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Community Colleges to Create New System to Improve Graduation Rates – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] American Association of Community CollegesNorma KentPhone: +1.202.728.0200, ext. 209 WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Congress is considering an unprecedented $9 billion in new…
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World Affairs Council Receives Grant to Establish Event Series – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE — The World Affairs Council of Seattle announces that it will expand its community educational programming about global health and development issues with support from a three-year, $300,000 grant…
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Statement on Results of the Thai AIDS Vaccine Study – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] Today marks a critically important milestone in the fight against AIDS. For the first time, we have proof that a vaccine can provide…
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Campaign to Highlight Success of U.S. Global Health Investments – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched the Living Proof Project: U.S. Investments in Global Health are Working, a multi-year…
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New Study Shows Simplifying Financial Aid Process Improves College Access – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jill AndersonNews OfficerHarvard Graduate School of Education617-496-1884 More low-income students would make it to college if changes were made to streamline the complicated financial aid process, according to a groundbreaking…
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Saudi Arabia Commits $30 Million to Polio Efforts – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
NEW YORK — The United Nations Foundation and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today that the Kingdom will contribute $30 million to eradicate polio worldwide, making it only the…
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Commits $30 Million to Polio Eradication Efforts — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
New York — The United Nations Foundation and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today that the Kingdom will contribute $30 million to eradicate polio worldwide, making it only the…
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Diconsa to Offer Financial Services in Rural Mexico – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
MEXICO CITY — Diconsa has launched a program to offer financial services to low-income, rural Mexican families through its nationwide network of 22,500 rural stores. The program, supported by a…
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Statement on Global Agreement to Supply H1N1 Vaccine – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, released the following…
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Study Says Libraries are Crucial Technology Hubs – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CHICAGO — With national unemployment topping 9 percent and many Americans seeking online information and new technology skills that can help keep them and their families afloat in hard times,…
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