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Delivery service professionals across the US and Canada have donated and delivered a variety of school supplies to students across the country, including Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.

Damien Patton, founder and former CEO of Banjo, said the rise in extremism and hate groups can be fought against "if we offer a path to redemption" for those who were previously involved in such groups.

Amazon announced that Oktay Ince, a STEM teacher at Horizon Science Academy Columbus High School, has been selected as one of 50 educators nationwide for the Amazon Future Engineer Teacher Ambassador Program. This competitive two-year, paid fellowship highlights Ince's achievements in STEM education.

The Chicago Football Classic (CFC) hosted a press conference at Amazon's Regional Office to announce its 2024 Scholarship Fund recipients and celebrate the event's 26th anniversary.

Peter Cunningham, a consultant at Chicago CRED, stated that the Sue Ling Gin Foundation's support has helped the organization advance its mission of reducing gun violence and creating economic opportunities for at-risk youth in Chicago. Cunningham shared his statement with Business Daily during a June 18 interview.

DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. – The Foundation for the Restoration of America announced the second round of scholarship winners for the 2023-24 school year.

Flying Food Group (FFG), a global airline catering company, actively participates in the International Flight Services Association (IFSA), an organization that annually awards numerous academic scholarships to recipients worldwide. In 2023, FFG helped the IFSA Foundation distribute over 25 scholarships, totaling more than $129,800.

At the Foundation for the Restoration of America (FFROA), we believe the best way to preserve the timeless lessons of our nation’s past is by inspiring the next generation to treasure America’s founding documents. An educated public armed with an intimate knowledge of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence is, was, and will remain the surest guarantor of liberty. We’ve known this since at least 1776—yet today’s youth are unaware of just how precious that freedom really is.

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent has alleged that cartels use fake documentation to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States, where they then secure employment using these counterfeit IDs. This issue poses a challenge for U.S. businesses, which are unable to verify the authenticity of these documents and thus run the risk of facing legal action from the Department of Labor for employing underage workers.

Goldman Sachs announced its One Million Black Women has joined forces with Hall of Fame women’s basketball player and coach, Dawn Staley, to shine a spotlight on the racial wealth gap in the United States. This collaboration is emphasized in an advertisement referencing data from the recently unveiled Money Matters: One Million Black Women Economic Mobility Survey. The initiative aims to draw attention to the financial inequalities faced by Black women and advocate for solutions that narrow these gaps.

The Sue Ling Gin Foundation Trust, affiliated with the Flying Food Group (FFG), has made a generous donation of $20 million to the Field Museum of Chicago. The donation was announced during the museum's annual gala by David L. Cotton, CEO of FFG and a Museum Trustee. The gift is intended to support the museum's educational programs and initiatives, which benefit thousands of students in Chicago and beyond.

A new research paper titled "Ring Attention with Blockwise Transformers for Near-Infinite Context" has proposed a solution to the memory limitations faced by AI models. The paper, co-authored by UC Berkeley PhD student Hao Liu, UC Berkeley professor Pieter Abbeel, and Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia, aims to eliminate the memory "bottleneck" that restricts the amount of input AI models can handle.

Tyler Plantz, the head football coach for Providence Catholic High School (PCHS) in Frankfort, Illinois, was treated to a warm reception at Chicago Dough Co. on July 23.

A San Bernardino innovator recently honored for using technology to boost academic success at the Colton Joint Unified School District finds students gained a love for learning that helped them to thrive through an online platform called Subject.

Subject is an online educational platform established by Michael Vilardo, an alumnus of Community High School District 155, which serves areas of McHenry County.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) held a Board of Education meeting March 7 in which attendees discussed the importance of providing all secondary students access to online A-G-approved courses, a necessary piece in supporting the district’s strategic plan.

Mark R. Weaver, author and founder of Communications Counsel, was recently honored with an Honorable Mention award for his book, "A Wordsmith’s Work," in the non-fiction writing/publishing category at the end of 2022. This prestigious award is only given to five books each year nationally and signifies the accomplishment of an impressive feat.

When someone mentions investing and history in the same sentence, some might think the only relation between the two topics is that we can look back to see how the financial markets have done.

Higher Ground, a day care facility that recently opened in Downers Grove, has set a record for most students being registered.

President Joe Biden's order to forgive student debt has prompted criticism. Christian Watson, the spokesperson for Color Us United, a nonpartisan nonprofit aimed at eliminating discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion policies instituted by corporations, criticized the president in a now-viral video. The video has garnered 1.7 million views on Twitter.