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Blavatnik Archive
October 11, 2024
Blavatnik Family Foundation Spearheads Archive to Shed Light on History of the Refuseniks and Save Soviet Jewry Movement

For the philanthropic family, which fled the USSR in 1978-1979, the topic is a personal matter, but Alex Blavatnik tells eJP that he hopes the story resonates further. The Blavatnik Family Foundation, joined by the Arcadia Fund and the David Berg Foundation, is working to change that, funding a new digital archive — Refuseniks & Activists — that is dedicated to the Soviet Jewry movement and the Refuseniks, those Soviet Jews whose applications for exit visas were refused and who were then forced into horrid conditions for the sins of being Jewish and Zionist.

Arts & Culture
October 10, 2024
The Baillie Gifford Prize Announces 2024 shortlist

Rachel Clarke, Richard Flanagan, Annie Jacobsen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Sue Prideaux and David Van Reybrouck are today, Thursday 10 October, announced as the six authors shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2024. The shortlist was announced this evening by 2024 prize judge, Peter Hoskin, at an event at Cheltenham Literature Festival. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 19 November at an award ceremony generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.

Blavatnik Awards
October 8, 2024
Israeli-American Scientist, Who Won Top US Research Prize, Credits Her Jewish Identity for Her Resilience

Cigall Kadoch was inspired to become a medical researcher as a teenager when her caretaker, whom she saw as a mentor, got sick and died suddenly. Kadoch not only trained as a medical researcher—in college at the University of California, Berkeley and then a doctorate in cancer biology from Stanford School of Medicine—but after establishing her own lab, at age 28, in 2014, she is “one of the youngest scientists ever appointed to the Harvard Medical School faculty,” per her Dana-Farber bio. Last month, she landed one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the United States, the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. She credits much of her success, and her outlook, to her Jewish identity.

Higher Education
October 7, 2024
Brown University 2024 Blavatnik Family Fellows in Biology and Medicine Named

Brown University has announced the second cohort of students to receive the Blavatnik Family Graduate Fellowship in Biology and Medicine, which is made possible through a generous, multi-year donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The seven Blavatnik Family Fellows were selected based on outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated potential for producing original research that advances scientific knowledge and understanding in the basic and clinical life sciences. The fellows’ research is representative of a diverse array of scientific disciplines.

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