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Sound bites and clips from the national town hall meeting, AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy. For more information, visit usabudgetdiscussion.org
The MacArthur Foundation hosted an event at New York City's New School on May 17, 2010, which included discussions and project demonstrations focused on re-imagining learning for the 21st century. This video (one of three from the event) features Karen Cator, Director, Office of Educational Technology at the US Dept. of Education (seek to 04:25), with opening remarks by Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (00:30). View a playlist of all three videos from this event at www.youtube.com
The MacArthur Foundation hosted an event at New York City's New School on May 17, 2010, which included discussions and project demonstrations focused on re-imagining learning for the 21st century. This video is one of three videos from the event, featuring New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein (seek to 06:35), with opening remarks by Julia Stasch, VP of US grantmaking at the MacArthur Foundation (00:30); and Bob Kerrey, President of the New School (02:40). View a playlist of all three videos from this event at www.youtube.com
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...named director, Atlanta office, Foundation Center. John Bracken, former program officer, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, to direct digital-media grantmaking at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. DirectMail.com signed deal with National...
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Philanthropy Journal
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/news/arnold-head-asia-foundation
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman talked with Chicago's arts and culture leadership about the role of the arts in keeping communities vibrant and prosperous. The event was held at the Chicago Cultural Center and supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Introductions by MacArthur President Robert Gallucci and the commissioner of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs, Lois Weisberg. More on MacArthur's grantmaking in Chicago's arts & culture at www.macfound.org
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...named director, Atlanta office, Foundation Center. John Bracken, former program officer, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, to direct digital-media grantmaking at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. DirectMail.com signed deal with National...
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Philanthropy Journal
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/news/european-foundation-centre-names-chair
Arizona State Professor Jim Gee and Stanford's Dan Schwartz discuss new approaches to assessing the quality of learning through the use of digital media, in this discussion at the Education Writers Association annual conference in May 2010. More at www.macfound.org
An innovative new approach to juvenile justice reform in Berks County, Pennsylvania, is helping to improve community safety while reducing the number of young people in secure detention and providing them an opportunity for a better future. More at www.macfound.org
The US Supreme Court ruled on May 17, 2010, that juveniles may not be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and a MacArthur Fellow, presented one of the cases before the Court. Stevenson argued, in Sullivan v Florida, that a sentence of life without parole for juveniles is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, unconstitutional. The Courts decision was issued in the companion case, Graham v. Florida. Recognizing the developmental differences between adolescents and adults, the MacArthur Foundation has long supported efforts to reform juvenile justice systems. Research finds that young people are less culpable — and more amenable to rehabilitation — because of their immaturity. More on MacArthur's grantmaking in juvenile justice reform at www.macfound.org
April 7, 2010, Spertus Museum Auditorium, Chicago, IL A discussion with Dr. John Rowe, Professor, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and Chair, MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society; and Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Member, MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society. Introduction by MacArthur President Robert Gallucci. Moderated by Judy Graham, health reporter at the Chicago Tribune. For more information on this work, visit www.macfound.org
The MacArthur Foundation 2010 Digital Media & Learning Competition 3 min Clip entry. Please comment at www.dmlcompetition.net Overview Teens Creating Android Apps provides District of Columbia high school students with after-school training in software design and mobile application development, while guiding them toward the creation of their own Android Apps. This project presents participants with opportunities to explore computer science, examine cutting-edge technology, innovate, problem solve, communicate, and express themselves. Participants will represent the diverse populations not abundantly present in computer science careers today (African-American and Hispanic males and females). As such, Teens Creating Android Apps is also intended to be a vehicle for probing students thoughts and perspectives about technology, the pursuit of technical careers, and reactions to staggering statistics describing their involvement in computer science. Ultimately, students and their apps will compete for internships with technology-based startup companies in and around DC. Credits Written, Directed, Edited by Leshell Hatley Youth Lab Instructor Kelly Gainer Video by Almazi Films almazi_films@yahoo.com Students (from) CRUSHED ICE ROBOTICS IN DC Washington, DC & JA'NYA JACKSON Technical Assistance Elizabeth Willson Background Music 'Kobe Bryant' by Lil Wayne (instrumental) Drawing Dawud Anyabwile www.brothermancomics.com Internships from Dub Me Now http MindFizzle www.mindfizzle.com ...
1988 interview on Bill Moyers A World of Ideas (thanks to John D and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation ) Chomsky back then is still 99.8 % relevant even today (2010) . Why dissent is more needed now than ever. 60s was even less crazy than now .. Many interesting ideas explored. Unable to upload video portion, so I replaced it with a few pics. It was only talking heads originally anyway, so..
1988 interview on Bill Moyers A World of Ideas (thanks to John D and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation ) Chomsky back then is still 99.8 % relevant even today (2010) . Why dissent is more needed now than ever. 60s was even less crazy than now .. Many interesting ideas explored. Unable to upload video portion, so I replaced it with a few pics. It was only talking heads originally anyway, so..
1988 interview on Bill Moyers A World of Ideas (thanks to John D and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation ) Chomsky back then is still 99.8 % relevant even today (2010) . Why dissent is more needed now than ever. 60s was even less crazy than now .. Many interesting ideas explored. Unable to upload video portion, so I replaced it with a few pics. It was only talking heads originally anyway, so..
Dr. Rowe discusses research published by the Network in December 2009 in The Milbank Quarterly, which finds that current government projections may significantly underestimate the future life expectancy of Americans by 3.1 to 7.9 years. For more, visit agingsocietynetwork.org.
In the summer of 2009, Chicago Youth Boxing Club--a nonprofit sports-based youth development organization in Chicago--took five youth and two staff to Tamaula, Guanajuato for two weeks. CYBC youth organized boxing programming, leadership development workshops, and fitness/nutrition education sessions for community residents in Tamaula. The CYBC youth also built a small boxing gym that continues to operate in the community. The purpose of the trip was to foster leadership development and to build intercultural understanding around migration issues between Mexico and the United States. This educational exchange was funded by the Chicago International Connections Fund of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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...the arts, will have no strings attached. No one may actively apply. ``It's a confidential selection process similar to the MacArthur Genius Awards,'' says Knight Foundation spokesman Marc Fest. The first two USA Knight Fellows will be announced in Los Angeles...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1366710.html
using digital media in and outside of the classroom. Speakers included: Renee Hobbs, Founder, Media Education Lab, Temple University; Nichole Pinkard, Founder, Digital Youth Network and DePaul University professor; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Director, National Programs and Site Development, National Writing Project; Moderator: Connie Yowell, Director of Education, MacArthur Foundation. ... macarthur foundation philanthropy digital media learning education children computers video games ...
MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci accepts the American Enterprise Award in honor of the late John D. MacArthur at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
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In Canada, all abortions are fully funded by taxation dollars. Abortion advocating feminist and other organizations are given millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars from all levels of government, plus funds from wealthy multinational foundations
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LifeSite.net
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09103005.html
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Oct. 27, 2009 -- National leaders in education, science, technology and philanthropy will assemble today for the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age Forum to develop recommendations for using digital media for education reform.
The forum will also
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Internet Ad Sales
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I found this press release from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to be very interesting reading this morning. It seems our teens are one-upping us again. Those little aliens are actually spending time online learning, who would have
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About Parenting Adolescents
http://parentingteens.about.com/b/2009/10/21/new-study-says-teens-hanging-out-online-is-not-a-waste-of-time.htm
Recently awarded a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation, MINDS ON THE EDGE panelist Elyn Saks talks about mental illness. ... "Elyn Saks" "Minds on the Edge" "mental illness" MOTE NAMI bipolar schizophrenia "MacArthur Foundation" grant
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An evolutionary biologist at Penn State University is among 24 newly named MacArthur Foundation fellows, who each will receive $500,000 in aid over five years toward their work.
Beth Shapiro, 33, a University Park researcher, intends to use the money
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09267/1000383-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml
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Richard Prum suffered a bad break for someone who studies birds for a living: major hearing loss that rendered him unable to appreciate his subjects' songs. "I live in an acoustically flat world," says Prum. So he's had to narrow his attention to what
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Science
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/922/2?rss=1
In 16 communities across Chicago, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation -- with the help of the MacArthur Foundation -- is leading the nation's largest commitment to comprehensive community development: the New Communities Program. Learn more at newcommunities.org. ... Rutgers Newark SPAA Public Administration macarthur foundation philanthropy community communities support economic development chicago
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Kudos to the two Connecticut winners of this year's MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”
The $500,000 fellowships from the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are given to worthy recipients for past
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TheDay.com
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=bb46a06c-f59e-4b0e-8470-885d084b5589
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...U.S. > Education E-mail Share Comments Print Del.icio.us Digg Facebook Mixx Reddit Stumble Upon What is this? Share MacArthur Foundation Awards 24 'Genius Grants' by The Associated Press text size A A A September 22, 2009 A newspaper reporter who refuses...
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NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113054678&ft=1&f=1013
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CHICAGO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A disease physician, an ornithologist and a painter are among this year's 24 winners of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grants," officials said Tuesday.
The $500,000 grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/22/24-MacArthur-genius-grants-awarded/UPI-62461253623640/
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Much of the world's research in electronics involves making computer chips ever smaller.
But John Rogers, a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the , and his colleagues have been pursuing a very different tack: bringing
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/email/~3/VE2qSsJDv3o/chi-0922-macarthursep22-story,0,5684559.story
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...Foundation awards 24 'Genius Grants' By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer Rogelio V. Solis Clarion-Ledger newspaper investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell stands outside the James O. Eastland Federal Courthouse in downtown Jackson, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 21,...
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KansasCity.com
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...how viewers experience and interact with art. -Theodore Zoli, 43, New York. Bridge engineer who has made major technological advances to protect transportation infrastructure when there is a disaster. Source: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation....
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KansasCity.com
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http://www.kansascity.com/440/story/1460948.html
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A papermaker dedicated to preserving traditional Western and Japanese techniques; a scientist developing theories of global climate change; and a journalist who helps uncover details of unsolved murders from the civil rights era are among the 24
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The New York Times
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Digital artist Camille Utterback was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
Computer vision technologist Maneesh Agrawala was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
Applied mathematician L. Mahadevan was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
Novelist Edwidge Danticat was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
Geriatric physician Mary Tinetti was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
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By 2017, the Encyclopedia of Life aims to have brought together information on all 1.8 million known species. Photograph: Philadelphia Museum/Corbis
When the American sociobiologist E. O. Wilson was awarded the TED Prize in 2007, he was given the
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/aug/21/encyclopedia-life-species
MacArthur is funding 20 studies to evaluate the effectiveness of social programs, including Foundations of Learning, an intervention to help pre-schoolers become better students. Learn more at www.macfound.org/socialbenefits. ... macarthur foundation philanthropy policy research development social pre-school kids children head start poverty
The MacArthur Foundation honored Justice Richard J. Goldstone with the MacArthur Award for International Justice on May 25, 2009, in The Hague, Netherlands. For more information on the award and speech transcripts from the event, visit www.macfound.org/hrij/award/2009.
A look at SSBX's FabLab, a science and techology program born out of a partnership with MIT and funded by The MacArthur Foundation. ... SSBx Fablab "MacArthur Foundation" "Sustainable South Bronx" "Greener Media" MIT
Prof. Wang Jisi, Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, speaks at the launch event for the MacArthur Foundation's $68 million Asia Security Initiative, which seeks to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Learn more at www.macfound.org/ips/asi.
ASEAN Secretary-General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan delivers a keynote address at the launch event for the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative, preceded by a brief introduction from MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton. The $68 million initiative seeks to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Learn more at www.macfound.org/ips/asi.
Dr. Kim Byung-Kook, Founder & Former President of the East Asia Institute in Seoul, Korea, speaks at the launch event for the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative. The $68 million initiative seeks to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Learn more at www.macfound.org/ips/asi.
Ambassador Barry Desker, Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, makes closing remarks at the launch event for the MacArthur Foundation's $68 million Asia Security Initiative, which seeks to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Learn more at www.macfound.org/ips/asi.
Ambassador Barry Desker, Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, makes remarks at the launch event for the MacArthur Foundation's $68 million Asia Security Initiative, which seeks to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation in fostering peace and security in Asia. Learn more at www.macfound.org/ips/asi.
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When consultants last week recommended a massive residential and commercial development for the University of Texas' 350-acre Brackenridge tract in West Austin, the chairman of the school's governing board took pains to emphasize that no decisions were
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Austin American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/06/21/0621brack.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=52
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