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Citi Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst as Anchor Partner to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition With $100 Million Commitment

Citi Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst as Anchor Partner to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition With $100 Million Commitment
Citi Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst as Anchor Partner to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition With $100 Million Commitment November 2, 2021 New York / Glasgow – Citi today announced a partnership with Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a groundbreaking program from Breakthrough Energy to accelerate the development of clean energy technologies that will help achieve net zero emissions by 2050.…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research partnership to help hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers adapt…
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion November 1, 2021 MedStar Georgetown University Hospital announced today a historic $50 million philanthropic gift from entrepreneur, venture capital investor and philanthropist Grant Verstandig, and the Verstandig Family Foundation, to support the new Medical/Surgical Pavilion currently under construction at MedStar…
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Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million

Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million
Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million November 3, 2021 The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has announced a gift from collector William H. Miller III of rare photographic plates by photographer Edward S. Curtis appraised at $4.2 million. The gift includes 151 interpositive glass plates by Curtis (1868–1952), who photographed Native Americans from more than…
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