New Initiative Lifts Up Early Childhood Practitioners in California with $2 Million in Awards May 8, 2023 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program is pleased to share that Practitioners’ Voice California (PVCA), housed at Tides Foundation, has granted nearly $2 million to community-based organizations across California to build up the leadership power of early childhood practitioners. PVCA is supported by a consortium of foundations, including Heising-Simons Foundation.
1400 Degrees: Exploring the Universe of Materials with Nadya Mason May 2, 2023 Share “Condensed matter is the physics of stuff. We’re surrounded by wood, metal, and electronics that we take for granted. But we should be wondering more about materials. Why does a metal conduct electricity? Is it the little dudes running from one end to another?” Dr. Nadya Mason Dr. Nadya Mason, a condensed matter physicist who …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awarded Climate Registered™ Gold Status April 25, 2023 Share The Heising-Simons Foundation has been awarded Climate Registered™ Gold Status by The Climate Registry, North America’s largest voluntary registry for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Earth Day 2023: Time to Finish the Job April 20, 2023 Share The first Earth Day was celebrated in the United States 53 years ago, in 1970, during a seminal moment in our country’s environmental history. In a relatively short span of time, Congress took action to establish bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental Protection Act. We still rely upon these laws today to help protect the health of people and the planet.
Grantee EDvance College Receives College Accreditation April 20, 2023 Share EDvance College, a grantee partner of the Foundation’s Education program, has received college accreditation from WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), a move that will allow early childhood educators to receive a bachelor’s degree while maintaining employment in the field.
The First Detection of Neutrinos at a Particle Collider April 11, 2023 Share The FASER (Forward Search Experiment) collaboration, which searches for light and extremely weak interacting particles, has announced the discovery of neutrinos (subatomic particles) produced at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman Featured in Inside Philanthropy April 4, 2023 Share Sushma Raman, Heising-Simons Foundation’s President and CEO, was featured in Inside Philanthropy today.
Announcing the 2023 Class of 51 Pegasi b Fellows March 30, 2023 Share We are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. The eight Fellows were selected based on their outstanding research achievements, innovative research plans, and potential to impact the field of planetary astronomy. Fellows were also selected based on their commitment to and plans for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in planetary astronomy.