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UMD Smith Launching Doctor of Business Administration Program

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Applications are open for the new Doctor of Business Administration Program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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  • COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Applications are open for the new Doctor of Business Administration Program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
  • The program is designed for working professionals to elevate their careers as leaders in business organizations and government agencies that utilize cutting-edge technologies and business analytics to drive growth and innovation.
  • The practitioner-oriented curriculum covers business strategies, research methodologies, analytics, legal and ethical issues in digital economy, and big data management – all within a 3-year program designed with flexibility.
  • Smith's DBA program further accommodates working professionals with flexible course offerings during weekday evenings and weekends.

TMX GROUP AND ICD SPONSORED REPORT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF CANADIAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TO ADDRESS NEW RISKS, RAPID CHANGE

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
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It represents a principled approach to advancing the state of corporate governance in Canada.

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  • It represents a principled approach to advancing the state of corporate governance in Canada.
  • "Canadian businesses now operate in an increasingly dynamic and digital world filled with new geopolitical, environmental and social challenges and rising expectations from a diverse group of stakeholders.
  • We hope that the discussions and actions taken by boards that flow from this report will shape the future of corporate governance in this country."
  • The 13-member committee includes the following directors and leading governance experts:
    Chief Legal and Enterprise Corporate Affairs Officer, TMX Group

Consensus and SciScore Partner to Deliver Accurate Science Based Answers for All

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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BOSTON, August 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The new AI-powered scientific search engine, Consensus, and scientific methods review tool, SciScore, have officially announced their partnership.

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  • BOSTON, August 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The new AI-powered scientific search engine, Consensus, and scientific methods review tool, SciScore, have officially announced their partnership.
  • Consensus is leveraging SciScore's data to help their users better understand the quality of their search results.
  • Consensus is building an ad-free search engine that uses artificial intelligence to instantly surface findings from scientific research.
  • When we were introduced to Anita and the SciScore team, it was clear they were the right partner," stated Consensus CEO Eric Olson.

Carpool Logistics Receives $2M from Atlanta Ventures to Accelerate Growth

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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ATLANTA, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Carpool Logistics announced a $2M investment from Atlanta Ventures today. Carpool Logistics is on a mission to solve the vehicle shipping headache facing dealerships, auto auctions, manufacturers, and consumers. The Carpool team is taking on the fragmented, archaic industry with software tools and a commitment to customer satisfaction never seen before.

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  • ATLANTA, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Carpool Logistics announced a $2M investment from Atlanta Ventures today.
  • Carpool Logistics is on a mission to solve the vehicle shipping headache facing dealerships, auto auctions, manufacturers, and consumers.
  • Atlanta Ventures has an impressive history of investments including some of Atlanta's most successful startups including Rigor, SalesLoft, Terminus, and Calendly.
  • "We are excited to partner with Carpool and support another great Atlanta company," said David Cummings, CEO and Founder of Atlanta Ventures.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH | RIGOR AND TRANSPARENCY INDEX: LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC REPORTING QUALITY

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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TORONTO and PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JMIR Publications recently published "Establishing Institutional Scores With the Rigor and Transparency Index: Large-scale Analysis of Scientific Reporting Quality" in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), which reported that improving rigor and transparency measures should lead to improvements in reproducibility across the scientific literature, but assessing measures of transparency tends to be very difficult if performed manually by reviewers.

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  • TORONTO and PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JMIR Publications recently published " Establishing Institutional Scores With the Rigor and Transparency Index: Large-scale Analysis of Scientific Reporting Quality " in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), which reported that improving rigor and transparency measures should lead to improvements in reproducibility across the scientific literature, but assessing measures of transparency tends to be very difficult if performed manually by reviewers.
  • Along a similar vein, the publisher-driven Materials Design, Analysis, and Reporting framework is a multidisciplinary research framework designed to improve reporting transparency across life science research at the level of individual manuscripts.
  • This framework provides a consistent, minimum reporting checklist whose criteria were used, in part, to create the first RTI, a journal quality metric focusing on research methodologies and reporting transparency.
  • Its flagship journal, the Journal of Medical Internet Research , is the leading digital health journal globally in content breadth and visibility, and it is the largest journal in the medical informatics field.

DeFi for construction finance startup Rigor raises $3.5m to end housing's affordability crisis

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Thursday, June 16, 2022
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MIAMI and ORLANDO, Fla. and SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigor, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for construction lending and payments, has secured $3.5m in institutional seed financing from an honor roll of venture funders–-Agya Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Flow Ventures, Koji Capital, and Third Prime. Proceeds will be used to industrialize capabilities, open source the software for developers, introduce ownership incentives, grow the team, and scale the protocol globally.

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  • Housing's affordability crisis is actually a lending crisis.
  • Behind this epic market failure is a lending crisis featuring two inter-related problems:
    Access to capital is severely limited.
  • "We have an affordability crisis in housing because we have a capital crisis in construction lending," said Keith Hamlin, Managing Partner at Third Prime.
  • As construction tasks are completed and verified, Rigor automates payments for those tasks, paying the small businesses responsible for the work immediately and directly.

Scibids Appoints AdTech Veteran Erich Wasserman to Its Board

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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Scibids , the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for digital marketing, today announces the appointment of Erich Wasserman as its newest board member.

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  • Scibids , the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for digital marketing, today announces the appointment of Erich Wasserman as its newest board member.
  • Wasserman will advise Scibids leadership on global commercial, strategic partner and corporate development matters.
  • Wasserman joins Scibids with a wealth of global business development experience.
  • Erich Wasserman, board member at Scibids comments: Scibids is an extraordinary business with an incredibly talented global team and Im grateful for the appointment.

upGrad Inc. Expands Its Study Abroad Portfolio by Partnering With Canada’s University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) & Yorkville University for Degree Programs

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
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Making their debuts on the upGradAbroad.com is the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and Yorkville University.

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  • Making their debuts on the upGradAbroad.com is the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and Yorkville University.
  • UFV scores top marks on Applied Learning and Student Experience according to The Globe and Mail University Report, a national and well-respected report on university rankings.
  • Yorkville University - a leading private Canadian university with campuses in Vancouver and Toronto offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program with many flexible learning benefits.
  • The BBA degree at Yorkville University provides individuals with the professional knowledge, skills, and designation prerequisites that employers value so that they can launch their careers with confidence.

Innovation & Impact: AFCPE Members are Positively Impacting Economic Security in their Communities

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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"Each year I am inspired by the work that is being done by AFCPE Members to ensure that all people, regardless of income or background, have the opportunity to achieve financial security," said Rebecca Wiggins, AFCPE Executive Director.

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  • "Each year I am inspired by the work that is being done by AFCPE Members to ensure that all people, regardless of income or background, have the opportunity to achieve financial security," said Rebecca Wiggins, AFCPE Executive Director.
  • 2019 AFCPE Award winners were selected through a rigorous peer-reviewed application process.
  • Distinguished Fellow Award : Jinhee Kim, AFC, University of Maryland epitomizes what it means to be an AFCPE member.
  • She bridges the gap between practice and research and applies the knowledge she studies to use within households and communities.