Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, communications@thebroad.org The Broad Presents Winter 2017 Season of Diverse Public Programming Clockwise from top left: Thomas Houseago, photo by Ari Marcopoulos; still from Cooley High, 1975; Ellen Gallagher, photo by © Philippe Vogelenzang / Trunk Archive, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery; Trisha Brown Dance Company, photo by Kat Schleicher; Flea, photo… Read more »
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The Broad to Present New Collection Installation Oracle This Spring
Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, communications@thebroad.org The Broad to Present New Collection Installation Oracle This Spring Image: Andreas Gursky, Amazon, 2016, © Andreas Gursky / 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London Featuring works by 20+ artists including El Anatsui, Ericka Beckman, Mark Bradford, Peter… Read more »
Japanese American National Museum Develops Lesson Plans for Instructions to All Persons Exhibition
Media Contacts Leslie Unger, 213-830-5690, lunger@janm.org Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Japanese American National Museum Develops Lesson Plans for Instructions to All Persons Exhibition LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2017—The Japanese American National Museum has developed a series of lesson plans for teachers to complement its Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066 exhibition and… Read more »
On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC
Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org On 10th Anniversary of Three Broad-Funded California Stem Cell Research Centers, Broad Foundation Announces $1 Million to Fund Innovative Pilot Research at UCLA, UCSF, USC LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2017–On the 10th anniversary of the three California stem cell research centers funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation,… Read more »
Eli Broad Letter Regarding Betsy DeVos’s Nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education
Eli Broad Letter Regarding Betsy DeVos’s Nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education Feb. 1, 2017 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Betsy DeVos Dear Senator McConnell and… Read more »
Eli Broad to U.S. Senate: Don’t Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
Eli Broad to U.S. Senate: Don’t Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary February 1, 2017 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader U.S. Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader U.S. Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer: The… Read more »
New JANM Exhibition to Feature Original Executive Order Authorizing WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans, on Loan from the National Archives
Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Leslie Unger, 213-830-5690, lunger@janm.org New JANM Exhibition to Feature Original Executive Order Authorizing WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans, on Loan from the National Archives LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2017—From Feb. 18 to Aug. 13, 2017, the Japanese American National Museum will present Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive… Read more »
Broad Foundation and Broad Center Employees Fill Stockings for Homeless Students Served by LAUSD Homeless Education Program
Media Contact Swati Pandey, 310-954-5049, spandey@broadfoundation.org Broad Foundation and Broad Center Employees Fill Stockings for Homeless Students Served by LAUSD Homeless Education Program LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2016—For homeless students in Los Angeles, the holidays will be a little brighter, thanks to the gift of 250 stockings filled with toys, school supplies, toiletries and personalized… Read more »
Katharine “K.C.” Krieger Named Chief Investment Officer of The Broad Foundations
Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Katharine “K.C.” Krieger Named Chief Investment Officer of The Broad Foundations LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, 2016—The Broad Foundations announced today that Katharine “K.C.” Krieger has been named chief investment officer of its $2.5 billion portfolio, working closely with founder Eli Broad and the foundations’ investment committee, effective Jan. 1,… Read more »
Houston’s YES Prep Public Schools Wins Inaugural $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools
Media Contacts Erica Lepping, 310-594-6880, elepping@broadfoundation.org Trisha Cornwell, 281-513-8149, trisha.cornwell@yesprep.org Houston’s YES Prep Public Schools Wins Inaugural $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools Demonstrated most outstanding academic performance among America’s urban charter school systems MINNEAPOLIS, June 21, 2012—The winner of the inaugural Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools is YES Prep Public Schools, a charter management… Read more »