Technology

25 Feb 2014

Game On: New Tools for Learning and Advocacy

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 -
1:45pm to 5:30pm
Philanthropy New York
Mobile apps and computer games often spark images of teenagers in basements battling sci-fi creatures. But gaming now goes well beyond pure entertainment and is at the nexus of learning, advocacy and social change. Game makers are creating games for...
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Issue-Based
Topic(s) 
Public Policy
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Technology

Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies

Publication date: 
03/2011
This report analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and recommends ways to improve coordination and strengthen collaboration between the humanitarian and technology communities during future emergencies.
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Report
Topic(s) 
Information Technology
Volunteerism
Funding Area 
Disaster Relief
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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Gives Grant for State-of-the-Art Computer Science Building at Ben-Gurion University

Release Date: 
06/29/2023
The Helmsley Computer Science Building will be constructed on the North Campus to enable the continued growth of one of the University’s largest departments and one of its engines of future development.

The Rockefeller Foundation Announces $3 Million in New Funding for Data Science Platform Global.health To Strengthen Pathogen Surveillance and Response

Release Date: 
11/01/2022
New funding will support data integration between Global.health, WHO, and others to analyze genomic, climate, wastewater, mobility, epidemiological, and clinical data to better predict emerging threats of infectious disease and coordinate the global...

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