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$10,000 Grant Supports New Mentoring Matches In Rural Communities
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Plains has been awarded a $10,000 grant from United Way West Central Manitoba. Executive Director, Dawn Froese, says the funding will support new mentoring relationships in rural schools around Portage la Prairie. “It's the...
How STEM Racing Prepares Students For Engineering Careers
2024 was a big year for the project, as it celebrated 25 years while also rebranding from F1 in Schools to STEM Racing, supported by Formula 1 and at the same time reaching 29,000 schools across 64 countries, while continuing to count on the support of all 10 teams on...
Women Running High-Growth Startups In Record Numbers Globally
Ariana Martín is determined to help cities harness their own wind energy through Roseo Eólica Urbana, a startup she co-founded in northern Spain. Komali Dadlani is working on turning smartphones into science instruments to help teachers and students reach their...
Center For Black Entrepreneurship Charts Path For HBCUs
Founded in 2021 with $10 million in support from Bank of America, the Black Economic Alliance, Morehouse College, and Spelman College brought the CBE to Atlanta to create entrepreneurial success for Atlanta University Center (AUC) students and Black business owners...
Remote Work Battle Fuels Talent Crisis At Offices
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the modern workplace, with recent Pew Research Center findings revealing widespread employee resistance to returning to traditional office settings. This shift marks a significant transformation in...
Missouri Tackles Gig Economy Benefits To Speed Up Payments
In a world where streets are filled with Uber drivers and DoorDash workers drop off dinner with a few taps of the phone, there’s a new challenge for government agencies: how to verify incomes for this emerging kind of worker to determine benefit eligibility. With the...
India: Budget Proposes Social Security Scheme For Gig Workers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a social security scheme for one crore gig workers engaged with online platforms and said the government will provide them identity cards and facilitate their registration on the e-Shram portal. The move will...
7 Tax Mistakes To Avoid If You’re a Gig Worker
Gig work has been a game changer for many people, allowing them to parlay skills into side work that can add income without having to formally get a new job. The downside is that it’s easy to overlook tax implications, especially for anyone who has never done gig work...
As Trump Admin Targets DEI, Professionals Worry About Future Of Their Industry
Rafael Fantauzzi has worked in diversity, equity and inclusion roles in the retail, home health and pharmaceutical industries for the last eight years. The Philadelphia-area resident takes pride in helping improve the workplace culture and experience for women, people...
DAOs and the Future of Work
Everything from stock trading to customer service is being handed over to algorithms, but not all automation looks the way we expect. Some of the most ambitious experiments in machine-run organizations are Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). The largest...