By Michelson Found Animals (Blog posts originally published on petsandhousing.org) September has been an active month for the Pet Inclusive Housing Initiative (PIHI). Thanks to the valuable input received from rental housing operators and ongoing tenant...
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...
By Michelson Medical Research Foundation “When I was around the age of 14, I saw a profile in a magazine about an immunologist who was doing exciting work,” says 2019 Michelson Prizes awardee Murad Mamedov, Ph.D. “It was very interestingly framed in the context of...
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....
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...
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...
The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing has selected Maryn McKenna, a senior writer at WIRED and award-winning journalist and author, to receive the 2023 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. McKenna is being honored for her...
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...
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...
By Chinwe Ohanele, Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Originally published on michelsonip.com) The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Unite was an incredible conference running from July 17 through July 20 in Atlanta Georgia that brought together...
By Brett Yates, CEO Michelson Found Animals One of the starkest issues facing the U.S. pet care industry today is a shortage of veterinarians and veterinary technicians. In fact, by 2030,¹ we will need 40,000 vets and 133,000 vet techs to meet the needs of our...
By Rachelle Mulumba, Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property (Originally published on michelsonip.com) It seems the fight to “free” the Taco Tuesday trademark has officially come to an end with Taco John’s, the fast food chain and original rights holders,...