Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org Los Angeles’s New Contemporary Art Museum, The Broad, to Open in Fall 2015 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2014—The Broad, the new contemporary art museum under construction on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, is set to open in fall 2015 with… Read more »
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The Broad Un-Private Collection: Kara Walker and Ava Duvernay
Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org The Broad Un-Private Collection: Kara Walker and Ava Duvernay LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2014—The ninth talk in the highly successful The Broad Un-Private Collection series pairs one of the most important artists of our time, Kara Walker, with 2012 Sundance Best Director Ava DuVernay. Taking place on Oct. 11… Read more »
For First Time, Two Districts Win 2014 Broad Prize: Gwinnett County Public Schools, Orange County Public Schools Share $1 Million Award
Media Contacts Swati Pandey, 310-954-5049, spandey@broadfoundation.org Sloan Roach, 678-301-6020, sloan_roach@gwinnett.k12.ga.us Katherine Marsh, 407-317-3200, Katherine.marsh@ocps.net For First Time, Two Districts Win 2014 Broad Prize: Gwinnett County Public Schools, Orange County Public Schools Share $1 Million Award NEW YORK Sept. 22, 2014—For the first time in its 13-year history, The Broad Prize for Urban Education has been… Read more »
Free Tickets Now Available for a Conversation between Painter John Currin and President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust James Cuno at the Getty Center on Sept. 14
Media Contact Alex Capriotti, 213-232-6236, acapriotti@thebroad.org Free Tickets Now Available for a Conversation between Painter John Currin and President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust James Cuno at the Getty Center on Sept. 14 The Pair Will Discuss Old Masters’ Influence on Contemporary Painting John Currin photo by Suzanne Bennett; James Cuno photo… Read more »
Seven High School Students Receive Opportunity to Conduct Digestive Disease Research
Media Contact Rachel Steigerwald, media@gastro.org Seven High School Students Receive Opportunity to Conduct Digestive Disease Research This award has been made possible by a grant from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Bethesda, MD, Aug. 7, 2014—The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced the 2014 AGA-Eli and Edythe Broad Student Research Fellowship Award… Read more »
KIPP Schools Wins 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools
Media Contacts Swati Pandey, 310-954-5049, spandey@broadfoundation.org Steve Mancini, 212-233-5477, smancini@kipp.org KIPP Schools Wins 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools LAS VEGAS July 1, 2014—KIPP Schools is the winner of the 2014 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools and will receive $250,000 to support college-readiness efforts for their students, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation… Read more »
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 »