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WORK WILL ADVANCE ADOPTION OF GENOMICS IN CLASSROOMS AND DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Updated 1/12/22

d'Vinci Interactive, a leading K-12 learning technology solutions company, has been awarded a 1.69-million-dollar Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for the "Blueprint of Life" Genomic Literacy Tool.

d'Vinci's Powered by Learning podcast has earned an Award of Distinction for podcast/audio from The Communicator Awards.

Launched in May 2020, Powered by Learning features the insights from L&D leaders across the country. The podcast helps listeners learn best practices for designing, developing, delivering, tracking and evaluating learning and performance improvement programs. Guests discuss the latest approaches to creating learning experiences that engage learners to improve performance for individuals and organizations.

Training Industry has named d'Vinci Interactive to its 2021 Content Development Watch List in recognition of the best providers of training services and technologies.

d'Vinci develops learning experiences, educational websites and web and mobile applications for corporate, government, medical and K-12 educational content clients.

"It's great to be recognized for developing custom learning solutions. It's what we love to do – create learning experiences that deliver extraordinary outcomes for our partners and clients," said d'Vinci CEO Luke Kempski.

d'Vinci has received the 2021 Gold Hermes Creative Award for Web-Based Training for the Opioid Awareness Seminar course it created for the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center (NCTC) and the Pennsylvania Counterdrug Joint Training Center (PA-CJTF).

JPL and d'Vinci Director of Communications Susan Cort has been named as a Central Penn Business Journal 2021 Women of Influence honoree. For more than 15 years, Susan has led JPL's communications and community outreach, helping the agency build a positive reputation and earn recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania each year.

As part of its ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, d'Vinci Interactive and its parent company, JPL, have planned several initiatives to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month.

"We encourage our team members to take time this month and throughout the year to celebrate the diverse voices that make our agency strong," said JPL and d'Vinci President & CEO Luke Kempski. "We want to ensure that our workplaces and our work reflect the perspectives of those who identify with the LGBTQ+ community," he added.

Educators and parents now have a way to teach children about their rights and responsibilities as digital citizens in Navigating the Digital Universe, a new curriculum developed by SAE International's A World In Motion® (AWIM) and d'Vinci Interactive. This exciting new educational solution builds upon AWIM's nationally-recognized PreK-8 STEM education programming.

In order to provide education and training to fight domestic and transnational drug trafficking organizations, d’Vinci implemented its ecoLearn® LMS framework for the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center (NCTC) and the Pennsylvania Counterdrug Joint Task Force (PA-CJTF).

d’Vinci Interactive and Constellation Brands will present a virtual session at the 2021 Training Industry Conference & Expo (TICE) April 27 - 29, 2021. The on-demand session will be available to all conference attendees throughout the event.

While students struggle to understand threats to our nation’s democracy, teachers can turn to the National Conference of State Legislatures' “American Democracy Game” to help students understand how they can participate to make a positive difference in our country’s future.