Category: Science

UCSF Opens Headquarters for the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research

Media Contacts Jennifer O’Brien, jobrien@pubaff.ucsf.edu Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org UCSF Opens Headquarters for the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2011—The University of California, San Francisco today celebrated the official opening of the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building, a testament to the power… Read more »

Broad Foundation makes gift to Koegel Autism Center at UC Santa Barbara

Media Contact George Yatchisin, george@education.ucsb.edu Broad Foundation makes gift to Koegel Autism Center at UC Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, CALIF., May 25, 2010—The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has made a $250,000 grant to the Koegel Autism Center in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara to support the cutting-edge research and… Read more »

Caltech, UCLA Launch Joint Center for Translational Medicine

  Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Caltech, UCLA Launch Joint Center for Translational Medicine Broad Foundation gift will help guide new research toward clinical applications PASADENA and WESTWOOD, CALIF., Dec. 16, 2009—The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have announced the establishment of the Joint Center for Translational… Read more »

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announces board of directors

Media Contacts Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Nicole M. Davis, ndavis@broadinstitute.org Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announces board of directors New board members committed to “wise and effective stewardship” for Broad CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Oct. 8, 2009—The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today announced the members of its first board of directors. “These individuals, all of… Read more »

World’s Leading Genomic Medicine Institute Accepts First $100 Million Installment of Major Endowment Gift

Media Contacts Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Nicole Davis, ndavis@broadinstitute.org World’s Leading Genomic Medicine Institute Accepts First $100 Million Installment of Major Endowment Gift LOS ANGELES and CAMBRIDGE, MASS., July 1, 2009—The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard was established today as a permanent non-profit organization and received a $100 million payment from The Eli and… Read more »

Statement by Eli Broad about Lifting of Federal Stem Cell Funding Restrictions 3/9 2009

Statement by Eli Broad about Lifting of Federal Stem Cell Funding Restrictions LOS ANGELES, March 9, 2009—The following is a statement issued by Eli Broad, founder of The Broad Foundations, in response to President Obama’s reversal of federal stem cell restrictions: “President Obama’s executive order today lifting federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is… Read more »

THE BROAD FOUNDATION DONATES $25 MILLION TO UCSF STEM CELL PROGRAM

Media Contacts Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Jennifer O’Brien, jobrien@pubaff.ucsf.edu The Broad Foundation Donates $25 Million to UCSF Stem Cell Program SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2008—The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $25 million to UCSF’s stem cell program, one of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the United States. The… Read more »

Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Media Contact Karen Denne, 310-954-5058, kdenne@broadfoundation.org Philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad make unprecedented gift to endow the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT $400 million endowment gift brings total commitment to $600 million; Novel experiment in new way of doing science declared early success. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Sept. 4, 2008—Declaring the success of an unprecedented… Read more »