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Research & Updates
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August 2019
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Will Companies Make Good on Cage-Free Pledges?
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August 12, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2019
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Professor Won Mok Shim, Associate Professor at the Centre for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Sungkyunkwan University
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August 07, 2019
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2019
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Professor Rosa Cao, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University
Date
August 07, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2019
July 2019
Title
GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat
Date
July 09, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2019
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The New York Times: Trump Isn’t Alone. These Millennials on the Left Want Low Interest Rates, Too
Date
June 12, 2019
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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June 2019
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Explaining Our Bet on Sherlock Biosciences’ Innovations in Viral Diagnostics
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June 10, 2019
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Scientific Research
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June 2019
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Vox: This charity just canceled one of its poverty programs. That’s a good thing.
Date
June 07, 2019
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Global Health & Development
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May 2019
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Animal Agriculture and Climate Change
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May 02, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2019
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The Sacramento Bee: The answer to opioid crisis? UC Davis researcher will soon test his non-addictive pain drug
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April 15, 2019
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Scientific Research
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April 2019
April 2019
Title
History of Philanthropy Literature Review: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Date
April 08, 2019
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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April 2019
April 2019
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The New York Times: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
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April 01, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2019
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Forbes: With Launch Of New CRISPR Company, Competition Extends To Diagnostics
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March 21, 2019
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Scientific Research
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March 2019
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Impact Investing for Farm Animals
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March 08, 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2019
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Reflections on Our 2018 Generalist Research Analyst Recruiting
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March 07, 2019
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February 2019
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The Washington Post: Georgetown launches think tank on security and emerging technology
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February 28, 2019
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2019
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Supporting a New Technology Security Policy Think Tank
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February 28, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2019
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Vox: GiveWell expands cost-effective giving focus to include policy interventions
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February 26, 2019
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Global Health & Development
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February 2019
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Nature: Faster, better, cheaper: the rise of CRISPR in disease detection
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February 19, 2019
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Scientific Research
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February 2019
Title
Gender Equity in the Farmed Animal Movement
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February 04, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2019
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Vox: Want to help animals? Focus on corporate decisions, not people’s plates.
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January 29, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2019
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The Economist: How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat
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January 19, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2019
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STAT: ‘Taste of the future’: New microscopy technique captures stunning images of a fly’s brain
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January 17, 2019
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Scientific Research
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January 2019
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NPR: Why This Charity Isn’t Afraid To Say It Failed
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January 07, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2019
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Dr. Adam Marblestone, Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
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January 01, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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January 2019
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Dr. Stephen Larson, CEO of MetaCell and Co-founder of OpenWorm
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January 01, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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December 2018
Title
How Can You Do the Most Good for Animals?
Date
December 21, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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December 2018
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2018
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December 20, 2018
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Content Type
December 2018
Title
Vox: How to do good better
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December 14, 2018
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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December 2018
December 2018
Title
2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 12, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2018
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The New York Times: Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.
Date
December 01, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2018
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The Economist: The promise and peril of gene drives
Date
November 08, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2018
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Discover Magazine: Meet the Biochemist Engineering Proteins From Scratch
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October 29, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2018
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Vox: Future Perfect, explained
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October 15, 2018
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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October 2018
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Devex: A new US development finance agency takes flight
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October 04, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2018
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Vox: A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it
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September 26, 2018
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Scientific Research
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September 2018
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Campaign for Marriage Equality
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September 20, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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September 2018
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STAT: For the first time, researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa
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September 05, 2018
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Scientific Research
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August 2018
Title
The War on Animal Product Alternatives
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August 15, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2018
Title
How Much Should We Focus on Slaughter?
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July 18, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2018
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Nature: Migrants and refugees are good for economies
Date
June 21, 2018
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2018
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Scientific American: A Shot against Cancer Slated for Testing in Massive Dog Study
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June 07, 2018
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Scientific Research
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June 2018
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The Economist: Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck?
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June 02, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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May 2018
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CNN: This startup wants to help the planet with meatless burgers
Date
May 24, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2018
May 2018
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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Giving in the Light of Reason
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May 17, 2018
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Content Type
May 2018
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NPR: Can A Cocktail Of Vitamins And Steroids Cure A Major Killer In Hospitals?
Date
May 11, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2018
Title
David Alpert, Founder and President, and Sarah Guidi, Managing Director, Greater Greater Washington
Date
April 06, 2018
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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April 2018
Title
GeekWire: Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine
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April 04, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2018
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Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
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April 01, 2018
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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March 2018
March 2018
March 2018
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Bloomberg: Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science
Date
March 15, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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March 2018
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
March 15, 2018
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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March 2018
Title
An Update to How We’re Thinking About Grant Check-Ins
Date
March 09, 2018
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Content Type
February 2018
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Dr. Stephanie James, Director of Science, and Dr. Karen Tountas, Scientific Program Manager, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
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February 14, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2018
February 2018
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and State EITC Programs
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February 02, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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January 2018
Title
Update on Cause Prioritization at Open Philanthropy
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January 26, 2018
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Content Type
January 2018
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Quanta Magazine: A Neurobiologist Thinks Big — and Small
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January 18, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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January 2018
Title
Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal
Date
January 18, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2018
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History of Philanthropy Case Study: Clinton Health Access Initiative’s Role in Global Price Drops for Antiretroviral Drugs
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January 10, 2018
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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December 2017
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2017
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December 22, 2017
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December 2017
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Nature: Facebook billionaire pours funds into high-risk research
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December 20, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2017
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Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017
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December 18, 2017
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December 2017
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
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December 15, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2017
December 2017
Title
Our ‘Second Chance’ Program for NIH Transformative Research Applicants
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December 05, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2017
December 2017
November 2017
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Update on Investigating Neglected Goals in Biological Research
Date
November 30, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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November 2017
Title
Dr. Michael Clemens, Co-Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy, Center for Global Development
Date
November 29, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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November 2017
Title
Amanda Glassman, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Date
November 29, 2017
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2017
Title
We’re Going Beyond Coal. Could We Go Beyond Factory Farming?
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November 17, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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October 2017
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
October 05, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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October 2017
Title
Scientific Research Grants from the 2016 NIH Transformative Research Award RFP
Date
October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2017
Title
A Software Agent Illustrating Some Features of an Illusionist Account of Consciousness
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October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2017
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October 2017 Update on Protect the People Grant
Date
October 01, 2017
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2017
Title
Aftereffects: In the U.S., Evidence Says Doing More Time Typically Leads to More Crime After
Date
September 25, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2017
Title
Incapacitation: How Much Does Putting People Inside Prison Cut Crime Outside?
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2017
Title
Deterrence Is De Minimis
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2017
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Reasonable Doubt: A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
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September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2017
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David Goldberg, Founder and Global CEO, Founders Pledge
Date
September 22, 2017
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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September 2017
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David Alpert, Founder and President, and Sarah Guidi, Managing Director, Greater Greater Washington
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September 20, 2017
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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September 2017
Title
Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
September 20, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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September 2017
Title
How Can We Reduce Demand for Meat?
Date
September 20, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2017
Title
Mike Konczal, Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Date
September 19, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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September 2017
Title
Why Did the EU Lead the World on Farm Animal Welfare and How Can It Lead Again?
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September 18, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2017
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Dr. Josh Bivens, Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute
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September 18, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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September 2017
Title
How Will Hen Welfare Be Impacted by the Transition to Cage-Free Housing?
Date
September 15, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2017
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New Report on the Welfare Differences Between Cage and Cage-Free Housing
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September 15, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2017
September 2017
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The Scientist: Scientists Look to Epigenetics to Thwart Viruses
Date
September 01, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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August 2017
Title
Josh Morrison, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Waitlist Zero
Date
August 25, 2017
Focus Area
Other Areas
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August 2017
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Ady Barkan, Campaign Director, Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
August 10, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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August 2017
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Vox: There’s no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers
Date
August 03, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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August 2017