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Michelson 20MM Shares Lessons Learned from Implementing AB 2881

Michelson 20MM Shares Lessons Learned from Implementing AB 2881

Video credit: Michelson 20MM The Michelson 20MM Foundation recently held a webinar on the state of pregnant and parenting students in California. There are currently over 480,000 student parents in California, representing 20% of all undergraduates in the state’s...

Michelson 20MM Shorts: A Day in the Life of Student Parent Elizabeth

Michelson 20MM Shorts: A Day in the Life of Student Parent Elizabeth

Video credit: Michelson 20MM The Michelson Pregnant and Parenting Student Initiative works to increase support for pregnant and parenting students at California colleges and universities. In California, 20% of all undergraduates—486,454 students—are parenting college...

Claire Otero’s Path to Congenital Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Efficacy

Claire Otero’s Path to Congenital Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Efficacy

Claire Otero, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Associate in Pediatrics in the Permar Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine. She was awarded a 2023 Michelson Prize: Next Generation Grant for her proposal, “Viral Fc receptors as vaccine antigens for prevention of congenital CMV.” Dr....

The Pet-Inclusive Scorecard: Is Your Property Pet-Inclusive?

The Pet-Inclusive Scorecard: Is Your Property Pet-Inclusive?

Video credit: Michelson Found Animals The Michelson Found Animals Foundation is part of the Michelson Philanthropies network of privately owned foundations. Found Animals believes pets and people belong together—no matter where they live. This is why they launched the...

Michelson 20MM Info Webinar: 2024 OER Spark Grants Funding Cycle

Michelson 20MM Info Webinar: 2024 OER Spark Grants Funding Cycle

Video credit: Michelson 20MM The Michelson 20MM Foundation, part of the Michelson Philanthropies network, works to widen access to educational opportunities by promoting programs and policies that advance the adoption of open educational resources (OER). To help...

Celebrating Spay and Neuter Awareness Month

Celebrating Spay and Neuter Awareness Month

Michelson Philanthropies is celebrating Spay and Neuter Awareness Month with the announcement of a new initiative from Michelson Found Animals. Over the last 15 years, Michelson Found Animals has contributed more than $10 million in funding to spay and neuter...

The Education Trust-West Shares Why Student Parent Data Matters

The Education Trust-West Shares Why Student Parent Data Matters

Video credit: Michelson 20MM On December 13th, Michelson 20MM hosted The State of Pregnant and Parenting Students webinar with guest panelists The Education Trust-West. In this series, Dr. Christopher Nellum (Executive Director, The Education Trust-West) and his team...