interviews with leaders of scholarly infrastructure organizations, today we will be hearing not just one, but two perspectives — from Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky, Co-Scientific Director of the…
Lifetime cost of plastic 10 times higher for low-income countries than rich ones, revealing…
New report estimates low-income countries, despite consuming less plastic, incur a total lifetime plastic cost that is 10 times higher than wealthier countries. The structural inequities built into the current plastics value chain not…
WWF-US AND BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES’ BEYOND PETROCHEMICALS GATHER GOVERNMENT LEADERS, EXPERTS AND…
Overview:
The United Nations Environment Programme’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) will convene a third time in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13-19, 2023, to develop an international, legally binding treaty on plastic…
Oticon Presents Finalists, Opens Voting for 25th Annual Oticon Focus on People Awards
SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #FOP--Hearing aid manufacturer Oticon, Inc. announces 12 finalists for the 25th annual Oticon Focus on People Awards.
AI-Powered Virtual Try-On and Styling Company Zelig Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding, Led by…
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zelig announced it has secured $15 million in Series A funding to support the launch of its AI-powered virtual try-on and styling technology (VTO-S).
The First Global Stocktake is a wakeup call for the ag and food sectors
Just before Climate Week, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) released its First Global Stocktake, a report on the global progress to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is required by the…
The living income agenda in agri-food value chains: no time to waste
Recently, over a billion working people worldwide earn less than they need to afford a decent standard of living, including sufficient food, water, housing, education, healthcare and other essential needs. More specifically, agriculture…
Introducing Mental Health Awareness Mondays: Tips for Publishers from the Center for Workplace…
In my September post, I announced the Mental Health Task Force and the development of several strategic initiatives to support mental health awareness for SSP members. The response from that article and the support that it…
New tiger population estimate of 5,574 wild tigers announced by Global Tiger Forum
Back in 2010, with wild tiger numbers at an all-time low of about 3,200 individuals, the world’s 13 tiger range countries—with support from conservation partners including WWF—made a global goal to double wild tiger numbers by 2022.…
Nature Positive: How to Help Oceans Thrive
This vision is ambitious—and necessary. It is also critical to recognize that the ongoing climate and inequality crises, which are interlinked with nature loss, are driven by the same unsustainable systems and therefore have common…
A climate high, a climate low, and our climate future | Stories | WWF
In these strange days of summer, we witnessed an extreme climate high and an extreme climate low. Both have significant implications for the planet’s health and for confronting the climate crisis moving forward.
The climate high
In a…
Meet WWF’s 2023 Conservation Leadership Award winner
Charitie Ropati (she/her) is a Yup’ik and Samoan Indigenous scientist, scholar, climate activist, and advocate for education equality.
Medic Herni Kurnia makes the forest her hospital
She visits the Talang Mamak community multiple times a week, often traveling on foot for at least 30 minutes from ABT's field base of operations to the village through long stretches of mud and unpaved trails."My work always starts with…
Native Nations bring bison home
At one point—prior to European colonization and the devastation it wrought—bison were the widest-ranging large mammal in North America, numbering between 30 million and 60 million. But by 1889, only 512 plains bison remained after the…
On Guafo Island in northern Patagonia, diving for seaweed and planning for a sustainable future
When the seaweed divers of Guafo Island return to the surface, it’s as if they’ve come back from some distant planet. Three men heave their slippery bodies onto a fishing vessel, like dazed aquanauts, dressed from boot to hood in thick…
In good news for elephants, Africa’s largest savanna elephant population is stable
Key takeaways
While the data suggests a slight increase and stable overall elephant population, elephant numbers and mortality rates varied both between and within countries in the region. We now have a relatively precise estimate of…
Six actions to stop deforestation and conserve the Amazon
In general, Project Finance for Permanence models, such as ARPA, are an opportunity to align public, private, multilateral, and philanthropic institutions in an actively coordinated arrangement to support large-scale and long-term…
In rural Tanzania, people and ecosystems grow stronger together
This dilemma is being tackled in part through the efforts of a group of community members, mostly women, who are working with the CARE-WWF Alliance to increase their standards of living while also protecting their environments. The…
Bhutan’s snow leopard population up by almost 40%
“With less than 3% of the range surveyed, there are serious knowledge gaps in the population status of snow leopards,” said Dechen Dorji, Senior Director of Asia Wildlife Conservation, WWF-US. “A 39.5% increase in Bhutan’s snow leopard…
Sustainable fishing and saving sea turtles | Stories | WWF
Economic and social benefits
The collaboration between the fishers, Colombia's National Natural Parks, WWF, and other partners offers a balance that benefits fishers economically and socially, while also furthering environmental…
Stopping the decline of river dolphin populations
River dolphins—the charismatic and iconic animals living in some of the world's greatest river systems—face a barrage of threats. Since the 1980s, their population numbers have plummeted by 73%, with water infrastructure, unsustainable…
Protecting and restoring Earth’s forests by 2030
In 2022, global deforestation reached 16.3 million acres, with primary tropical forest loss at 10.1 million acres. An alarming 96% of this takes place in tropical regions. Tropical Asia is the only region close to achieving zero…
WWF’s 2023 Plowprint Report
Grasslands are critical for people, nature, and the climate, yet we are plowing them up for cropland at an astounding, unsustainable rate. WWF's 2023 Plowprint Report shows that 1.6 million acres of grassland habitat were destroyed in…
Transforming how we produce animal feed to protect people and nature
Raising animals for meat, milk, and eggs has been a valuable part of the global agricultural landscape for millennia as it provides communities with a significant source of nutrition, underpins several cultural identities, and supports the…
Protecting Madagascar’s Ring-Tailed Lemurs
Madagascar is a global biodiversity hotspot and home to unique animal species that can only be found on the island. Ninety-eight percent of mammals, 91% of reptiles, and 80% of plants do not occur anywhere else in the world. The…
Oysters: an unsung hero in a changing climate
How this helps with climate changeMeeting the climate challenge involves three things: reducing carbon emissions, sequestering excess carbon from the atmosphere, and managing the impacts of a warming planet as they affect nature and our…
AI Will Lead Us to Need More Garbage-subtraction. – The Scholarly Kitchen
Last month, the second NISO Plus Forum in Washington DC focused on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Andrew Pace provided one of three provocations for the audience. His talk focused on “second questions”, when…
First of Its Kind Report Quantitatively Highlights Benefits of a Rapid Transition to Renewables on…
November 3, 2023 (Washington, DC) - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today released a first-of-its kind report of the potential risks and benefits of a rapid shift to renewable energy for people, wildlife…
How Would a Starfish Wear Pants? – The Scholarly Kitchen
Never let it be said that The Scholarly Kitchen was afraid to answer the most important questions of the day. Here, we present the latest from Nature that addresses a question I am certain has been…