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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...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces New Funding Opportunity to Bring More Engineering Expertise to... Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces New Funding Opportunity to Bring More Engineering Expertise to Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) invites engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and...
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
Fast Company: Why Patients Have Begun to Lead the Way in the Fight Against Rare Diseases
This piece was published in Fast Company on February 26, 2020. Several years ago, I was working in the White House Office of...
Education
Fast Company: How Technology Can Amplify Great Teaching
This piece was published in Fast Company on December 18, 2019. Great teachers have always used all the tools available to...
Science
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards Over $1.3 Million to Advance Biological and Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced over $1.3 million in funding to support Global BioImaging (GBI), an...
Science
Watch Priscilla Chan on Good Morning America
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Co-founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan spoke on ABC’s Good Morning America about CZI’s Rare As...
Grants
The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Four Promising Practices for Philanthropies to Advance... The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Four Promising Practices for Philanthropies to Advance Advocacy and Policy Change
This piece was published in The Center For Effective Philanthropy on May 30, 2019 In an era when government has become less...
CZI in the News
Priscilla Chan’s Remarks at SXSW
Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. Today, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Co-Founder...
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...
CZI in the News
David Lee Named Chief Investment Officer for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has announced that David Lee will join the philanthropic organization early next year as...
Science
CZI Announces Support for Open-Source Software Efforts to Improve Biomedical Imaging
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced funding for open-source software efforts to improve image analysis and visualization in biomedicine. Microscopy — critical to modern cell biology — generates large volumes of complex data that pose significant challenges for analysis and visualization. The funding will support developers (“Imaging Software Fellows”) from three projects to develop […]
Criminal Justice Reform
Shutting people with records out of opportunity is economically foolish
This opinion editorial was published in USA Today on November 23, 2018: By David Plouffe and Mark Holden Our nation’s...
Community
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Moves into Redwood City
Reposted from the San Mateo Daily Journal The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has officially moved into Redwood City, where its...
Education
Number of girls and Latinx students taking AP Computer Science in Nevada more than doubles with... Number of girls and Latinx students taking AP Computer Science in Nevada more than doubles with support from CZI
Reposted from State of Nevada Department of Education CARSON CITY, NEVADA – New data shows that Nevada participation in the...
Science
CZI announces new $12.5 million funding opportunity to bring more engineering expertise to imaging
September 5, 2018 — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is inviting engineers, physicists, mathematicians,...