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Education
CZI Supports Services for Students in Underserved Communities Impacted by COVID-19
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) today announced $300,000 in funding to EducationSuperHighway and Fugees Academy to...
Science
UCSF to Offer Free COVID-19 Testing to Nine Bay Area Counties
Following a recent expansion of its COVID-19 test processing capacity at a new diagnostic laboratory adjacent to the Chan...
Community
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $5 Million to Bay Area COVID-19 Relief Efforts
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced it will commit an initial $5 million to support Bay Area COVID-19 emergency...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Supports Educators, Students and Families Impacted by COVID-19
In response to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the educational system, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has...
Science
CZI Commits $25 Million to Speed Development of COVID-19 Treatments
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) committed $25 million to the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator — a global...
Science
UCSF, CZI, CZ Biohub, & the State of California Partner to Expand & Utilize Clinical... UCSF, CZI, CZ Biohub, & the State of California Partner to Expand & Utilize Clinical Testing Capacity fo...
Supported by an executive order from California Governor Gavin Newsom, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the Chan...
Science
New Dataset Makes Coronavirus Research Open and Machine Readable
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative collaborated with leaders in...
Science
CZI & CZ Biohub to Quadruple UCSF COVID-19 Testing Capabilities
A newly-created ‘COVID-19 Task Force’, which includes representation from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Chan...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg ID Helps Researchers in Cambodia Confirm the Country’s First Case of COVID-19
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 12/17/21. A partnership between the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,...
Ventures
Quartz Africa: Andela’s Latest $100 Million Funding Round is Led by a Former US Vice President
This piece was published in Quartz Africa on January 23, 2019. Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela...
Ventures
Fortune: Byju Education Startup Backed By Mark Zuckerberg Starts Global Expansion With Acquisition
This piece was published in Fortune on January 16, 2019. India’s leading education app developer, Byju, is tapping a war...
Ventures
Chan Zuckerberg Supports RaiseMe In Helping More Students Own Their Path To College
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is proud to announce our support for RaiseMe, whose college readiness software platform is...
Education
New Investment in Ellevation Education
Jim Shelton: About 1 in 10 students across the country are English Language Learners. In California, 1 in 4 are ELL students....
Education
New Investment in Byju’s
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested in BYJU’s, an innovative company based in India that leverages...
Education
New Investment in Andela
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested in Andela to support the organization’s longer-term growth as it...
Education
New Investment in Ellevation Education
We invest in companies and entrepreneurs supporting student learning. Recently, we invested in Ellevation Education, a...
Education
Investment in Newsela
Through Zuckerberg Education Ventures, we invested in Newsela, a literacy platform which offers news articles for students...
