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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft CVP joins Builder.ai as president; Moonbeam hires Seattle marketing vet

GeekWire

Most recently Torossian was a CVP in the Business Applications group at Microsoft. Allen Fawcett , an energy expert and economist who has played a leading role in formulating and coordinating U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland in College Park. “Builder.ai

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CIT (@CITorg) Announces New Solicitation for Commercialization Fund (pls help spread word)

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Eligible applicants invited to apply for nearly $5M in CRCF funds. The solicitation targets research and commercialization performed by Virginia public and private universities, nonprofit research institutions, and young companies. Questions regarding this solicitation should be directed to crcf@cit.org.

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Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience is working with Google to make drugs using algae

GeekWire

Lumen also said that it received a $2 million grant from the Department of Energy for the research, which is led by Lumen’s head of informatics Caitlin Gamble and Google Accelerated Science engineer Drew Bryant , and is backed in part by the Gates Foundation. “The ” Lumen manufactures proteins in algae.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. CIO Wetmur is taking things a step further at Morgan Stanley with a more sustainable approach to application development.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

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million to fund targeted areas of promising research and commercialization, including advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, and energy and life sciences. College of William and Mary (Williamsburg), Reducing Smartphone Application Delay through Read/Write Isolation , Dr. Gang Zhou, $99,998, Information Technology.

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

GeekWire

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. The fund has raised $525,000 so far and is accepting applications from startups seeking capital.

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Priya Donti is harnessing AI to fight climate change

Vox

Short of that, she’s working on turning a different kind of superhuman power into reality: using AI and machine learning to tackle climate change through her global nonprofit, Climate Change AI (CCAI). That realization was the spark for her current work.