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Raul BotelloVOYCEPhone: 773.580.5035 CHICAGO — Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) today announced a $1.5 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to engage students across Chicago…

Washington, D.C. — Today, at a major event at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, the ONE Campaign launched ONE Vote ’08, an unprecedented, high energy, non-partisan campaign to…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Some of the world’s poorest people could increase their supply of a food staple and improve their region’s economic standing thanks to a Purdue University research…

Tina MankowskiUniversity of WashingtonPhone: 206.685.3841 SEATTLE — The University of Washington (UW) announced today the creation of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will…

PORTLAND, Ore. –– Students at 11 high-poverty schools in the Portland tri-county area will benefit from a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Metropolitan Family Service…

Population and Community Development AssociationPhone: +662.229.4611.28 SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) of Thailand has won the 2007 Gates…

Fairfax, VA — The seventh class of Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) has been announced. 1,000 high-achieving students, from across the country, have been selected to receive the scholarship award for…

Amy AverettAustin Voices for Education and YouthPhone: 512.450.1880 Andrew MartinezGreater Austin Hispanic Chamber of CommercePhone: 512.476.7502 AUSTIN, TX — A new initiative will ensure that the parents, students, community and…

Valerie OatesUrsuline Academy of DallasPhone: 469.232.1806 DALLAS, Texas — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Inc. has awarded a new $2 million grant to the Ursuline Academy of Dallas Foundation…

Kristina WilliamsHearing, Speech & Deafness CenterPhone: 206.323.5770 Susie BurdickHearing, Speech & Deafness CenterPhone: 206.323.5770 SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center…