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Research & Updates
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October 2014
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Scott Sumner, Professor of Economics, Bentley University
Date
October 03, 2014
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Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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March 2015
Title
SDI Update – March 2015
Date
March 01, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2013
Title
Sean Brocklebank, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Date
April 18, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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April 2013
Title
Seasonal Migration within Low-Income Countries
Date
April 01, 2013
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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August 2013
Title
Seema Gajwani, Program Officer for Criminal Justice, Public Welfare Foundation
Date
August 28, 2013
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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March 2021
Title
Semi-Informative Priors Over AI Timelines
Date
March 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2013
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Seth Baum, Executive Director Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
Date
October 02, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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December 2020
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Seven Big Wins for Farm Animals in 2020
Date
December 21, 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2013
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Shirley Rodrigues, Portfolio Manager, Climate Change, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Date
September 24, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2015
Title
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Date
November 17, 2015
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July 2020
Title
Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Philanthropy Now podcast: Open Philanthropy: How donors and philanthropists can support criminal justice reform
Date
July 22, 2020
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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July 2022
January 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Animal Welfare
Date
January 09, 2024
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
February 02, 2024
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
Title
Software Patent Reform
Date
November 11, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2016
Title
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Date
May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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April 2017
Title
Some Case Studies in Early Field Growth
Date
April 09, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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July 2012
Title
Some History Behind Our Shifting Approach to Research
Date
July 20, 2012
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December 2015
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Sonja Lyubomirsky, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
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December 15, 2015
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Other Areas
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August 2016
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Sonja Trauss, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund
Date
August 29, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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March 2017
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Sonja Trauss, Co-founder, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA)
Date
March 06, 2017
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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June 2021
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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October 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 05, 2020
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2018
Title
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Giving in the Light of Reason
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May 17, 2018
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Content Type
March 2013
Title
Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Statistical Science
Date
March 18, 2013
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Scientific Research
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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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December 2021
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STAT: For an antiviral researcher, Covid brings a flood of attention — and opportunity
Date
December 20, 2021
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Scientific Research
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September 2018
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STAT: For the first time, researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa
Date
September 05, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2015
Title
Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We’re Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project
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April 23, 2015
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March 2014
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Stephen Smith, Infrastructure Reporter, Next City; Contributor, Market Urbanism
Date
March 13, 2014
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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April 2013
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Stephen Sparks, Professor, University of Bristol
Date
April 16, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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October 2015
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Steve Oh, Phd, Principal Scientist, Bioprocessing Technology Institute
Date
October 07, 2015
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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November 2013
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Steve Riskin, Senior Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace
Date
November 26, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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May 2012
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Steven Goodman, Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Medicine at Stanford University
Date
May 31, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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March 2016
June 2013
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Steven Teles, Associate Professor of Political Science, John Hopkins University
Date
June 12, 2013
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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May 2012
May 2013
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Strobe Talbott, President and Kimberly Churches, Vice President for Development, The Brookings Institution
Date
May 21, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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February 2014
July 2013
Title
Sue Chinn, Campaign Manager, and Marielena Hincapié, Co-Founder, Alliance for Citizenship
Date
July 11, 2013
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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August 2012
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Sue Kinn, Team Leader and Research Manager at the Department for International Development (DFID)
Date
August 21, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2015
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
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December 23, 2015
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December 2016
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
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December 14, 2016
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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 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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December 2019
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2019
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December 18, 2019
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November 2020
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
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November 23, 2020
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December 2023
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2023
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December 19, 2023
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February 2019
Title
Supporting a New Technology Security Policy Think Tank
Date
February 28, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2016
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Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
Date
February 10, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2013
Title
Susan Urahn, Executive Vice President and Brian Hill, Senior Associate, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
September 25, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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August 2013
Title
T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, Director of Road Safety, FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society
Date
August 02, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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July 2023
Title
Takeaways from the Metaculus AI Progress Tournament
Date
July 27, 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2016
Title
Tamar Jacoby, President & CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA
Date
March 31, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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January 2015
Title
Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA
Date
January 14, 2015
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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May 2014
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Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA
Date
May 12, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2015
Title
Taynin Kopanos, DNP, NP, Vice President of State Government Affairs, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Date
June 30, 2015
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Other Areas
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March 2017
Title
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
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March 02, 2017
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November 2021
Title
Technical Updates to Our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework
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November 18, 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2022
Title
Telecommunications in LMICs
Date
October 06, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2021
Title
Ten Big Wins for Farm Animals in 2021
Date
December 24, 2021
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2015
Title
The Atlantic: The Greatest Good
Date
June 15, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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August 2020
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The Atlantic: The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
Date
August 14, 2020
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 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
Date
April 18, 2021
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare in Europe
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October 2015
October 2023
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Does Alternative Meat Need Philanthropy to Take It Beyond?
Date
October 16, 2023
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
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July 2017
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The Economist: A promising means of pest control meets some evolutionary truths
Date
July 22, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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June 2018
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The Economist: Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck?
Date
June 02, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2019
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The Economist: How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat
Date
January 19, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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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 2021
Title
The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times: Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can Do
Date
October 28, 2021
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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December 2015
Title
The Financial Times: The power and efficacy of effective altruism
Date
December 03, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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March 2014
Title
The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
Date
March 25, 2014
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August 2019
Title
The Guardian: Campaigners demand end to fish tethering ‘torture’ in Taiwan
Date
August 19, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2014
October 2023
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The Indian Express: Bihar to tackle air Pollution with better monitoring
Date
October 11, 2023
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
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August 2015
Title
The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
August 13, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2014
Title
The Moral Value of the Far Future
Date
July 03, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Content Type
May 2021
Title
The New Republic: The Progressive Trio Shaping Biden’s Ambitious Economic Policy
Date
May 04, 2021
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Content Type
April 2019
Title
The New York Times: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Date
April 01, 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2021
Title
The New York Times: Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
Date
May 31, 2021
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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December 2020
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The New York Times: California’s Housing Crisis: How a Bureaucrat Pushed to Build
Date
December 13, 2020
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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October 2016
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The New York Times: Competing Views on How to Regulate Illegal Migration
Date
October 30, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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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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June 2017
Title
The New York Times: New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice
Date
June 15, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2017
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
Date
December 15, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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February 2021
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Trying to Spot New Viruses Before They Cause Pandemics
Date
February 15, 2021
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2021
Title
The New York Times: The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
Date
May 05, 2021
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2015
Title
The New York Times: The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay
Date
April 04, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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June 2019
Title
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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March 2021
Title
The New York Times: Unlocking the Covid Code
Date
March 12, 2021
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2021
Title
The New York Times: We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror
Date
December 16, 2021
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2023
Title
The New York Times: What if There Was Never a Pandemic Again?
Date
May 28, 2023
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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December 2020
Title
The New York Times: Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
Date
December 17, 2020
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
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June 2017
Title
The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
Date
June 12, 2017
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Content Type
February 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 27, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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September 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
Date
September 03, 2015
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May 2021
Title
The Promise and Perils of Insect Farming
Date
May 10, 2021
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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October 2013