In a successful matching-gift campaign, NewsMatch has raised 58% more funding for nonprofit news rooms from donors and funders
NewsMatch Raises $7.6 Million for Local and Nonprofit Newsrooms…
NEWS
Report from the Center for Media Engagement discusses the effects of negative comments on readers and their perceptions of websites
Center for Media Engagement Publishes Report on the Effects of Uncivil Online Commentary…
Ron Vale has been appointed as Vice President of HHMI and Executive Director of Janelia Research Campus.
Rita Allen Scholar Ron Vale (1989) elected to leadership of Janelia Research Campus beginning in 2020…
New Report on Spread of Misinformation
A new SMaPP Lab report examines misinformation within segments of the U.S. population during the 2016 presidential election.
Gregory Scherrer Publishes New Pain Research in Science
Rita Allen Scholar Gregory Scherrer (2014) identifies neural pathways involved in the emotional response associated with pain.
AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues Launches
AAAS launches the Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (EPI Center) as a resource for policy-makers on science and technology.
Infogagement
Reflections on citizenship and democracy in the age of connection…
Camila dos Santos Awarded the Pershing Square Sohn Prize
Rita Allen Scholar Camila dos Santos (2016) has won the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research…
Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
Rita Allen Scholars Zachary Knight (2014), Luciano Marraffini (2012) and Samara Reck-Peterson (2009) have been selected as HHMI Investigators…
Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects RAF Scholars Susan Dymecki (1999; SAC member) and Christopher Walsh (1993)…