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Higher Education
March 25, 2025
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern to join Blavatnik School of Government’s World Leaders Circle

Rt. Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern today joins Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a Distinguished Fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle. The World Leaders Circle is an international network of former heads of government, whose rich experience and insight shape the Blavatnik School’s work to improve governance across the globe. From training current and future public leaders to pioneering research, the network will provide an opportunity for global connection and collaboration. It is a three-year affiliation, with an annual gathering at Oxford.

Scientific Research
March 13, 2025
Len Blavatnik: Family Offices ‘Should Invest’ to Power Growth of UK Life Sciences Sector

Philanthropists and family offices have a vital role to play by seizing the high-risk, high-reward opportunities that can lead to groundbreaking innovation, said Sir Leonard Blavatnik. Family offices are ideally placed to power the next generation of British biotech and life sciences companies, according to Sir Leonard Blavatnik. ‘Family offices should invest,’ said Sir Leonard, speaking exclusively to Spear’s at Kensington Palace, the venue for a gala dinner where the winners of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom were announced last week.

Arts & Culture
March 13, 2025
‘The Calling: A Medical School Journey’ Review: Developing Doctors on PBS

None of the three shows recently admitted into the crowded field of hospital drama—the electrifying “Berlin ER,” the more mainstream “The Pitt” and the do-not-resuscitate “Watson”—are what one would call “feel good.” But “The Calling” is: Nonfiction, no-frills and nothing less than inspiring, it follows a group of students at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine who may not represent the entire future of American medicine, but are devoted and grateful. And their happiness is contagious. Major funding for "The Calling: A Medical School Journey" was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, with additional funding from Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

Blavatnik Awards
March 12, 2025
Simulating Earth’s Evolution to Help Find Life on Other Planets

By reconstructing Earth’s ancient climate and atmospheric evolution over billions of years in a computer, Prof Mills and his team at the University of Leeds are studying how planets can make the transition from a barren world to one teeming with living things. In recognition of his work, Professor Mills has been recognised in the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists as the UK Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering, celebrated last week in awards funded by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences.

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