The Lenfest Institute for Journalism will award up to $1 million in grants to drive innovation in news-and-information products, and to sponsor a residency program for entrepreneurs.
Building materials company Saint-Gobain has been working with YouthBuild USA since 2010 to provide materials and hands-on job training for students working in YouthBuild Philly’s building trades track.
Richard Besser, MD, former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ABC News’ current chief health and medical editor, will succeed Disa Lavizzo-Mourey as president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Scattergood Foundation president Joe Pyle urges Philadelphia to build on the accomplishments of Dr. Arthur Evans, who is stepping down after 12 years as Commissioner of the Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services.
Saint-Gobain will donate $700,000 in cash and construction resources to the new Welcome Center.
