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PSA, Editorial Highlight Women Veterans

November 11, 2011

Akoya recently developed a PSA for VA about the vital role women play in the U.S. Military and the importance of providing women Veterans with high quality health care. It's part of VA's ongoing campaign to raise public awareness that women are Veterans. Days later, a piece in North Carolina's Fayetteville Observer echoed the PSA's sentiments perfectly.

Akoya Volunteers at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

September 2, 2011

A can of green beans isn’t heavy until you’ve lifted it into a cardboard box 1,800 times. Akoya staff learned that recently while volunteering at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, packing food boxes for seniors in need. Staff also learned that the Food Bank distributes an average of 1.83 million pounds of product per month to shelters and food pantries throughout the region and relies heavily on corporate and individual donations of food, money, and time to meet the growing need. The most important lesson of all? Spending a morning volunteering soothes the soul, the heart, and the mind —— if not the arm muscles.

AKOYA LAUNCHES FACEBOOK PAGE

August 17, 2011

Akoya has launched a new Facebook page as part of our continuing efforts to help clients and partners keep in contact with us. Along with our LinkedIn page, we hope to provide a steady amount of new and interesting content relating to our business ventures as well as those of our clients. While we invite you to interact with us on these platforms immediately, we also want to encourage you to check back regularly as we look forward to introducing even more features and capabilities through our Facebook and LinkedIn pages, as well as through other avenues in the near future.

AKOYA SUPPORTS PRESTIGIOUS L PRIZE COMPETITION

August 9, 2011

The August 2011 award of the first L Prize to Philips Lighting North America marked a new era in ultra-energy-efficient lighting. Philips won the prize for an innovative LED bulb that will be an attractive replacement for the common 60W incandescent bulb. Stringent testing proved the winning bulb will provide high light output and quality, last up to 25 times longer than the common bulb, and use 83 percent less energy. American consumers will be the big winners: the new bulb will save money on energy bills and contribute to a cleaner environment. A host of partners and stakeholders have been the engine behind the Congressionally-mandated L Prize since its launch in 2008 – and Akoya has kept them all on the same page. From utilities to the national media, from Congress to national laboratory researchers, from retailers to industry executives, Akoya has provided the communications updates, web content, videos, partner meetings and planning sessions, talking points, L Prize branding, and DOE briefings to ensure a transparent process and informed constituencies.

AKOYA CONTRACTED TO MANAGE NASA AERONAUTICS TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

August 1, 2011

The NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Program has contracted Akoya to manage its annual technical conference, to be held in March 2012. Akoya will coordinate site selection, assist with conference planning, make website updates, develop electronic and print materials, and provide onsite support for the three-day event, which attracts up to 600 participants. Leaders of the aeronautics community attend the technical conference to share the latest research results from the four NASA Fundamental Aeronautics projects: Subsonic Fixed Wing, Subsonic Rotary Wing, Supersonics, and Hypersonics. This is the fourth consecutive year that NASA Aeronautics has chosen Akoya to oversee this important conference.

AKOYA ASSISTS HHS WITH ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGN

July 25, 2011

Thanks to a new campaign being launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, hospitals will have new tools to increase awareness in their workplaces of the life-changing value of organ, eye, and tissue donation. Akoya worked alongside HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration to design the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign. Launched on June 29, the campaign is engaging a national network of partners, hospitals, and organ procurement organizations to make a measurable difference in donation rates.