Gothamist: Museum of Jewish Heritage to give free tours to NYC 8th graders to combat antisemitism
Following a rise in antisemitic incidents and hate speech in New York City schools, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan will host free tours for eighth graders in public schools as part of a new initiative to teach students about the Holocaust. The $2.5 million initiative will be available to both traditional public […]
Chalkbeat: To combat antisemitism, NYC 8th graders will visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage
As part of a new initiative aimed at combating antisemitism, New York City eighth graders will learn more about the Holocaust through field trips to Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage.
WNBC: Museum of Jewish Heritage Launches Groundbreaking $2.5M Holocaust Education Program
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, […]
Basser Center takes aim at BRCA
Twenty-five years after the discovery of genetic mutations that dramatically increase cancer risk, Penn Medicine’s Basser Center for BRCA is building scientific knowledge alongside public awareness about BRCA-related cancers.
Beyoncé’s Dad Has a Mutation More African-Americans Should Be Tested For
A New York Times Opinion piece written by Erika Stallings, the founding co-chairwoman of the Young Leadership Council of the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania.
Breast cancer stalked every woman in her family. She was determined it wouldn’t get her
Alejandra Campoverdi forged a path for herself that some only dream of, turning humble beginnings into a life of poise and power. She had been that perfect student who made it to USC and then Harvard against all odds. She turned a volunteer position with then-Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign into a post at the […]
Seamless partners with NYC Kids RISE to “Donate the Change” for college scholarship accounts
For the whole month of February, every order on Seamless includes an option to “Donate the Change” to NYC Kids RISE! NYC Kids RISE will be depositing the donated money into the NYC Scholarship Accounts of all current students in the Save for College Program. [pdf-embedder url=”http://grayfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Seamless-letter.pdf”]
American Talent Initiative Shows Increased College Access for Lower-Income Students
[pdf-embedder url=”http://grayfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ATI-Impact-Report_National-Press-Release_Final.pdf”] A nationwide alliance of leading colleges and universities has made significant progress in improving opportunity for low- and moderate-income students, according to a new report.
NYC Kids RISE Celebrates a Successful First Year
A kindergarten class at P.S. 111 in Long Island City is still working on the alphabet, but the city already is making sure each of the 4- and 5-year-olds can have a college savings account.