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Hong Kong – September 08, 2026 -- The Yidan Prize Foundation named its 2026 laureates on the tenth anniversary of the award, granting HK$30 million (approximately US$3.8 million) each to Professor Paul W. Glewwe and a three-member team behind the Reach Up early childhood program.

Independent jury awards two prizes worth HK$60 million combined

The judging panel, chaired by OECD education and skills director Andreas Schleicher, selected Paul W. Glewwe for the Yidan Prize for Education Research and Professor Susan P. Walker, Professor Sally Grantham-McGregor and Dr Susan M. Chang-Lopez jointly for the Yidan Prize for Education Development. Each award comprises a HK$15 million cash prize and a HK$15 million unrestricted project fund. Since 2017 the foundation has distributed HK$600 million (approximately US$77 million) to 25 laureates working across nearly 60 countries and regions.

Hollywood, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- The South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners has confirmed Shane Strum as permanent President and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System, ending a two-year interim term that began in September 2024. Strum will continue leading a system of more than 17,000 physicians and employees across six hospitals, including Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital.

Memorial posts strongest financial performance in its 73-year history

During Strum's interim tenure, Memorial recorded its best fiscal-year financial results since its founding. The system also broke ground on a $670 million bed tower at Memorial Regional Hospital and opened new freestanding emergency rooms in Miramar and Pembroke Pines, with a third under construction in Hollywood.

DALLAS – – September 08, 2026 -- A2035 Ventures has added Preston Dunlap, the first Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect of the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force, and Sean Perry, formerly with Agentic AI at Meta Superintelligence Labs, to the technical leadership of Project 777, its compounding intelligence architecture, as the company pursues strategic discussions with major AI organizations.

Space Force's first CTO has advised Project 777 since April 2025

Dunlap now serves as Technical Advisor, having provided technical perspective on the architecture and its evidence base for roughly a year and a half before the leadership expansion was announced.

Former Meta Superintelligence Labs lead joins as Strategic Technical Lead

Perry reviewed Project 777's Technical Proof Packet after departing Meta's superintelligence organization and is now helping lead technical diligence and strategic technical engagement for the company.

Land O' Lakes, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- FirstService Residential has been selected to manage Del Webb Bexley Community Association, a nearly 850-home active adult community in Land O' Lakes, Florida, with the transition beginning October 1, 2026.

Single operator to unify association management, lifestyle programming and food & beverage

The partnership consolidates association operations, resident services, amenities, lifestyle programming, and food & beverage under one accountable management team. Del Webb Bexley's amenities include a resort-style clubhouse, an on-site bistro, a fitness center with wellness programming, pickleball and tennis courts, a resort-style pool, outdoor gathering spaces, and walking trails.

Indianapolis – September 08, 2026 -- Debra Wein, CEO and Founder of Wellness Workdays, will lead a session at the National Safety Council Safety Congress & Expo on September 15, addressing more than 12,500 safety, health, and environmental professionals gathered in Indianapolis.

Wein's session reframes workplace safety as a business performance driver, not a cost center

The session, titled "Transforming Safety and Wellbeing into a Competitive Business Advantage," will argue that organizations treating safety and wellbeing as compliance obligations are missing measurable financial upside. Wein will present data-driven strategies linking integrated wellness and safety programs to reduced injury and health-related costs, higher productivity, and improved retention.

Edison, N.J. – September 08, 2026 -- McCann Systems has won two 2026 Commercial Integrator Awards, taking Best Healthcare Project and Best Casino Project honors for AV integration work completed this year. The win marks the ninth consecutive year McCann has received a "Best Of" award from Commercial Integrator.

McCann's Client Experience Center integration earns Best Healthcare Project

The award recognizes McCann's work on a 5,000-square-foot immersive Client Experience Center built for a Fortune 500 company. The project integrates interactive LED displays, personalized content, and dynamic experiential spaces designed to guide guests through the client's story and solutions, supported by centralized AV control infrastructure.

Fort Washington, Pa. – September 08, 2026 -- ECRI, a global authority on healthcare safety and quality, has appointed Professor Najmedin Meshkati, PhD, to its Board of Trustees, bringing nearly four decades of complex-systems safety research from aviation, nuclear power, and petrochemical operations to the nonprofit's patient safety mission.

Meshkati investigated the world's most scrutinized industrial disasters

Professor Meshkati has examined the BP Texas City Refinery explosion, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. He testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation as a member of the FAA's independent Expert Panel on Boeing, which reviewed the company's safety management system and safety culture. He currently chairs the State of California's Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee.

Coolidge, Ariz. – September 08, 2026 -- Clark Pacific has broken ground on a new 110-acre manufacturing plant in Coolidge, Arizona, a facility that will triple the company's production capacity for prefabricated building systems once complete.

Construction Proceeds in Phases Toward Spring 2027 Completion

The plant will be built in phases, with the final phase scheduled for completion by spring 2027. Clark Pacific has already begun manufacturing prefabricated building systems in a temporary facility on-site while permanent construction advances.

Arlington, Va. – September 08, 2026 -- Retail organizations are struggling to defend increasingly connected store systems because no single team holds end-to-end authority over cyber risk, according to a new blueprint from Info-Tech Research Group. The firm's Build Cyber Resilience in Connected Retail report identifies fragmented ownership across legacy point-of-sale systems, IoT devices, cloud platforms, e-commerce applications, and third-party vendors as the core barrier to consistent security decision-making.

Kansas City, Mo. – September 08, 2026 -- Jody Peacock, CEO of Ports of Indiana, has become one of the first recipients of the CARGO Award, presented by Inland Rivers, Ports, and Terminals (IRPT) at its annual conference on Sept. 3.

IRPT creates new honor for career-long contributions to inland waterways

The CARGO Award -- Commitment to Advancing River Growth and Operations -- was established by IRPT, a nationwide nonprofit trade association founded in 1974 under Missouri law, to recognize individuals whose careers have advanced the U.S. inland waterway transportation system.