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Helping Early-Career Musicians Find Their Paths
Helping Early-Career Musicians Find Their Paths

Arts ensemble Eighth Blackbird reopens transformative training program, igniting artistic exploration and collaboration.

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Performing Arts, Featured, COVID-19Guest UserJune 30, 2023Grantee Story
Second Year of Biota Awards Invests $1.5 Million in Biodiversity Research
Second Year of Biota Awards Invests $1.5 Million in Biodiversity Research

Walder’s Biota Awards invests $1.5 million in research projects to protect biodiversity locally and globally.

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Featured, Environmental Sustainability, Biota AwardsGuest UserMay 16, 2023Press release
Meet the 2023 Biota Awardees
Meet the 2023 Biota Awardees

The Biota Awards funds early-career researchers based in the Chicago region who seek to restore, protect and conserve biodiversity locally and around the world. Learn more about the 2023 awardees.

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Featured, Biota Awards, COVID-19, Environmental SustainabilityGuest UserMay 16, 2023Grantee Story
Chicago Region Food System Fund
Chicago Region Food System Fund

Strengthening our region’s food system during the pandemic and creating resilience for the future.

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Environmental Sustainability, COVID-19, FeaturedSusie LeeApril 13, 2023Grantee Story
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots

Building a more diverse health workforce by removing barriers for internationally educated professionals.

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Featured, Migration and Immigrant CommunitiesGuest UserMarch 2, 2023Grantee Story
Making Local and Global Connections
Making Local and Global Connections

A new international network helps Orthodox Jewish women learn and grow together.

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Jewish Life, FeaturedGuest UserFebruary 1, 2023Grantee Story
$5 Million in Grants Will Advance Chicago-Based Efforts to Protect and Conserve Biodiversity Around the World
$5 Million in Grants Will Advance Chicago-Based Efforts to Protect and Conserve Biodiversity Around the World

Walder Foundation aims to elevate the Chicago region as a leader in biodiversity science and conservation.

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Featured, Environmental SustainabilityGuest UserDecember 14, 2022Press release
Empowering Clinical Researchers Post-COVID
Empowering Clinical Researchers Post-COVID

Helping marginalized physician-scientists make up for lost time.

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COVID-19, Science Innovation, FeaturedGuest UserOctober 6, 2022Grantee Story
A School Where Everyone Can Thrive
A School Where Everyone Can Thrive

A new Chicago yeshiva caters to needs of diverse learners.

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Jewish Life, FeaturedGuest UserSeptember 7, 2022Grantee Story
Urban Trees Are Under Threat
Urban Trees Are Under Threat

CRTI’s corporate sustainability program has helped 22 local corporations launch sustainability partnerships since 2020. Corporations can fund projects such as community tree plantings, park rehabilitation, and woodland ecosystem restoration, as well as larger, region-wide initiatives.

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Environmental Sustainability, FeaturedGuest UserAugust 26, 2022Grantee Story
A New Path Forward
A New Path Forward

Displaced female Afghan students begin studies at DePaul University.

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Featured, Migration and Immigrant CommunitiesGuest UserJuly 28, 2022Grantee Story
Expanding Learning Opportunities for Orthodox Women
Expanding Learning Opportunities for Orthodox Women

A new program brings specialized Jewish learning to female professionals in the Orthodox community.

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Jewish Life, FeaturedGuest UserJune 28, 2022Grantee Story
Building Back Better
Building Back Better

How one performing arts group is making the most of COVID-19 recovery to come back stronger, fairer, and more powerful than ever.

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Performing Arts, Featured, COVID-19Guest UserJune 27, 2022Grantee Story
Welcoming the Stranger
Welcoming the Stranger

After shutdown, HIAS re-emerged to support more than 70 Afghan refugees settle in the Chicago area.

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Migration and Immigrant Communities, Featured, Jewish LifeGuest UserJune 2, 2022Grantee Story
Tiny Insects, Big Revelations
Tiny Insects, Big Revelations

BioAlfa/BIOSCAN initiatives at the Center for Biodiversity Genomics are using groundbreaking insect studies to expand our understanding of the world we live in.

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Featured, Environmental SustainabilityGuest UserMay 18, 2022Grantee Story
Moving Towards a Variant-Proof Future
Moving Towards a Variant-Proof Future

UChicago lab tests a promising new COVID vaccine that adapts to changing viral variants.

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COVID-19, Science Innovation, Featured, Chicago CANGuest UserApril 25, 2022Grantee Story
Walder Foundation Announces First Biota Awards to Researchers Tackling Biodiversity
Walder Foundation Announces First Biota Awards to Researchers Tackling Biodiversity

Walder’s Biota Awards invests $1.5 million in research projects to protect biodiversity locally and globally.

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Featured, Environmental Sustainability, Biota AwardsGuest UserApril 5, 2022Press release
Meet the 2022 Biota Award Recipients
Meet the 2022 Biota Award Recipients

The Biota Awards funds early-career researchers based in the Chicago region who seek to restore, protect and conserve biodiversity locally and around the world. Learn more about the 2022 awardees and watch their videos.

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Environmental Sustainability, Featured, Biota AwardsGuest UserApril 5, 2022Grantee Story
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