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Science
New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies To Measure Human Biology
Research hub brings together leading institutions to build sensors to study inflammation, a major driver of disease.
Science
CZI Funds New Cohort of Researchers Investigating and Detecting Novel and Emerging Pathogens
Increasing metagenomics capacity helps researchers detect and track pathogens around the world.
Science
CZI Announces New Effort to Develop Science and Tech to Measure Human Biology in Action
Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg announced that they are doubling down on their commitment to accelerating biomedical science and advancing human health.
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s COVID-19 Response Effort Chronicled in New... Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s COVID-19 Response Effort Chronicled in New Michael Lewis Book
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated to include the recorded Clubhouse conversation. On May 4, 2021, Michael Lewis,...
Grants
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $450 Million to Accelerate Criminal Justice & Immigratio... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $450 Million to Accelerate Criminal Justice & Immigration Reform
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated to include the new organization name for our criminal justice reform strategic...
Community
Communities Vote on State and Local Ballot Measures
This election cycle, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative stood alongside diverse coalitions of advocates, community and business...
COVID-19
$30 Million Public-Private Partnership Launched to Support Returning Citizens, as California... $30 Million Public-Private Partnership Launched to Support Returning Citizens, as California Urgently Reduces Priso...
Today, as COVID-19 spreads through prisons and jails, philanthropies and nonprofits joined the State of California and...
COVID-19
San Quentin News to Resume Publication with Support from Formerly Incarcerated Staff
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – San Quentin News, the award-winning newspaper run by a staff of incarcerated and formerly...
COVID-19
NABJ-NAHJ to Spotlight Changemakers in Criminal Justice Reform During 2020 W.E.B. Du Bois Plenary
Today, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced details of the historic W.E.B. Du Bois plenary session,...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, & the State of California Partner to Track... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, & the State of California Partner to Track COVID-19 Spread...
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub), in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), announced that it...
Criminal Justice Reform
First-of-Kind Leadership Development Distance Learning Program for Prosecutors Launched at Stanford... First-of-Kind Leadership Development Distance Learning Program for Prosecutors Launched at Stanford Graduate School of...
Pilot program is a collaboration of R Street, Vera Institute, For the People, Fair and Just Prosecution, Public Rights...
COVID-19
STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s... STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s Pandemic Response
This piece was published in STAT on May 1, 2020. The health care community has a responsibility to anticipate worst-case...
Science
CZI, CZ Biohub, UCSF, and Stanford Launch 9-Month, $13.6 Million Research Collaboration to... CZI, CZ Biohub, UCSF, and Stanford Launch 9-Month, $13.6 Million Research Collaboration to Understand Prevalence of...
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) committed $13.6 million to stand up a large-scale research collaboration between...
COVID-19
CZI Joins Other California Philanthropies in COVID-19 Relief Fund to Support State’s Undocumented... CZI Joins Other California Philanthropies in COVID-19 Relief Fund to Support State’s Undocumented Community
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), in partnership with California philanthropies including the Chan...
Science
UCSF to Offer Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of All 58 California... UCSF to Offer Free COVID-19 Test Analysis, Results to Public Health Departments of All 58 California Counties
Last week, UC San Francisco began offering COVID-19 sample analysis to all nine Bay Area counties’ Departments of Public...
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...
Criminal Justice Reform
CZI Announces $3.5 Million in Anticipated Grant Support for Philadelphia District Attorney’s... CZI Announces $3.5 Million in Anticipated Grant Support for Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Led Research...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) today announced an anticipated $3.5 million in grant support to the Philadelphia...
