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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Three Schools Named National Winners in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest for Using STEAM to Make a Difference
After months of researching, designing and developing prototypes, three schools have been named national winners in the $2 million* Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest – a nationwide competition that challenges 6th through 12th graders to use STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) to address real-world problems in their communities.
Tackling complex issues of student hunger, wildlife safety and overabundant pesticides in crops, the three national winners were awarded today after presenting their projects to a panel of judges during the National Finalist Pitch Event yesterday. Emerging from thousands of public school entries from across the country and being selected one of 255 state finalists (5 per state), then one of 51 state winners, and then one of 10 national finalists, Snowflake Junior High School in Snowflake, Ariz., Gering High School in Gering Neb. and The Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn, N.Y. ultimately advanced through these phases of the contest to achieve their 2017 status as national winners.
“In the face of challenge and adversity, students applied STEAM skills to create hope and possibility. From combating hunger and ensuring safety, to protecting wildlife and preserving natural resources, these remarkable young people have developed tangible solutions to problems faced by their neighbors and communities all over the world,” said Ann Woo, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship, Samsung Electronics America. “Our hope for Solve for Tomorrow is to instill confidence in today’s youth and give them the tools to imagine and pursue a career in STEAM, and ultimately, take an active role in improving the world.”
The three national winners will receive $150,000* in technology products such as LED TVs, laptops and tablets. Additionally, each school has earned a $20,000 donation to a local nonprofit of their choice. This year’s winners include:
Snowflake Junior High School in Snowflake, Ariz.
As 150 people die each year in car accidents due to wildlife collisions, students at Snowflake Junior High School have created a detection system to alert oncoming traffic that an animal is nearby. With this device, students hope to lower the amount of human fatalities and preserve the community’s wildlife. Students at Snowflake Junior High School have won a donation for the Phoenix Herpetological Society.
Samsung also named Snowflake Junior High School as this year’s Community Choice winner, for securing the most public votes on social media. As the Community Choice Winner, students have won an additional $20,000* in technology for their school as well as an additional $15,000 donation for the Phoenix Herpetological Society. View their project video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qd-rq-X30. #SamsungSolveSJHS
Gering High School in Gering, Neb.
Students in the small farming community of Gering, Neb. noticed that there seemed to be an overabundant use of herbicides and pesticides on crops. With a growing concern for a safe water and food supply, an electronics class from Gering High School designed and built a drone-powered spraying system to precisely target weeds and eliminate the need to blanket spray large fields. Students at Gering High School have won a donation for the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research & Extension Center. View their project video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4uHlK_lICg. #SamsungSolveGHS
The Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Students at Secondary School for Journalism identified an important issue facing their community – 1 out of 4 kids go to sleep hungry every night. At the Secondary School for Journalism, 78 percent of the school receives free lunch, and for some students, that may be the only meal have all day. To ensure their fellow students don’t go hungry, they created an app that curates a network of local schools and restaurants that will donate free dinner that might otherwise have gone to waste. Students at The Secondary School for Journalism have won a donation for WhyHunger. View their project video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYzoW2KfI1Y. #SamsungSolveSSFJ
The three national winners were honored at an awards ceremony at the Eastern Market North Hall in Washington, D.C. today. In addition, Samsung recognized the contest’s other seven national finalists for their creative work to develop solutions for their respective local communities.
In addition to honoring the students, Samsung recognized Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9), Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX-23), and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) for championing STEAM education in K-12 schools nationwide and encouraging students to pursue careers in STEAM.
“STEAM education is a smart investment. The average STEAM job salary is 70 percent more than national average and STEAM jobs are growing twice the rate of other jobs. While we haven’t always made the investment at the federal level, I’m committed to do my part in Washington to support STEAM programs,” Rep. Pascrell said. “I want to congratulate all of the schools for your excellent work and progressing to this level in the competition. The students here today have a bright future ahead, thanks to their own ingenuity, family and community support, federal grants from the Department of Education, and investments and leadership from companies like Samsung.”
“It’s exciting that Samsung is running STEAM programs like Solve for Tomorrow because they are helping our youth tackle hard challenges today that will lead to the future jobs of tomorrow,” said Rep. Hurd.
While in Washington, D.C. this week, students and teachers also had the opportunity to meet with and present their projects to their respective congressional representatives from Arkansas, Arizona, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia.
The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest was created in 2010 to encourage innovation while addressing the technology gap in classrooms across the country. Each year, the competition inspires more active, hands-on teaching and learning among schools nationwide. Since 2004, Samsung has provided more than $19 million in technology to more than 1,000 public schools in the United States. Over the course of seven years, Samsung has received more than 15,000 entries, empowering youth to identify and problem-solve with the support of their teachers, peers, schools and communities at large.
To learn more about the contest, please visit: http://ift.tt/1tmqaJW.
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April 26, 2017 at 11:53PM
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April 26, 2017 at 11:51PM
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Mnuchin says Small and Medium sized Business Also Will be Eligible for the 15 Percent Tax Rate
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MNUCHIN SAYS SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS ALSO WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 15 PERCENT TAX RATE
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U.S. STOCKS MOVE HIGHER AFTER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS PROPOSAL FOR TAX REFORMS
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Mnuchin says Small and Medium sized Business Also Will be Eligible for the 15 Percent Tax Rate
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MNUCHIN SAYS SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS ALSO WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 15 PERCENT TAX RATE
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April 26, 2017 at 11:47PM
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eQuine Holdings, LLC reports record returns of 510.26% for fiscal year 2016, beating its previous record of 133.72% for fiscal year 2012
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
SNP MPs ask Greens not to stand in Tory target seats and sign pro-Brexit fishing pledge
April 26, 2017 at 11:36PM
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Perrigo to Restate Financials Back to 2013
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The drugmaker says it incorrectly classified royalties from the Tysabri drug as an intangible asset rather than a financial asset.
April 26, 2017 at 11:38PM
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Soldier gets life for stalking and murdering former girlfriend
April 26, 2017 at 11:36PM
from Ben Farmer
Perrigo to Restate Financials Back to 2013
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The drugmaker says it incorrectly classified royalties from the Tysabri drug as an intangible asset rather than a financial asset.
April 26, 2017 at 11:38PM
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FCC chairman plans to ‘reverse the mistake’ of net neutrality
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on May 18 to kick off a proceeding to “reverse the mistake” of the agency’s 2-year-old net neutrality rules, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said.
The rulemaking proceeding would be the first step toward repealing the regulations and reversing the agency’s 2015 decision to classify broadband as a regulated, telecom-like service.
Pai didn’t provide a lot of detail about his proposal during a speech Wednesday, but during the rulemaking, the FCC will seek public comment on how best to move forward with new net neutrality rules or guidelines, he said. The FCC is scheduled to release the text of Pai’s proposal on Thursday.
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April 26, 2017 at 11:43PM
from Grant Gross
DeClout to nurture early-stage startups in Singapore
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The incubator programme is aimed at startups focusing on fintech, cybersecurity, data analytics and smart logistics.
April 26, 2017 at 11:42PM
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Huawei, Google supercharge Android with new Raspberry Pi-like board
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The HiKey 960 will be the go-to computer board for Android and will sell for US$239.
April 26, 2017 at 11:42PM
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Rally against political corruption is Saturday in Viera – Florida Today
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Rally against political corruption is Saturday in Viera
Florida Today The local anti-corruption organization Represent the Space Coast is holding a rally Saturday in Viera to push for political reforms it says are designed to cut down on corruption in Florida. Speakers at the rally represent a wide political spectrum … |
April 26, 2017 at 11:37PM
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Google, Customer Service Experts Zendesk Bring Instant Customer Service To An App Near You
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When a customer has a problem, they want to be able to reach customer service from within the very app where the problem’s occurring. To this end, customer service software company Zendesk has announced an integration with Fabric, the app development platform Google recently purchased from Twitter.
April 26, 2017 at 11:04PM
from Micah Solomon, Contributor
The Top Boston Tech Hires, Promotions (and Departures) in April
For the month of April, two longtime Boston tech executives started new careers as venture capitalists. We’re talking about E Ink co-founder Russ Wilcox and former Actifio CMO Mike Troiano, of course, who have joined early-stage VC firms Pillar and G20 Ventures, respectively. Lots of tech companies made executive appointments, including Placester, Nasuni and Wayfair.
Here are the top Boston tech hires, promotions and departures for April:
• Bigtincan, a Boston-based provider of AI-powered sales enablement software, hired Kent Erickson as vice president of customer success and Brian Beane as vice president of worldwide sales operations. Erickson was previously manager of sales operations at AT&T, and Beane was previously vice president of global sales operations at Lavastorm Analytics.
• Cazena, a Waltham big data startup, hired Sam Berg as its vice president of sales. He was formerly SnapLogic’s vice president of field operations. Before SnapLogic, Berg held leadership positions at VoltDB and Nexaweb.
• EMC’s RSA security division lost David Castignola, its senior vice president of sales, who left to join Optiv Security in Denver. He will serve as the company’s first executive vice president of worldwide sales.
• Endurance International Group, the Burlington company that owns Constant Contact, announced that Chief Product Officer Ken Surdan is expected to resign in July 2017. No word yet on what’s next. Surdan became CPO last June after serving as senior vice president of product at Constant Contact.
• Everbridge hired Cara Antonacci as vice president of human resources. She was previously senior vice president of human resources at Jack Morton Worldwide.
• G20 Ventures added Mike Troiano as an investing partner. He was most recently CMO of Actifio and had been serving as a limited partner at G20.
• Hexadite, a provider of security automation software, added Jessica Couto as its vice president of channel. Couto, who will run the company’s new security automation channel program, was previously vice president of channel sales at Carbonite. Prior to that, she was at Carbon Black and Kaspersky Lab.
• InCrowd, whose CEO we recently profiled, has made three executive appointments: Janet Bays as vice president of business development, Kathy Reilas as another vice president of business development and Katie Ka as senior director of client success. Bays was previously executive director of business development at RxC Health, Keilas was most recently senior vice president of Radius Global Market Research and Ka has been a marketing research consultant.
• MageMail, a digital marketing solution for online retailers, appointed Erik Bullen as CEO. Bullen was previously vice president of digital strategy at Mobiquity and vice president of global services at Brightcove.
• Mendix, a mobile application development platform, hired Tara Griesbach as director of talent acquisition. Previously, she held recruitment leadership roles at Rapid7 and athenahealth.
• Mylestone, Dave Balter’s digital memories startup, hired Drew Condon as its head or product. He was most recently a lead product designer at HubSpot. Before HubSpot, Condon was at RunKeeper and Compete.
• Nasuni, a Natick-based provider of cloud enterprise file services, hired Paul Flanagan as president. Flanagan was most recently managing director at Sigma Prime Ventures.
• Pillar VC added Russ Wilcox as an investment partner. Wilcox was a co-founder of E Ink Corporation and went on to eventually serve as its CEO. He also co-founded Transatomic Power and Piper Therapeutics, the latter of which he served as CEO. The firm also added healthcare tech vet Stan Lapidus as a co-founder of its venture capital fund. Co-founders at Pillar invest in the firm’s fund and can also sit on boards of portfolio companies. Lapidus brings a wealth of healthcare expertise to the table, having founded Cytyc, which sold to Hologix for $6.2 billion in 2007, and Exact Science, which went public in 2001. His most recent company is SynapDx, which is developing lab tests for autism and other developmental disorders.
• Placester, the real estate marketing software startup that recently raised $50 million, hired Sham Sao as its CRO. Sao was previously senior vice president of product and marketing at Endurance International Group, the publicly listed company in Burlington that acquired Constant Contact.
• Qstream, a Harvard Medical School spinoff that makes sales coaching software, made two executive appointments: Michael Gear as senior vice president of worldwide sales and Joe Gruttadauria as senior vice president of corporate development. Gear held prior sales leadership roles at Akamai, Webtrends and Cedexis. Gruttadauria was previously Qstream’s senior vice president of sales.
• SnapApp, a Boston-based provider of self-serve marketing software, hired Mark Collura as its vice president of sales. Collura previously held the same position for PointClear, a Boston company that provides lead-gen services.
• State Street’s Technology Research hired Ravi Arimilli as its new head of the division. Arimilli was previously at IBM, where he served as chief architect for the company’s analytics, big data and blockchain platforms.
• Turbonomic hired Sean Casey as its vice president of alliances. He previously held sales leadership roles at Zerto, OnApp and IBM.
• TVision Insights, which uses computer vision and eye-tracking technology to track audience behavior, hired former Nielsen executive Mark Green as its chief strategy officer.
• Vivoom, a Boston-based mobile adtech startup, added John Harrobin, former CMO of Verizon’s consumer and mass business division, as a board adviser.
• Wayfair hired Eric Trickett as director of talent acquisition. Trickett was previously head of global product and engineering recruiting at TripAdvisor.
• Zerto, an IT cloud provider, hired Coley Burke as vice president of sales for the Americas and Steve Lobisser as global director of technical support. Both of the new additions were previously at Dell EMC.
Think someone’s missing? Let me know at dmartin@americaninno.com.
April 26, 2017 at 10:56PM
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