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Business Exchange: Gates Foundation

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:04:07 GMT

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in 2000 by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda.
Source: Business Week

Careers a factor in dealing with college debts

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:40:16 GMT

The average college senior who graduated last year left campus with student loan debt of $23,200, according to The Project on Student Debt.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Conference in Half Moon Bay tackles school challenges

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:32:49 GMT

Innovators from various fields have converged in Half Moon Bay to tackle education's toughest challenges.
Source: Inside Bay Area

Gates Foundation commits $12.9M to college tech

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:46:06 GMT

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes. 0 VotesEnjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.Share You're in Easy Mode.
Source: Newsvine

Quoted in 'New York Times examines HIV testing program in China'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:30:36 GMT

said in News-Medical.net:

is financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which will spend $50 million over five years in an effort to slow the spread of AIDS in China.

Gates Foundation Commits $12.9M to College Tech

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:17:14 GMT

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $12.9 million in grants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes, according to Associated Press.
Source: TransWorldNews

Gates Grant To Help CMU Develop Online Classes

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:57:25 GMT

PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will develop online classes to be used by community colleges with the help of a $2.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Source: WTAE Pittsburgh

Ed-tech grants target remedial college courses

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:49:57 GMT

Nearly $13M in Gates Foundation funding will support faculty certification and a range of other programs for basic college classes A Gates Foundation grant will create online "gatekeeper courses" for community college students.
Source: eSchool News

CMU's community-colleges project funded

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:29:45 GMT

A Carnegie Mellon University project won a $2.5 million grant Thursday from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation because of its potential to curb dropout rates at community colleges.
Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment

Quoted in 'Bill and Melinda Gates to Lobby for Global Health Funds'

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:34:46 GMT

Melinda Gates said in The Washington Post:

Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world

Bill and Melinda Gates

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:12:23 GMT

Photo from AP Photo by LAURENT GILLIERON

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:06:55 GMT

William H. Gates III, right, and his wife Melinda French Gates, left, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speak during a press conference at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo by LAURENT GILLIERON

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:06:55 GMT