This page contains selected news coverage about our work and that of our grantees.
In the News
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October 02, 2019
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: Cancer Vaccine Developers Report Bumper Crop of New Cancer Antigens
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October 2019
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Scientific Research
October 15, 2019
December 20, 2019
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Vox: A US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should go
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December 2019
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Global Health & Development
March 18, 2020
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Barron’s Penta: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19
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March 2020
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Scientific Research
July 01, 2020
July 13, 2020
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San Fransisco Business Times: Biotech Legends Help Launch Parasite-Fighting Startup with Deep Stanford Ties
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July 2020
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Scientific Research
July 22, 2020
August 14, 2020
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The Atlantic: The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
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August 2020
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Scientific Research
September 10, 2020
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Forbes: 2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
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September 2020
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Scientific Research
September 23, 2020
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Vox: Farms have bred chickens so large that they’re in constant pain
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September 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
September 23, 2020
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The Washington Post: The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders
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September 2020
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
September 23, 2020
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Vox: Building housing — lots of it — will lay the foundation for a new future
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September 2020
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Land Use Reform
October 05, 2020
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Stanford Medicine News Center: Jeffrey Glenn Granted $14.3 Million to Develop Broad Spectrum Drug
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
October 12, 2020
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Scientific American: Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
October 15, 2020
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Vox: The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity
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October 2020
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
October 23, 2020
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Nikkei Asia: Thai Food Producers Shift Focus to Animal Welfare
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October 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
November 02, 2020
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BioSpace: Icosavax Turns VLP Tech to COVID-19 Vaccine, with $16.5 Million in New Financing
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
November 05, 2020
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Nature: Coronavirus Testing Finally Gathers Speed
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
December 13, 2020
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The New York Times: California’s Housing Crisis: How a Bureaucrat Pushed to Build
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December 2020
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Land Use Reform
December 14, 2020
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Comstock’s Magazine: Promise for New Proteins
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December 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
December 17, 2020
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The New York Times: Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
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December 2020
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Global Catastrophic Risks
February 15, 2021
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Trying to Spot New Viruses Before They Cause Pandemics
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February 2021
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Scientific Research
February 15, 2021
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80,000 Hours: Lewis Bollard on big wins against factory farming and how they happened
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February 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 02, 2021
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Vox: The next frontier for animal welfare: fish
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March 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 12, 2021
March 16, 2021
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The Washington Post: Money can’t buy criminal justice reform. But it can fuel a movement.
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March 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
March 19, 2021
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Forbes: French Birds, Spanish Cows, Danish Minks: The Fight For Animals’ Rights In Europe
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March 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 18, 2021
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The Brussels Times: European Citizens’ initiative to end the use of cages in animal farming in EU on the right track
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April 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 27, 2021
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Financial Times: Air pollution: Asia’s deadliest public health crisis is not Covid
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April 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
April 27, 2021
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The Washington Post: Epicurious drops beef recipes, drawing ire from the pro-burger crowd — and some food activists
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April 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
May 04, 2021
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The New Republic: The Progressive Trio Shaping Biden’s Ambitious Economic Policy
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May 2021
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Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
May 05, 2021
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The New York Times: The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
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May 2021
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Scientific Research
May 10, 2021
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PBS News Hour: In her bid to end TB, Mireille Kamariza is shattering stereotypes about scientists
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May 2021
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Scientific Research
May 31, 2021
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The New York Times: Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
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May 2021
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Immigration Policy
June 08, 2021
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The Washington Post: As grocery prices rise, alt-meat takes a bigger bite of Big Meat’s burger
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June 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
June 30, 2021
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Reuters: Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says
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June 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
July 12, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways
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July 2021
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Global Health & Wellbeing
August 19, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
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August 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
August 26, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
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August 2021
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September 24, 2021
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EE Times: Building a Framework to Trust AI
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September 2021
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
October 05, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications
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October 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
October 28, 2021
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The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times: Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can Do
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October 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
November 16, 2021
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Inside Philanthropy: With More Donors, Open Philanthropy Is Spinning Its Criminal Justice Reform Work Into a New Fund
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November 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
November 26, 2021
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Vox: Why the future of animal welfare lies beyond the West
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November 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
November 29, 2021
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Vox: These are the charities where your money will do the most good
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November 2021
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Global Health & Development
November 30, 2021
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NPR: On #GivingTuesday, how to get the most bang for your buck
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November 2021
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Global Health & Development
November 30, 2021
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Vox: A criminal justice expert’s guide to donating effectively
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November 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
December 16, 2021
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The New York Times: We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror
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December 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
December 20, 2021
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STAT: For an antiviral researcher, Covid brings a flood of attention — and opportunity
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December 2021
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Scientific Research
January 06, 2022