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Seasons Greetings from Michelson Philanthropies: December Newsletter

Seasons Greetings from Michelson Philanthropies: December Newsletter

  Seasons greetings. During this holiday season, we extend warm wishes for happiness and good health. Over the past year, the Michelson Center for Public Policy, together with our partners, made significant strides in supporting the enactment of laws to foster a...

Determined Voices Featured Spotlight: Lidieth Arevalo

Determined Voices Featured Spotlight: Lidieth Arevalo

Video credit: Find Your Ally | Click here for the English version. Lidieth Arevalo is a filmmaker and immigrant rights activist based in Long Beach, California. In this episode of Determined Voices, Lidieth shares her experience as an immigrant woman and the impact...

Find Your Ally ‘Determined Voices’ Series: Madeleine’s Story

Find Your Ally ‘Determined Voices’ Series: Madeleine’s Story

"It was at a community college that I learned about resources that supported AB 540 that made the classes so much more affordable for me. It was also at community college that I had the space to and time to explore the different majors and classes that I was...

Find Your Ally Determined Voices Presents: Amna of Saddleback College

Find Your Ally Determined Voices Presents: Amna of Saddleback College

Get inspired by immigrant women who have achieved success through California Community Colleges! The Michelson Philanthropies FirstGen Initiative is partnering with the Foundation for California Community Colleges to spotlight the stories of a diverse group of women...

How Unique Immune Cells Can Recognize and Destroy Tumors

How Unique Immune Cells Can Recognize and Destroy Tumors

  By Sarah C.P. Williams, Gladstone Institutes  San Francisco- Gamma delta T cells, a special type of cell in the immune system, are incredibly effective at recognizing and killing cancer cells. Cancer patients with higher levels of these T cells in their tumors...

Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

Maryn McKenna Awarded 2023 Victor Cohn Prize

Los Angeles— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck), senior writer at WIRED and a widely published journalist and author specializing in public health, global health, and food policy, has been selected to receive the 2023 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science...

Celebrating Innovation: Michelson Philanthropies Prize Recipients

Celebrating Innovation: Michelson Philanthropies Prize Recipients

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation recently celebrated the outstanding achievements of this year's recipients of the Next Generation Grants and the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology. This prestigious event was held during the Keystone...