Rita Allen Foundation Joins Science Philanthropy Alliance
The Rita Allen Foundation has joined the Science Philanthropy Alliance, a community of funders working to inspire philanthropy for basic science…
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Brain Study Challenges Current Views of Thirst
A study by Zachary Knight (RAF Scholar 2014) and colleagues offers a new understanding of thirst regulation…
State Integrity Investigation Inspires South Dakota Anti-Corruption Measure
Voters in South Dakota will weigh in on an ethics-reform measure crafted in response to the Center for Public Integrity’s State Integrity Investigation…
New Podcast: Politics and Polls
Rita Allen Foundation Director Sam Wang and his Princeton colleague Julian Zelizer host a new podcast, Politics and Polls, produced by the Woodrow Wilson School…
Five Things that Are Harder than Registering to Vote
TurboVote from Democracy Works gets a boost from BuzzFeed and President Obama…
Sam Wang in the Washington Post
Rita Allen Foundation Director Sam Wang draws on behavioral science to explain why automatic voter registration is a good idea if we want to significantly move the needle on voter turnout…
Study Shows Zika Virus Directly Infects Brain Cells and Evades Immune System Detection
A study by John Schoggins (RAF Scholar 2015) and colleagues reveals that Zika can invade brain progenitor cells…
Robbert Dijkgraaf in Nautilus
Robbert Dijkgraaf, a Rita Allen Foundation Director, on the increasingly complex border between science and society…