Vilcek Foundation awards $100,000 prize to Dr. Katalin Kariko, immigrant...
Dr. Katalin Karikó is the recipient of the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology recognizing her research work that directly led to the development of the mRNA vaccines to combat...
View ArticleDr. Katalin Kariko receives 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence for pioneering...
Katalin Karikó, a senior vice president at BioNTech overseeing its mRNA work, in her home office in Rydal, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Katalin Karikó & Jessica Kourkounis/The Boston...
View ArticleRalston Crawford: Air + Space + War exhibition opens at Brandywine
Map , c. 1940s, Commercial print on paper. Collection of John Crawford. © Ralston Crawford Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.read more
View ArticleGreat Immigrants, Great Americans: Honoring outstanding leadership
Each year, as the United States prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Carnegie Corporation announces a list of immigrant Americans honored as part of their Great Immigrants, Great Americans...
View ArticleDr. Denisse Rojas Marquez: DACA was the answer
Denisse Rojas Marquez sitting in the Guggenheim Pavilion of Mount Sinai Hospital. Photo courtesy of Denisse Rojas Marquez/Benjamin Hong.read more
View ArticleVilcek Foundation Awards $250,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Scientists
The Vilcek Foundation announces the recipients of the 2022 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science, totaling $250,000. Awarded annually, the prizes honor the contributions of foreign-born...
View ArticleThe Coloring Book of Latinx Artists
The Vilcek Foundation worked with curator Rita Gonzalez, illustrator Paula Kinsel, and Merrell Publishers to develop The Coloring Book of Latinx Artists . This vibrant new coloring book features line...
View ArticleMarsden Hartley returns to Maine
Marsden Hartley, the self-proclaimed “painter from Maine,” spent much of his life traveling far from his New England roots. As a lifelong wanderer, the places he lived and the objects he collected took...
View ArticleImmigrant scientists announced among HHMI Investigators
The Vilcek Foundation is honored to announce that Sun Hur, Martin Jonikas, and Mikhail G. Shapiro have been named among the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2021 cohort of Investigators.read more
View ArticleBiophysicist Ibrahim Cisse receives prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
The Vilcek Foundation congratulates biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé on his receipt of a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship. Awarded by the MacArthur Foundation, the fellowships are awarded ‘to talented individuals...
View ArticleThe Vilcek Foundation is delighted to host Almada as a featured filmmaker as...
Users debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where Almada won the Directing Award for U.S. Documentary. In this visually arresting and meditative film, urgent global issues like climate change and...
View ArticleCall for Nominations: The 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare
The Vilcek Foundation and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation are pleased to announce an open call for nominations for the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. Nominations will be accepted...
View ArticleVilcek Foundation announces support for artist Yasuo Nomura
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with Japanese-born visual artist Yasuo Nomura. The foundation has made a commitment to support Nomura’s work on two conceptual projects,...
View ArticleBreaking More Barriers: Vilcek-Gold Award recipients speak at AAMC
Drs. Denisse Rojas Marquez and Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn with their 2021 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare trophies. Photo courtesy of the AAMC. On November 9, 2021, Drs. Jirayut “New”...
View ArticleDayton Art Institute opens Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War
Ralston Crawford, , 1944 “Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War” is the second major solo exhibition of artwork by the American Modernist presented by the Vilcek Foundation. This landmark exhibition will...
View ArticleHani Goodarzi: A multidisciplinary approach to cancer biology
Cancer biologist Hani Goodarzi receives the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for his multidisciplinary approach which incorporates data science, computational biology, and...
View ArticleMarkita del Carpio Landry: Representation and responsibility in STEM
A nanobiotechnologist and an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, del Carpio Landry grew up in Quebec, Canada, in a multicultural household helmed by her Bolivian mother and...
View ArticleHarris Wang: Using synthetic biology to understand our world
Harris Wang ’s independent thinking and drive have established him as one of the premier synthetic biologists in the United States. The MIT and Harvard alumnus is a principal investigator and associate...
View ArticleTatiana Desardouin: The goal is to be a culture bearer
Tatiana Desardouin is the founder, choreographer, and artistic director of Passion Fruit Dance Company. She receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance for her presentation of hip-hop and...
View ArticleLeonardo Sandoval: Finding rhythm in the citys soundscape
Leonardo Sandoval was born in Piracicaba, São Paolo, Brazil. A tap dancer and percussive dancer, Sandoval receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance for his dynamic choreography that...
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