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CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network

Cori Bargmann:  I’m excited to announce the CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network, an initiative to support bold ideas...

Feb 20, 2018 · 2 min read

Criminal Justice Reform

A Career After Incarceration

Mark Zuckerberg: Aly is a technical project manager on our Justice and Opportunity team, which works on a range of issues,...

Feb 16, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

Exploring Computational Tools

One of our goals is to learn from the community by holding small workshops. For this second workshop in the series we’ve...

Feb 16, 2018 · 3 min read

Education

The Future of Black and Latino Leaders: A Q&A with Jim Shelton

Our President of Education, Jim Shelton talks about our commitment to ensure communities are at the center of their...

Feb 5, 2018 · 1 min read

Education

Supporting Teachers’ Success Through Learning, Growth and Development

For students to succeed and reach their full potential, we must provide more support to educators. Today, we’re announcing...

Feb 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Community

Announcing the First Grantees of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund

Priscilla Chan:  Today, I am excited to share the first grantees of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund....

Jan 17, 2018 · 2 min read

Science

CZI Partners with UMass Center for Data Science to Accelerate Science and Medicine

Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has announced a new...

Jan 16, 2018 · 2 min read

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....

Jan 12, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

Tools and Technologies for the Human Cell Atlas

Over two days, we brought together the leaders of projects that are working to develop technologies and establish best...

Jan 10, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

How CZI Plans to Solve Disease by 2100, A Commentary for Nature

Science can move faster if researchers have access to the right resources, are encouraged to be creative, and are open to...

Jan 3, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

Journey 2018

“Our journey will be successful if our partners are successful.” Improving education. Advancing science. Fighting for...

Dec 14, 2017 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

Lessons in Philanthropy: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Celebrates Two Years

Editor’s Note: This release has been updated as of 11/2/21. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is two years old! We’re so...

Dec 13, 2017 · 11 min read

Education

More Personal Means More Equitable and Just

What do we mean when we say that we support personalized approaches to education? Jim Shelton weighs in about our vision to...

Dec 8, 2017 · 2 min read

Education

iNACOL 2017: Using Cognitive Psychology Tools to Inform Education Practices

Understanding the way students learn is key to meeting them where they are and helping them to succeed. Bror Saxberg, the...

Dec 6, 2017 · 1 min read

Grants

Improving Economic Opportunity: Funding for Three Innovative Partners

We’re supporting three organizations working to improve economic opportunity for people across the United States: Family...

Nov 29, 2017 · 2 min read

Science

Cori Bargmann Named 2017 Scientist of the Year

Our President of Science, Cori Bargmann has been named R&D Magazine‘s 2017 Scientist of the Year. Congrats Cori, on...

Nov 17, 2017 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

Supporting Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard

Priscilla Chan visited her alma mater, Harvard University, to share a new grant to give more than 2,000 students financial...

Nov 13, 2017 · 2 min read

Community

Support for Redwood City’s Magical Bridge Playground

The Magical Bridge Playground is coming to Redwood City! We’re proud to support this new playground at the Red Morton...

Nov 9, 2017 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

Priscilla Chan Received the The Aspen Institute’s Public Leadership

Congratulations to our co-founder Priscilla Chan on receiving the The Aspen Institute‘s Public Leadership Award!...

Nov 9, 2017 · 1 min read

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