The Social Impact Partner Spotlight series highlights various nonprofit organization partners that are helping transform the lives of individuals and communities. This blog features Splunk’s partnership with Per Scholas, showcasing their transformative work to prepare the next generation of cybersecurity and IT professionals through Splunk’s Core User and Power User technology training. In a world where cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and high-profile data breaches make headlines, the need for cybersecurity professionals is greater than ever. Yet today, too many people lack access to the training that can launch cybersecurity careers. Per Scholas is on a mission to change that. It…
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by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 28, 2025 The HBCU alum took their talents to coaching positions at the Division 1 schools. As Minnesota and Indiana’s women’s tennis teams prepped for their 33rd match against one another, their Black coaches did so with history in the making. The colleges’ respective coaches, Lois Arterberry and Gabrielle Moore, were once teammates at Southern University. The duo even worked to bring two championships to the Louisiana HBCU. “I was a junior when she came in,” said Arterberry of Moore to MSR. “So we had the opportunity of playing two years together and winning two championships.”…
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Millions of veterans across the U.S. require reliable, compassionate and qualified in-home care. But with so many care providers and programs available – some offered through the VA, others privately – it’s not always easy to know where to turn. What is the best option for veterans needing in-home care? 1. Village Caregiving Village Caregiving specializes in non-medical home care that feels like family support – reliable, compassionate and tailored to individual needs. With a strong understanding of VA programs like Aid & Attendance and Veterans-Directed Care, Village Caregiving helps simplify the red tape that can delay essential services.…
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The Illinois Fighting Illini will more closely resemble a European professional squad than a men’s college basketball team for the 2025-26 season. It feels like no program personifies the changing nature of college basketball roster construction than the Fighting Illini, who are going all-in on European talent for next season, with most of the key pieces already having professional experience. The Illini put a bow on their 2025 offseason haul by nabbing one of the last remaining proven wing scorers from the transfer portal. Andrej Stojakovic committed to Illinois over North Carolina and Stanford on Monday afternoon with two years…
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Sunnu Rebecca Choi/For NPR The tens of thousands of federal workers who have been cut from their jobs are not the only ones dealing with financial uncertainty. With people afraid to look at their retirement accounts and others fretting about a possible recession and layoffs — fear around our individual and collective financial future can feel overwhelming. There’s no denying having financial reserves helps people get through financial instability, but some research suggests there are other factors that matter as much — or in some cases more — when it comes to people’s physical and mental health. The way people…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Today’s business landscape is global and ultra-competitive, and scaling efficiently without significantly increasing headcount is essential for early-stage organizations and a major challenge many entrepreneurs face. There is no secret sauce, no elaborate scheme that successful businesses use to get ahead; the growth often lies in maximizing your current resources through lean methodologies that empower and energize smaller, agile teams to achieve outsized results. Related: Building Your Business With Limited Resources? Here’s the Mindset You Need to Succeed. Leveraging automation and AI With the explosion of AI over the past few years,…
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Crowdfunding has transformed the way people fund creative projects, new businesses, and bold ideas. With a compelling pitch and a little internet magic, some campaigns have raised millions almost overnight. But while many backers eagerly threw their support (and money) behind these ventures, not every story had a happy ending. In fact, some of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ended up delivering nothing but frustration, lawsuits, and dashed hopes. Here’s a closer look at five crowdfunding campaigns that raised eye-popping amounts of money—only to completely fall apart. The Coolest Cooler When the Coolest Cooler launched on Kickstarter, it promised the…
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In the rush to embrace AI, many companies are sprinting toward adoption without a clear strategy or plan for implementation. The result? A bunch of professionals wondering if they’re actually equipped for all of this.
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For decades, the conventional advice for optimal bone health has been to take calcium supplements — but the fact is that without the right co-factors, like vitamin K2, this nutrient doesn’t end up strengthening bones, and could cause damage instead. Vitamin K2 ensures that calcium binds to bone where it belongs. Without sufficient amounts of K2, calcium builds up in places where it shouldn’t — like your arteries — while leaving your bones weak and brittle. This is why people with low vitamin K2 levels often develop both osteoporosis and hardened arteries, a paradox that drastically increases their risk of…