Newsroom
Check out the latest news about our work in science, education, and within our communities. For media inquiries, please contact us at press@chanzuckerberg.com.
CZI in the News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Education
Empowering Teachers
Jim Shelton: Empowering learners begins with empowering the teachers that guide and support them. Our partners at the New...
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...
Science
Joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance
Cori Bargmann: I’m thrilled that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance. The...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...