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Peggy Abkemeier Alford Joins CZI As Chief Financial Officer

  Priscilla Chan:  I am excited to announce that Peggy Abkemeier Alford will join our leadership team at the Chan...

Aug 18, 2017 · 1 min read

Science

Marc Malandro joins the CZI as VP of Operations for Science.

Cori Bargmann:  I’m delighted to announce that Marc Malandro, who recently led the University of Pittsburgh’s...

Aug 1, 2017 · 2 min read

Science

New Funding Opportunities to Support the Human Cell Atlas

Today CZI announces its second Request for Applications (RFA) for the Human Cell Atlas, a global effort to create a reference...

Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Education

Groudbreaking Study on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Education Sector

Jim Shelton:  Today, the largest report ever completed on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the education sector was...

Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Science

How to Build a Human Cell Atlas

Cori Bargmann:  Computational Biologist Aviv Regev is one of the leaders of the international Human Cell Atlas project,...

Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

Science

Learning from Experts: Notes from Recent Scientific Workshops

Cori Bargmann:  Over the last few months, we hosted a series of scientific workshops in San Francisco, convening experts...

Jul 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Education

Empowering Teachers

Jim Shelton:  Empowering learners begins with empowering the teachers that guide and support them. Our partners at the New...

Jul 5, 2017 · 1 min read

Community

Supporting Bay Area DREAMERs with TheDream.us

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is proud to partner with thedream.us to help 400 DREAMers across the Bay Area, including...

Jun 29, 2017 · 2 min read

Science

Joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance

Cori Bargmann:  I’m thrilled that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance. The...

Jun 27, 2017 · 1 min read

Grants

Helping Educators Buy Homes in Their Communities with Landed

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is starting a new fund with Landed to help at least 60 educators who work in Redwood City,...

Jun 14, 2017 · 2 min read

Education

Vision to Learn

Learning is much harder if you can’t see the chalkboard. Yet an estimated 2 million students who have correctable vision...

Jun 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Science

Building a Data Coordination Platform for the Human Cell Atlas

Today, we announced funding for a new collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the European Bioinformatics...

Jun 1, 2017 · 3 min read

Science

A Look at CZI’s Efforts to Accelerate Biomedical Research

Cori Bargmann:  Earlier this week, I spoke at the annual Big Data Conference at Stanford University, along with leaders in...

May 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Grants

Measures for Justice: Improving the Criminal Justice System

We’ve been exploring ways to help improve the criminal justice system to enhance public safety while also making the...

May 23, 2017 · 2 min read

Education

Personalized learning at DelSesto Middle School

Mark Zuckerberg:  Priscilla and I stopped by DelSesto Middle School in Providence, Rhode Island to see how they’re...

May 22, 2017 · 2 min read

Science

Voicing Support for the NIH

Cori Bargmann:  Today at the White House, I joined members of the scientific community to voice my support for the NIH and...

May 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Science

bioRxiv to Help Scientists Share Research Faster

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is partnering with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to support and build out bioRxiv to help...

Apr 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Grants

Request for Applications: Pilot Project for a Human Cell Atlas

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is looking for talented scientists and engineers to work on one-year pilot projects to help...

Apr 10, 2017 · 2 min read

Education

Summit Learning Platform

Jim Shelton:  Core to our work at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building a world-class engineering team with a...

Mar 13, 2017 · 2 min read

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