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  • Blockchain: the answer to life, the universe and everything?

    July 07, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The technology world, plagued by a lack of privacy and security, is looking for solutions. To increase trustworthiness of computers, transactions, and pretty much anything online, blockchain is being used all around the world. While blockchain was first used by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, it is now being used in such diverse ways as to track business products, trade in the stock market, and support musical collaboration. Blockchain's applications are continuing to grow and spread.

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  • Giving Girls a Second Chance at Education

    July 07, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India, Kodanna, Uttar Pradesh

    A special accelerated education program named Udaan in India offers a chance for girls aged 11-14 from rural areas to quickly complete their primary schooling. The highly interactive and engaging curriculum teaches girls language, math, environmental science, and gender politics. In 2016 the program joined President Obama's "Let Girls Learn" initiative to expand across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan and Somalia to reach 3 million girls.

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  • The App Helping Africa's Midwives Save Lives

    July 06, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ethiopia

    A mobile health project in Ethiopia gives any health worker with a smartphone access to the information they need to deal with emergencies during childbirth. Now it's being scaled up to reach 10,000 health workers across Africa and Southeast Asia by 2017.

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  • New CSU Program Gives Ex-Convicts Support to Earn College Degrees

    July 06, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Project Rebound will create an office where formerly incarcerated students can receive tutoring, counseling on academics and financial aid. Seven California State University campuses are busy this summer putting the finishing touches on this program.

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  • Project ECHO Expands Reach Of Medical Specialists In Rural New Mexico

    July 05, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    In many rural communities, access to specialty care represents the biggest health challenge. Since 2003, a groundbreaking initiative called Project Echo at the University of New Mexico has confronted that gap — with promising results in small towns across New Mexico and, now, around the world.

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  • Company Turns Air Into Fuel In Climate Change Fight

    July 05, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Squamish, British Columbia

    As CO2 levels continue to rise and increase the precariousness of the state of life as we know it, solutions that are efficient, cost effective, and scalable prove illusive. There may be new hope for one method, especially now with increased public attention on the issue: carbon capture; though previously beyond the financial scope of most corporate and government entities, now scientists are turning captured carbon back into fuel, pulling CO2 from the air, cutting back the need for drilling, and creating a profitable and scalable opportunity to help curb climate change.

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  • Can You Make Bankers Behave Better?

    July 05, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    What if you could figure out a way to nudge bankers into making decisions with more integrity, in order to avoid future financial woes? Can a sense of safety and ethics be forced into company culture? The Inquiry takes a look inside Goldman Sachs and meets with a regulator who is deploying psychologists in banks.

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  • The people trying to save democracy from itself

    July 02, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Low voter turnouts, populists offering half-truths, corporate interests, and the blurring of facts in the media are signs that democracy around the world is in turmoil. Internationally, citizens have assembled different programs and initiatives that arm ordinary people with information about policy and their elected officials, as well as distinctive ways to reform the electoral system.

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  • Green and Cool Roofs Provide Relief for Hot Cities, but Should be Sited Carefully

    July 01, 2016 |

    Government Technology |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Twenty-first century cities face the factors of climate change with intensity as urban heating threatens human and the earth’s health. The University of Notre Dame has conducted research on green and cool roofing projects in the city of Chicago. They have found that green and cool roofs help mitigate the heat in cities; however, these roofs should be installed with other strategies like ponds and trees.

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  • Can a Minuscule Nonprofit Help San Francisco Win Its War on Homelessness?

    June 29, 2016 |

    San Francisco Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Solving the homeless crisis in San Francisco requires many different initiatives, some of which can be costly. North Beach Citizens is a small non-profit, founded by Francis Ford Coppola, has managed to offer temporary housing and peer support for the homeless. Since 2005, the organization has found permanent housing for over 100 clients and has operated with mostly private donations.

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