Month: April 2019

Future Lions 2019: Call for Entries

Stuart Mitchell

Future Lions, AKQA’s global student competition to unearth the next generation of talent, is now open for entries. An undergraduate competition and showcase for inspirational thinking, Future Lions, is run in collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This year’s Future Lions theme is a call to action for students all over the world to reject their inner barriers and ‘Break Through’. Ego, self-doubt and fear of failure kill creativity, but these limits only exist in the mind. Students are encouraged to venture out into the unknown which…

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Kode With Klossy Partners with the Ad Council’s She Can STEM Campaign to Celebrate the Bright Futures of Girls in STEM

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council’s She Can STEM campaign has joined forces with Karlie Kloss’s nonprofit organization, Kode With Klossy, to show girls how exercising their minds – using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – is the first step to changing the world. In a new PSA (public service advertisement), launching today to coincide with Pi Day, supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss is joined by a team of bold, confident young girls who exercise their STEM skills through exciting coding projects, which help inspire self-confidence and creative thinking. “When we create…

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Boeing and Discovery Education Launch New FUTURE U. Program to Inspire Student Careers in Aerospace Technology

Stuart Mitchell

Boeing and Discovery Education, the leading provider of standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, today launched FUTURE U., a new innovative initiative to train the next generation of STEM professionals in aerospace exploration. The program will provide students with digitally immersive curriculum resources and experiences, including hands-on STEM activities, to help 6-12th grade students embrace their potential to make an impact on the future of aerospace. The FUTURE U. program’s inaugural activation, Innovating the Future Virtual Field Trip, will premiere on April 9, 2019 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT and will…

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AARP Launches ‘Stop Rx Greed’ Campaign Targeting High Prescription Drug Prices

Stuart Mitchell

The AARP has announced the launch of ‘Stop Rx Greed,’ a US nationwide campaign aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. The goal of AARP’s sustained campaign is to help drive down drug prices for Ohioans and all Americans by advocating for a variety of legislative, executive, and regulatory actions at both the federal and state level. “AARP has long supported a number of things to help lower drug costs but it’s time for us to move past just talking about the problem—and find solutions to the problem,” said Barbara A.…

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Project Sleep Partners with 21 Organizations to Establish World Narcolepsy Day

Stuart Mitchell

Project Sleep, a national organization that aims to educate individuals about the importance of sleep health, announced today that it has partnered with 21 organizations around the world to establish World Narcolepsy Day. This ground-breaking day, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, will be dedicated to raising critical awareness for narcolepsy on a global scale. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological condition that impairs the brain’s ability to regulate the sleep-wake cycle. A related condition, idiopathic hypersomnia, is a chronic neurological disorder marked by an insatiable need to…

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