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Innovation & Technology

Bloomberg LP: Applying Data Science for Social Good Starts with Building Empathy

At DataKind, we are humbled by the thousands of data scientists worldwide that have reached out to us, ready to use their skills for the greater good. We’re equally impressed by the hundreds of social change organizations — nonprofits, foundations, and social enterprises — eager to leverage data and advanced analytics to make greater impact.

Energy

Matt Winkler: Why the U.S. Gets the Most Out of Cheap Oil

Cheap oil should be good economic medicine for almost anybody who isn't trying to sell the stuff. Yet only one country has been able to take full advantage of the 14-month collapse in the price of crude: the U.S.

Events, Media & Communications

Sustainable Vegan Market Booming in Berlin

On the last weekend of August in Berlin, the German capital was blessed with relentless sunshine and temperatures to rival Spain’s. Zoom in on the city’s iconic square AlexanderPlatz, home to the futuristic TV tower, and tens of stalls show the city how veganism has grown stronger in the city.

Events, Media & Communications

Fox Searchlight's 'He Named Me Malala' Opens Telluride Film Festival

He Named Me Malala, Fox Searchlight's upcoming documentary about 18-year old Pakistani activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, opened the 42nd Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Friday, September 4, becoming the first ever documentary chosen as the festival's "Patron Preview," a first-anywhere screening that is open only to the festival's biggest supporters. Director Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth) was on hand to introduce the film and participate in a post-screening Q&A.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

NS: Advanced Technologies for Improved Service

Events, Media & Communications

Novartis Foundation Presents Healthcare Models and Disease Elimination Programs at ECTMIH

The Novartis Foundation and its partners will highlight progress towards transforming the health of the poorest populations at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) held in Basel from September 6 – 10. Updates on nine Novartis Foundation-sponsored healthcare delivery models and disease elimination programs in low- and middle-income countries will be showcased in scientific sessions and sponsored-symposia.

Events, Media & Communications

Celebrating World Water Week: #3BLwater Recap

For the past 25 years, over 200 organizations have been gathering in Stockholm, Sweden at World Water Week, to discuss water and development issues. Here at 3BL Media, instead of being bummed that we weren’t headed to #WWWeek, we decided to make the most of it from this side of the Atlantic.

Diversity & Inclusion

Bloomberg LP: A Promising Young Technologist

Do you remember what you did the summer before you started the 9th grade? It’s a bit hazy for me, but it probably involved a lot of whiffle ball, riding bikes, and going to the beach with my friends. I’m sure I had loads of fun, but would I call it a productive use of time? Well, maybe not.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Winner Takes All: Adrish's Fight For Education

"We were very worried about getting Adrish into school," Shanti confides. Like so many in Kolkata, India, she and her husband knew that navigating the lottery system to find their young son a decent and affordable school would be an uphill battle.

Education

Meet Henry Chou, Amgen Biotech Experience Alumni

"Science is not about text books, it’s not about testing. It’s something in everyday life."

Health & Healthcare

Never-before Published Photos: 30 Years Ago Michael Drummond Became the 1st Heart Failure Patient to be Successfully Bridged to a Donor Heart Transplant

A successful bridge to a donor heart transplant (BTT) 30 years ago revolutionized the treatment of end-stage biventricular (both sides) heart failure when Michael Drummond received a Total Artificial Heart implant—a direct predecessor of the modern SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t).

Social Impact & Volunteering

BJ's Wholesale Club Gets Involved in Hunger Action Month This Spoontember

Environment

Got Plans for Planting Day?

Environment

100-Million Pound Problem: The Subaru Zero Landfill Initiative to Make National Parks Zero-Landfill

Every year, visitors to the most pristine places on earth send over 100 million pounds of garbage to landfills. Subaru, recognized for having the first automotive assembly plant in Amerca designated as zero landfill, presents "Who We Are is What We Leave Behind," a new series documenting the National Parks zero landfill initiative.

Events, Media & Communications

UN Global Compact Bulletin (September 2015)

Responsible Production & Consumption

California's SB657 is an Awakening for Global Businesses

Education

Meet Angeline Marcks, Amgen Biotech Experience Alumni

"The hands-on components of ABE were much better than what was offered in other science courses I had taken. They are really what turned me on to science as a potential career."

Social Impact & Volunteering

Holland America Line Hosts Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses Director’s Circle Summer Luncheon on Board ms Amsterdam

Holland America Line hosted the annual Director’s Circle Summer Luncheon for the Seattle Men’s and Women’s choruses aboard ms Amsterdam Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at the Port of Seattle.

Research, Reports & Publications

A Breakdown of Domtar's 2014 Community Investments

Diversity & Inclusion

Hello Singapore! All Aboard the Bloomberg Career Express

This year marks Bloomberg 25th years in Singapore and as part of our anniversary celebrations; we are launching a one-of-a kind recruitment drive targeted at students in local educational institutions.

Environment

KFC Scoots Responsibly in Malaysia

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

GFNorte es una Organización Responsablemente Saludable

Con gran entusiasmo compartimos que Grupo Financiero Banorte se ha hecho acreedor al Distintivo Organización Responsablemente Saludable (ORS) en Etapa Desarrollo y Crecimiento, fruto del esfuerzo diario por fomentar entre sus colaboradores una cultura en pro de la salud y de entornos favorables al bienestar en el lugar de trabajo.

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