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Science
CZI’s AI Computing System Honored as a ‘World Changing Idea’
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) AI computing system for nonprofit life science research was named an honoree in Fast...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Science To Build AI GPU Cluster To Model Cell Systems
The new cluster will be one of the most powerful high-performance computing systems for nonprofit life science research in the world.
Science
The Economist: Worlds Within, Worlds Without
Geoffrey Carr of The Economist covers CZI and CZ Biohub SF’s efforts to support the Human Cell Atlas.
Housing Affordability
Fast Company: Lessons from the Pandemic Eviction Crisis Can Help Us Remake the Housing System
We can implement policies to prevent evictions, which is vastly more cost-effective than helping people after they have lost their home.
Science
Betting Big on Science and Technology
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 12/17/21. Dr. Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan...
Science
SciDev.Net: Why Sharing Bioimaging Tech is Crucial to Global Health
This piece was published by SciDev.Net on June 15, 2021. Progress in human health comes in many forms. We learn more about...
Science
STAT: Use Single-Cell Biology to Shed Light on Pediatric Diseases Currently in the Dark
This piece was published in STAT on May 24, 2021. There are few things harder for a physician to say to a patient than “I...
Education
The 74: When Teachers Succeed, Students Do, Too.
This piece was published in The 74 on May 17, 2021. As more schools reopen, educators across the United States are having...
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,...
Science
CNN: Race for the Vaccine Documentary
RACE FOR THE VACCINE” is a documentary exploring the global quest to develop, trial, manufacture, and distribute...
Community
CZI Joins Other Funders to Support Launch of $100 Million California Black Freedom Fund
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative joined with philanthropic organizations and funders to announce the launch of the California...
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
Inside Philanthropy: Why Chan Zuckerberg is Devoting Millions to Open Source Software for Scientists
This piece was published in Inside Philanthropy on June 24, 2020. To an important degree, scientific research advances as a...
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...