Queens Gazette: ‘Wave Makers’ Launch Splashdown in Jackson Heights

Things are going swimmingly in Jackson Heights this summer, where parents and youngsters are taking advantage of a program called “Wave Makers” that will provide 2,600 New York City second graders with free swim lessons. The new pilot program is the result of a public-private partnership between the city and nonprofit organizations including Asphalt Green, […]

The Gray Foundation invests in collaboration seeking diabetes treatments

Mindy and Jon Gray, founders of the Gray Foundation, prioritize high-risk, high reward research projects, or as Executive Director Dana Zucker puts it, “funding early, innovative work.” Oftentimes, she explains, “that’s the space where the breakthroughs happen.” PREcision DIabetes ConsorTium (PREDICT), a collaboration between the University of Chicago’s Data for the Common Good and UChicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center, […]