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Learn more about the work of Carnegie Corporation of New York, our grantees and partners. The News section offers an array of informative sources including foundation press releases, news stories mentioning the work of Carnegie Corporation or our grantees, and other information about our grantees, including reports and announcements.

Press Release

February 2, 2012

Sesame Street Partners with 100Kin10 Movement to Promote STEM Education

Sesame Workshop is one of the more than 115 partners in 100Kin10, an innovative movement to recruit, prepare, and retain 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in 10... Learn More

February 1, 2012

AAU Secretary-General, Vice Chancellors, Others Discuss the Transformation of African Higher Education

New volume recounts the impact of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa.  Weaving Success: Voices of Change in African Higher Education, which offers an in-depth look at innovation and... Learn More

January 29, 2012

Carnegie Hall Receives $2 Million in Major Support for New Digital Archives Project

$1 Million Challenge Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Matching Gift from Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Enables Carnegie Hall To Launch Long-Range Project Digitizing Archival... Learn More

In the News

February 2, 2012

Rise aims to shine more brightly on African sector

Times Higher Education (UK)

The Regional Initiative in Science and Education (Rise) seeks to address the chronic lack of qualified lecturers in sub-Saharan universities. Staff running the project said that almost all the... Learn More

February 1, 2012

Digital archive project gets major funding

Sage Nonprofit Solutions

The Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation recently gave $1 million to the Carnegie Hall of New York in conjunction with a $1 million challenge grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Learn More

January 31, 2012

Big cheer for small schools

The New York Post

Small public-high schools in the city that are open to kids at all academic levels have strikingly increased students’ prospects of graduating, a new report has found. Learn More

Grantee News

January 29, 2012

Carnegie Hall Receives $2 Million in Major Support for New Digital Archives Project

$1 Million Challenge Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Matching Gift from Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Enables Carnegie Hall To Launch Long-Range Project Digitizing Archival... Learn More

January 23, 2012

Grant to Provide Fundraising Training, Other Advancement Initiatives for 19 African Institutions

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has received a two-year, US$450,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to provide resources and training in fundraising and... Learn More

January 11, 2012

New Index Reports World's Nuclear Stocks Remain Unsecured

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) today released a first-of-its-kind, public baseline assessment of the status of nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries. The NTI Nuclear Materials... Learn More