Citizenship

Longtime partners NetHope and Microsoft are collaborating once again to address rising youth unemployment in South Africa. Through the Microsoft Students to Business program, Microsoft is helping curb joblessness that affects half of the country’s young people.

Sept. 16 marked the second anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA), the first significant modernization of U.S. patent law in a half-century. See the infographic that shows why it’s important to remember the contributions America’s IP-intensive industries make to the economy.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, Microsoft invested in 15 carbon offset projects, including projects in India, Peru, Guatemala, Mongolia, China, Brazil, Kenya, Cambodia, Turkey and the U.S.

On Monday, Microsoft hosted a panel discussion at its Silicon Valley campus focused on the role technology plays in the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking and ways technology can be used to fight it.

A post on the Microsoft on the Issues blog from John Frank, vice president & deputy general counsel, Microsoft.

Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge for Change contest winners share what they learned and experienced on their three-week trip to Kenya as YouthSpark Ambassadors.

In a guest post over on the Microsoft Citizenship Blog, Monica Gray, Director of Programs, College Success Foundation – District of Columbia, writes about her organization’s partnership with Microsoft in the HERO Initiative in Washington, D.C.

Microsoft is working together with the NYC Department of Education, City University of New York and New York Presbyterian Hospital, to develop a school, scheduled to open in fall 2014, which will specialize in preparing students for jobs in information technology.