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Introducing the Communities Thrive Challenge, An Effort to Empower Community-Driven Approaches to... Introducing the Communities Thrive Challenge, An Effort to Empower Community-Driven Approaches to Economic Opportunity

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is working with The Rockefeller Foundation to launch the Communities Thrive Challenge — an...

Apr 3, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

Inscopix podcast: Cori Bargmann on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neurodegeneration Challenge... Inscopix podcast: Cori Bargmann on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Neurodegeneration Challenge Network

On the Inscopix podcast, Cori Bargmann talks with host (and Cori’s former post doc) Jami Lynn Milton about the CZI...

Mar 28, 2018 · 1 min read

Education

Learning Science: Dr. Bror Saxberg Speaks at the 2018 Simon Initiative Distinguished Lecture

Jim Shelton:  Congratulations to my colleague and friend, Dr. Bror Saxberg, who leads our work in learning science at...

Mar 27, 2018 · 1 min read

News

CZI Coffee Chat: Prosecutors Control the Front Door

“Prosecutors are the ones who control the front door. They decide whether a case is going to be charged or whether an...

Mar 16, 2018 · 2 min read

Grants

Early Career Acceleration Awards Named After the Late Ben Barres

In February, we announced our call for applications for projects addressing neurodegenerative disorders. We’re focused on...

Mar 15, 2018 · 2 min read

News

FWD.us Joins Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform

  David Plouffe:  Our partners at FWD.us are joining a coalition of local leaders in Oklahoma calling for criminal...

Mar 7, 2018 · 1 min read

Education

Supporting Reach Every Reader to Better Understand How Children Learn to Read

Priscilla Chan:  Too many students in elementary school are reading below their grade level, a huge educational disadvantage...

Mar 6, 2018 · 2 min read

Science

Collaboration in Science: Cori Bargmann Speaks at AAAS

Recently, our President of Science, Cori Bargmann gave a keynote lecture at this year’s annual AAAS – The American...

Mar 1, 2018 · 1 min read

Bay Area

41 Organizations Making the Bay Area More Equitable & Inclusive

Priscilla Chan:  Mark and I are proud to support 41 organizations dedicated to making the Bay Area a more equitable,...

Feb 28, 2018 · 1 min read

Education

Vision To Learn Celebrates Giving Its 100,000th Pair of Eyeglasses

David Plouffe:  One of my favorite things about working at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is the opportunity to collaborate...

Feb 23, 2018 · 1 min read

Science

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

News

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

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