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Brown University has announced the next 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 eight 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 are doctoral candidates in the Brown Division of Biology and Medicine’s graduate programs. “It’s a great pleasure to welcome the new Blavatnik Family Fellows, each of whom has shown enormous promise for continued, innovative research in the years ahead,” said Len Blavatnik, Founder of Access Industries and Head the Blavatnik Family Foundation. This is the fourth cohort of the fellowship, which was first awarded in 2023. Each fellow receives one academic year of support, as well as a research fund.
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University will name the largest performance space in its new home the Blavatnik Theater, in recognition of a major gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The theater will be part of the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Creativity & Performance. The flexible, 700-seat venue will support artistic innovation and creative collaboration, with adaptable staging and seating that enable artists to connect with audiences in new ways. “I am profoundly grateful to Len and Emily for their generosity in support of Harvard and of A.R.T.’s mission to expand the boundaries of theater,” said Diane Paulus, A.R.T.’s Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director. The inaugural production, Life on Mars, will feature the music of David Bowie and be directed by Paulus. The gift builds on the Foundation’s longstanding support for Harvard and its commitment to advancing innovation, education, and the arts.
For patients and families facing pancreatic cancer, there are few promising treatments. Pancreatic tumors are especially difficult to treat and often resist therapies that work against other cancers. Pancreatic tumors create a formidable defense, surrounding themselves with dense scar tissue and immune cells that suppress the body’s natural response. Immune cells struggle to reach the cancer, and treatments that succeed against other tumors often fall short. A new gift from Len and Emily Blavatnik and the Blavatnik Family Foundation will help Mount Sinai researchers explore new treatment approaches. The Foundation’s $1 million commitment supports Leona Kim-Schluger, MD, Associate Director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai, for innovative pancreatic cancer research. Dr. Kim-Schluger is sharing the gift with Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, and Brian Brown, PhD, providing early support to investigate how the immune system might be prompted to recognize and destroy pancreatic tumors.
King’s College London is delighted to announce a significant new philanthropic partnership with the Blavatnik Family Foundation, powered by a £1,000,000 gift to launch a new Transatlantic Security Project on International Order, Technological Change, and Future Alliances. Based within the world-leading War Studies Department in the School of Social Science and Public Policy, this project will strengthen dialogue on the future of the transatlantic alliance at a time of unprecedented change and help shape policy responses to emerging global challenges. Thanks to the generosity, vision, and shared ambition of Sir Leonard Blavatnik via the Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Transatlantic Security Project will be led by the Centre for Statecraft and National Security and will run for the next five years. This new partnership will build on the existing expertise of the Centre, which is led by Professor John Bew CMG, former foreign policy adviser to four UK Prime Ministers, and Dr Shiraz Maher, a world-leading expert on Middle East history and politics.
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