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Arts & Culture
November 4, 2025
“A More Perfect Union,” A New PBS Special, to Premiere on November 24, 2025

A MORE PERFECT UNION: INSPIRING CIVIC & CIVIL CONVERSATIONS ACROSS AMERICA, a new one-hour special exploring the themes of liberty, equality, and democracy, will premiere on November 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. It will also stream at PBS.org and on the PBS App. Following the week-long premiere of Burns’s film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (PBS, November 16-21), the special includes clips from the documentary focused on the founding era and the politics and ideas of the period, with a broader discussion about how the founders thought about executive and legislative power and the role of the judiciary. Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

Arts & Culture
November 4, 2025
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Announces Helen Garner as the 2025 Winner

How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Helen Garner is tonight named winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025. The winner was announced by Chair of Judges, Robbie Millen, at a ceremony hosted at BMA House in London, UK, and generously supported by The Blavatnik Family Foundation. The announcement was streamed to readers around the world via the Baillie Gifford Prize social media channels. How to End a Story is a volume of Garner’s inimitable diary entries, from the early stages of her career in bohemian Melbourne, publishing her debut novel while raising a young daughter in the 1970s; the throes of an all-consuming love affair in the 1980s; and clinging to a disintegrating marriage in the 1990s. Told with devastating honesty, steel-sharp wit and an ecstatic attention to the details of everyday life, this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize-winning book reveals the inner life of a woman in love, a mother, a friend and a formidable writer at work. The ceremony was sponsored by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and held at BMA House.

Blavatnik Awards
October 28, 2025
2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists National Laureate, Elaina Sutley, Featured in NPR’s Short Wave Podcast

From New Zealand to New York, people and communities are moving to avoid climate disasters. In the face of floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, when should a community relocate to avoid potential harm? This month's Nature Quest is about that very question. Listener Molly Magid in New Zealand wanted to know if and how other communities have chosen the path of "managed retreat." That's the purposeful and coordinated movement of people and assets out of harm's way. In this episode, we speak to: Elaina Sutley, a professor in structural engineering at the University of Kansas and associate dean for Impact and Belonging, and a laureate of the 2025 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists; Miyuki Hino, a professor in the city and regional planning department and in the environment, ecology and energy program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Morris Alexie, a community engagement specialist with the Woodwell Climate Research Center and former tribal administrator for the Native Village of Nunapitchuk.

Higher Education
October 27, 2025
Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Business Schools

Highlighting the colleges and universities providing the next generation of executives — and artists — with the skills to achieve music industry success. The Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music Business at Howard University equips students with skills and experience for nonperforming careers in the music industry, with a focus on developing social justice leaders, industry trailblazers and global game-changers. Students have access to executives, resources and opportunities. During the last academic year, the program welcomed more than 50 executives and artists to campus, including Grammy winners Poo Bear and Ne-Yo. Executives including RIAA senior vp Tom Clees and The Kelly Clarkson Show talent booker Christopher McDonald lent their expertise.

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