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New Grant To Dramatically Improve Maine High Schools – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bonnie Titcomb LewisSenator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute Phone: 207.773.7700 PORTLAND, Maine — To give students the skills they need to succeed in college and the workplace, the Bill &…
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Global Fund For Women Receives Grant From The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Improve Women’s Health In Developing Countries
Alicia Swanson e-Merge CommunicationsPhone: 408.264.3690Email: [email protected] Theresa Hwang Global Fund for WomenPhone: 415.202.7640 x 332Email: [email protected] SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a…
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Camp Fire USA Portland Metro Council Receives $340,000 Grant to Support After-School Youth-Development Programs
Kristen Carter Camp Fire USA, Portland Metro CouncilPhone: 503.224.7800E-mail: [email protected] Portland, Ore. — Camp Fire USA Portland Metro Council today announced it has received a $340,000, three-year grant from the Bill &…
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New Initiative Will Assess Disease Control Priorities In Developing Countries – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Grantee contact:Jennifer Cabe, Communications OfficerFogarty International Center, National Institutes of HealthPhone: 301.496.2075 SEATTLE AND BETHESDA, Md. — The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) is a new three-year effort launched today to…
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Oregon Libraries to Receive 570 Computers – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jim ScheppkeOregon State LibraryPhone 503.378.4367Email: [email protected] SALEM, Ore. — Oregon State Librarian Jim Scheppke today announced that Oregon public libraries have received more than $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda…
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New Approaches Promote Shared Responsibility for Women and Men to Prevent HIV and Unplanned Pregnancy
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a series of grants that will combine innovative uses of existing tools with…
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One-Third of Washington Students Don’t Graduate from High School – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — One-third of Washington state students fail to graduate from high school, according to a new study released by the Manhattan Institute’s…
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Colombia’s BibloRed receives the 2002 Access to Learning Award
Alice BishopCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesPhone: (202) 939-4763Email: [email protected] Catalina RamirezBibloRedPhone: +57.1.315.8878Email: [email protected] GLASGOW, Scotland — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented BibloRed (Capital Network of Public Libraries)…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $4.6 Million to Institute for OneWorld Health for Drug Development in Fight Against Neglected Insect-Born Diseases
Michael MacHargInstitute for OneWorld HealthPhone: 415.379.3700Email: [email protected] SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO — As an infectious disease outbreak raises public awareness and concern in the U.S., the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
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Sacramento City Unified School District To Receive $4 Million To Create Small High Schools from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Maria LopezSacramento City Unified School DistrictPhone: 916.264-4440 Ted FujimotoLinking Education and Economic DevelopmentPhone: 916.641.4180 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento City Unified School District will create eight new small high schools with a…