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NASW 2023: A Celebration of Excellence in Science Journalism

NASW 2023: A Celebration of Excellence in Science Journalism

  By Michelson Philanthropies Michelson Philanthropies recently attended the 2023 National Association of Science Writers conference in Boulder, Colorado. The four-day event, which took place at the University of Colorado Boulder, delivered a comprehensive look...

From Immigrant to Entrepreneur: Lola Adeyemo’s Journey of Success

From Immigrant to Entrepreneur: Lola Adeyemo’s Journey of Success

Welcome to Beautiful Journey, an inspirational podcast series presented by FirstGen, a Michelson Philanthropies initiative dedicated to uplifting immigrant women’s stories. By sharing these unique female immigrant stories, host Alya Michelson hopes to inspire and...

Michelson 20MM Foundation: Monthly News Roundup – September 2023

Michelson 20MM Foundation: Monthly News Roundup – September 2023

  By Michelson 20MM Foundation (Blog posts originally published on 20mm.org) The Michelson 20MM Foundation is widening access to education by advocating for open educational resources, broadband development, and policies that support vulnerable students...

Gina Knepp: A Champion for Animal Welfare

Gina Knepp: A Champion for Animal Welfare

By Michelson Found Animals (Originally published on foundanimals.org) Gina Knepp was working for the city of Sacramento when her boss gave her an assignment: Go to the Sacramento animal shelter, and shut it down. “I didn’t know a darn thing about animals,” said Gina....

Voice of America: Journalist Ksenia Turkova’s Journey from Kyiv

Voice of America: Journalist Ksenia Turkova’s Journey from Kyiv

Welcome to Beautiful Journey, an inspirational podcast series presented by FirstGen, a Michelson Philanthropies initiative dedicated to uplifting immigrant women’s stories. By sharing these unique female immigrant stories, host Alya Michelson hopes to inspire and...

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...

The Important Role of Intellectual Property Laws

The Important Role of Intellectual Property Laws

By Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Originally published on michelsonip.com) A Day without IP Laws? We asked ChatGPT to help us out with this question and here’s what they came up with: If the United States didn’t have intellectual property laws, it...