Angie Junck Named 2021 Equity in Philanthropy Fellowship Fellow April 28, 2021 Share Angie Junck, director of the Human Rights program at the Heising-Simons Foundation, has been named a 2021 Equity in Philanthropy Fellowship Fellow at Rockwood Leadership Institute.
Grantees in the News, March 2021 April 27, 2021 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to regularly see its grantee partners featured in media outlets across the country, providing an expert voice on a timely issue or being highlighted for their accomplishments and hard work. Here are some news items that have featured our grantees in March 2021.
Making Headlines: Grantees in the News, February 2021 April 12, 2021 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to regularly see its grantee partners featured in media outlets across the country, providing an expert voice on a timely issue or being highlighted for their accomplishments and hard work. Here are some news items that have featured our grantees in February 2021.
Documentary “Picture A Scientist” To Premiere on PBS NOVA April 14 April 1, 2021 Share Picture a Scientist, a documentary film that chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists, will have its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS NOVA on April 14, 2021.
Eight Exceptional Scientists Receive 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Award March 31, 2021 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s 51 Pegasi b Fellowship recipients. Award recipients are selected based on their outstanding research achievements, innovative research plans, and promising impact on the field of planetary astronomy.
Stop AAPI Hate March 25, 2021 Share We, like so many in the philanthropic community, are outraged at the rising number of hate crimes targeting Asian American and Pacific Islanders in this country.
Making Headlines: Grantees in the News, January 2021 February 25, 2021 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to regularly see its grantee partners featured in media outlets across the country, providing an expert voice on a timely issue or being highlighted for their accomplishments and hard work. Here are some news items that have featured our grantees in January 2020.
Storytelling Math Books Awarded Two 2021 Mathical Book Prizes February 18, 2021 Share Two books that are part of grantee TERC’s Storytelling Math series have been awarded the 2021 Mathical Book Prize. The prize recognizes outstanding fiction and literary nonfiction for youth ages 2-18 that inspires them to see math in the world around them.
Accelerating the Search for Dark Matter February 11, 2021 Share Observations of the cosmos suggest that the matter we see—planets, stars, and galaxies—must be dwarfed by another form of matter that exerts gravity but is invisible to us.