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News and Events

Howard Milstein receives Blue Cloud honours at China Institute’s ceremony

Howard Milstein, Chairman, CEO & President of New York Private Bank & Trust was recognized on November 28, 2018 at the Blue Cloud Gala, an annual New York City event organized by the China Institute, the oldest US-based organization dedicated to promoting US-China cultural ties. This is in recognition of Howard’s significant history of business…

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Howard and Abby Milstein dedicate the new state-of-the-art "Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center" in Jerusalem

Hadassah Ein Kerem doubles ability to treat heart patients with new state of the art Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center in Jerusalem. In the presence of Deputy Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman, National President of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America Ellen Hershkin, Director General of Hadassah Hospital Prof Zeev Rotstein, Howard Milstein…

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Howard Milstein Presents John Zuccotti Award to Tony Coscia

On April 27, 2018, the Regional Plan Association (RPA) honored Tony Coscia with the John Zuccotti Award, the organization’s highest award for leadership in the metropolitan region. The award is named after John E. Zuccotti, a long-serving member of the RPA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The annual award recognizes a leader who has…

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Howard and Abby Milstein Host UJA-NY Conversation with Dr. Henry Kissinger

On May 1, 2018, Howard and Abby Milstein hosted the UJA-Federation of New York’s Prime Minister’s Council, featuring “An Intimate Conversation with Henry Kissinger.

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Howard Milstein, Chairman ASA, Recognizes Achievements at Annual Gala

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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