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FOUNDATION RELEASES 2020 - 2024 PROGRAM REPORT
Foundation releases 2020 - 2024 program report.
Mar 17


AMERICA AT 250
The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) unveiled their America at 250 "Quarter Millennial Project" today. In...
Feb 13


2025 LOUNSBERY AWARD RECIPIENT: MICHAEL YARTSEV
Michael M. Yartsev, University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has won the Richard Lounsbery Award for...
Jan 23


RLF FRENCH-AMERICAN FELLOWS PROGRAM
Directors of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation are pleased to announce a short-term Fellowship Program to celebrate America at 250.
Oct 16, 2024


CHAIRMAN AUSUBEL CELEBRATES 2024 RECIPIENT OF LOUNSBERY AWARD AT FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Chairman Ausubel reflects on the history of scientific relations between the US and France.
Oct 15, 2024


2024 LOUNSBERY AWARD RECIPIENT: DR. JEAN-LÉON MAÎTRE
Dr. Jean-Léon Maître, CNRS Research Director at the Institut Curie Paris, has won the Richard Lounsbery Award for his outstanding and...
Mar 15, 2024


LOUNSBERY FELLOW HONORED WITH GUIZOT PRIZE
Dutch historian and academic Iris de Rode, Ph.D., was honored today with the 2023 Guizot Prize by the Académie Française recognizing her...
Nov 30, 2023


MICHAEL J. SHELLEY JOINS LOUNSBERY BOARD
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is pleased to announce that Michael Shelley was elected to its Board of Directors today. Dr. Shelley is...
Feb 15, 2023


2023 LOUNSBERY AWARD RECIPIENT: MICHELLE MONJE
Michelle Monje has won the 2023 Lounsbery Award for advancing understanding of pediatric brain cancer treatments.
Jan 23, 2023


JESSE AUSUBEL TO RECEIVE 2022 NIERENBERG PRIZE FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Lounsbery Chairman Jesse H. Ausubel will be honored with the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. This award is...
Sep 19, 2022


2022 LOUNSBERY AWARD RECIPIENT: CLAIRE WYART
Claire Wyart, Inserm research director at Paris Brain Institute, has won the 2022 Lounsbery Award for her outstanding research on the...
Jun 9, 2022


FORMER RLF DIRECTOR HOMER NEAL HONORED AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
On May 19, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the renaming of the physics building’s Randall Laboratory addition to the...
May 25, 2022


ROSE E. GOTTEMOELLER JOINS LOUNSBERY BOARD
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is pleased to announce that Rose Gottemoeller was elected to its Board of Directors today. Gottemoeller...
Feb 16, 2022


RLF DIRECTOR NICHOLAS BURNS TO SERVE AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation is grateful for the outstanding service of Director Nicholas Burns and wishes him well in his new...
Dec 21, 2021


CENTURIES-OLD SHIPWRECK UNCOVERED IN ANTIGUA
An eighteenth-century shipwreck that lay hidden under the sea has been uncovered in Antiqua. Leading the underwater team was...
Oct 27, 2021

ART BIO MATTERS 2021
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University hosted the second Art Bio Matters (ABM) conference virtually September 22 - 24,...
Sep 28, 2021


WWI MEMORIAL OPENS IN WASHINGTON
On April 16, 2021, the World War I Centennial Commission celebrated the Inaugural Raising of the Flag of the United States of America...
May 1, 2021


GAME EXCHANGE PROGRAM WILL BRING TOGETHER TEENS FROM THE US, UAE, BAHRAIN, AND ISRAEL
The US government, through the State Department-sponsored Stevens Initiative, is joining with the non-profit organization Games for...
Apr 9, 2021


JOSHUA LEDERBERG BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED
The Lounsbery sponsored Genes, Germs and Medicine: The Life of Joshua Lederberg by University of Toronto historian of science Jan Sapp...
Mar 8, 2021


CATHERINE DULAC RECIPIENT OF 2021 NOMIS DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AND SCHOLAR AWARD
Lounsbery Director Catherine Dulac was named a recipient of the NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award on March 1, 2021. NOMIS...
Mar 1, 2021


2021 LOUNSBERY AWARD RECIPIENT: FENG ZHANG
Dr. Feng Zhang is the 2021 recipient of the Lounsbery Award for his achievements developing CRISPR tools with potential to treat diseases.
Jan 21, 2021


YOUNG SCIENTISTS GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS
High school students at BioBus, Inc. (a Lounsbery grantee) in New York City are a step ahead as they begin work to prepare for and...
Jan 21, 2021


GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW CEO MAX ANGERHOLZER
It was announced today that Lounsbery Director Max Angerholzer was named as the new CEO of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation. Click...
Dec 10, 2020


ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (eDNA) COULD BECOME RELIABLE INDICATOR OF THE ABUNDANCE OF FISH
Lounsbery Chairman Jesse Ausubel in the News: A study published today shows that loose DNA in seawater offers a cost-effective way to...
Dec 3, 2020
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