Simons Foundation Helps Scientists Share and Review Findings
Release Date:
01/06/2015
Over one million research articles are currently being reviewed by the Simons Foundation-funded arXiv.org.
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Simons Foundation Funds Groundbreaking Autism Research
Release Date:
12/15/2014
New study links brain inflammation to autistic spectrum disorder.
Simons Foundation Joins Obama Administration's Brain Initiative
Release Date:
10/01/2014
Simons Foundation will be providing findings from its neuroscience research to the Brain Initiative.
Simons Foundation Gives Stony Brook University $25 million
Release Date:
09/12/2014
Simons Foundation donates $25 million to Stony Brook University for research and programming in geometry and physics.
Simons Foundation Names Boyana Konforti Director of Education & Outreach
Release Date:
09/02/2014
Boyana Konforti has been named director of Education & Outreach for the Simons Foundation.
Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors
Release Date:
08/13/2014
Two 2014 Fields Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and Subhash Khot, respectively.
Sixteen Scientists Named 2014 Simons Investigators
Release Date:
07/25/2014
The Simons Foundation has selected 16 scientists as the Simons Investigators in 2014 to support their studies in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the mathematical modeling of living systems.
NY Times Profiles James Simons, Simons Foundation
Release Date:
07/07/2014
In a New York Times profile, philanthropist James Simons is described as a "seeker, doer, giver, ponderer," who runs a "tidy universe of science endeavors, financing not only math teachers but hundreds of the world's best investigators."
Laboratory Announces $50 Million Gift To Establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
Release Date:
07/07/2014
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has announced a $50 million gift from Jim and Marilyn Simons to establish the Simons Center for Quantitative Biology.
Simons Foundation Gives University of Hawaii $40M—Largest Gift of its Kind Ever
Release Date:
06/16/2014
The Simons Foundation has given the University of Hawaii at Manoa $40 million—the largest gift of its kind the university has ever received—for marine life research.
2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Announced
Release Date:
06/10/2014
Twelve young investigators in neuroscience research have been named recipients of the 2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences .
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Jun
2014
Executive Assistants Network: Effective Communication Strategies
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Communication is fundamental to our day-to-day work, notably in our interactions with team members, supervisors, and in liaising with other departments. This meeting’s discussion will help identify some of the key attributes to developing good...
Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and Autism Science Foundation launch Autism BrainNet registration site
Release Date:
05/16/2014
The Simons Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Autism Science Foundation today announced the launch of the Autism BrainNet registration site, It Takes Brains ( www.takesbrains.org ). Autism BrainNet is a consortium of academic sites funded...
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Opens in Berkeley
Release Date:
04/16/2014
The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, established in 2012 by a grant from the Simons Foundation, brings together leading researchers to explore both the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and its potential to shed light on a...
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
Release Date:
03/15/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Simons Foundation profiled in New York Times article on billionaires privatizing American science research.
Simons Foundation Launches Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem
Release Date:
03/03/2014
The Simons Foundation has launched the Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem, with the goal of revolutionizing our ability to calculate and understand the properties of molecules and solids important in chemistry, physics and everyday...
Meet the 15 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/05/2014
Bloomberg Philanthropies CEO Patricia Harris, NoVo Foundation President Jennifer Buffett and Simons Foundation President Marilyn Simons are among those on Inside Philanthropy's list of the 15 most powerful women in U.S. philanthropy.
03
Nov
2010
A Time to Innovate: Achieving the Promise of Urban Catholic Schools
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 8:00am to Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:00pm
Registration is required by November 1st. No fee. MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS: Please register online or contact Emily Dalpiaz Miller at EMiller@PhilanthropyRoundtable.org or 202-822-8333. A Philanthropy New York Collaborative...