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Milstein: Program will embrace long-held Cornell ethos
“Think differently” – it’s been a central theme at Cornell for more than 150 years and a driving force behind numerous educational initiatives including the new Cornell Tech campus, which opened this fall on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City. While Cornell Tech is separated from Cornell’s Ithaca home by four hours…
Read More...Milstein Family announces $20 million gift for new Tech, Humanities Integration Initiative
Just weeks after the official opening of Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island, Cornell announced a new initiative to promote technology in the humanities as a result of a $20 million donation from the Milstein family. This donation, announced Wednesday night, will establish the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity, a collaboration between the College of…
Read More...HIRC releases report offering critical recommendations for resettling refugees
Harvard Law School report offers strategy for enhancing security, job creation, and equal treatment for all Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation Provides Grant to Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program At a time when the U.S. refugee admissions program is under serious threat and the world’s displaced population is at its highest, over 65 million,…
Read More...Milstein faculty fellow wins Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research
Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences with a secondary appointment at Weill Cornell Medicine, is one of six winners of this year’s Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research, which supports New York-based scientists exploring innovative…
Read More...Dr. Carl Nathan's work in Translational Medicine, supported by Milstein funding, is Recognized by Heritage Provider Network and Crain's New York Business
Dr. Carl Nathan is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. He directs the Abby and Howard P. Milstein Chemistry Core Facility and Program in Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine, and, subsequently, the Milstein Program in Medicinal Chemistry. Dr. Nathan was the founding director of the…
Read More...Howard Milstein Brings Together FDNY Life-Saving Bone Marrow Donors with Recipients
On May 5, 2017, Howard P. Milstein represented the Board of Trustees of New York Blood Center at the 13th Annual “Honor Roll of Life,” an event which recognizes FDNY members who have donated life-saving bone marrow to recipients. Howard paid tribute to the approximately 150 members of the FDNY who have donated bone marrow…
Read More...Howard Milstein presents John Zuccotti Lifetime Achievement Award to Joe Biden at Regional Plan Association's Annual Assembly
John Zuccotti was remembered as a “central figure in the revitalization of New York” as well as a “close personal friend, advisor, confidante, mentor and partner” when Howard Milstein presented the John Zuccotti Lifetime Achievement Award to former Vice President Joe Biden at the Regional Plan Association’s Annual Assembly. In tribute to John Zuccotti, Howard…
Read More...Howard Milstein presents Humanitarian of the Year Award at the American Skin Association Gala
American Skin Association celebrated a remarkable 30 years of funding research and educating youth on skin health, and presented awards to three exceptional honorees at the organization’s annual Spring Gala. ASA Chair Howard Milstein presented the Humanitarian of the Year Award to Dr. David Pyott, special advisor to Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., and most recently Chairman and…
Read More...American Skin Association and Paul and Irma Milstein Family Foundation support development of automated melanoma detector for skin cancer screening
Researchers at The Rockefeller University have developed an automated technology that combines imaging with digital analysis and machine learning to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages. This work was supported by American Skin Association, whose chairman is Howard P. Milstein, with additional support from the Paul and Irma Milstein Family Foundation and the National…
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