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NASA Joins White House, from Ground and Space, to Discuss State of STEM Education in America

NASA Joins White House, from Ground and Space, to Discuss State of STEM Education in America

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA will join the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Wednesday, Jan. 21 for its third annual State of Science, Technology,…

United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office

United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from…

Dream Big America Vets America’s Best Startups, Launches December Competition

Dream Big America Vets America’s Best Startups, Launches December Competition

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Dream Big America (www.DreamBigAmerica.us), powered by Sprint (www.Sprint.com), is kicking off its December competition today, featuring three new startups from around the…

Visit Destinations that Inspired Disney Films and Television with Adventures by Disney

Visit Destinations that Inspired Disney Films and Television with Adventures by Disney

BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Adventures by Disney, a leader in guided group travel worldwide, has taken corporate synergy and creative tie-ins to a new level by exploring…

African Lions Rescued from Mexico

African Lions Rescued from Mexico

KEENESBURG, Colo., Oct. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Eleven exotic animals including African Lions and other large carnivores were transferred from Mexico to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado after the animals…

GreenFields partners with Homeless World Cup

GreenFields partners with Homeless World Cup

  SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Homeless World Cup (HWC) is a network of 70 international partner organizations that use football to improve the lives of homeless people…

Traveling Art Exhibit Puts Parents in Teenagers’ Shoes To Help Prevent Substance Use

Traveling Art Exhibit Puts Parents in Teenagers’ Shoes To Help Prevent Substance Use

Rosecrance’s “In My Shoes” Exhibit Reveals Pressures Teen Face Today To Inspire Meaningful Conversations Between Parents and Their Teens in Today’s Confusing Environment In My Shoes exhibit helps parents understand…

SUBWAY® Restaurants In D.C. Area Helps Raise $350K For American Diabetes Association

SUBWAY® Restaurants In D.C. Area Helps Raise $350K For American Diabetes Association

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The McLean, Virginia, based Subway Development Corporation of Washington (SDC), which covers Virginia, Delaware, most of Maryland, and the District of Columbia, donated…

Poverty Rate Declines, Number of Poor Unchanged, Based on Supplemental Measure of Poverty

Poverty Rate Declines, Number of Poor Unchanged, Based on Supplemental Measure of Poverty

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2014 The nation’s poverty rate was 15.5 percent in 2013, down from 16.0 percent in 2012, according to the supplemental poverty measure released today by the U.S.…

President Jonathan Congratulates Malala And Co-winner Of Nobel Peace Prize

President Jonathan Congratulates Malala And Co-winner Of Nobel Peace Prize

ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan congratulates the joint-recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Pakistani girl-child education activist, Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights campaigner, Kailash…