Month: May 2014

Stem cell research at Keck Medicine of USC boosted by $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Media Contact Leslie Ridgeway, 323-442-2823, lridgewa@usc.edu Stem cell research at Keck Medicine of USC boosted by $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Investment supports emerging scientists preparing to start their own laboratories LOS ANGELES May 20, 2014—Keck Medicine of USC has received a $2 million gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation… Read more »

$1 Million in Broad Prize Scholarships Awarded to 56 High School Seniors to Attend College

Media Contact Swati Pandey, 310-954-5049, spandey@broadfoundation.org $1 Million in Broad Prize Scholarships Awarded to 56 High School Seniors to Attend College LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2014—The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today that it has awarded more than $1 million in Broad Prize college scholarships to 56 graduating high school seniors whose school districts… Read more »

Three Charter School Systems Named Top in Nation, in Running for 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Three Charter School Systems Named Top in Nation, in Running for 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2014—The top three public charter school systems in the running for the 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools are Achievement First, KIPP Foundation and IDEA Public Schools,… Read more »

$4 Million from Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Will Support UCLA Research

  Media Contacts Rachel Champeau, rchampeau@mednet.ucla.edu Shaun Mason, smason@mednet.ucla.edu Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org $4 Million from Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Will Support UCLA Research LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2014—Two new gifts will benefit faculty in stem cell science and digestive diseases Two new gifts from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling… Read more »

Eli and Edythe Broad Give $1 Million to Pitzer College for Anniversary Campaign, Funds to Support Scholarships

Media Contact Anna Chang, 909-607-0491, annachang@pitzer.edu Eli and Edythe Broad Give $1 Million to Pitzer College for Anniversary Campaign, Funds to Support Scholarships CLAREMONT, CALIF., May 2, 2014—Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad have given $1 million to Pitzer College as part of its 50th Anniversary Campaign. The funds will support an endowed financial aid scholarship named after… Read more »