Lisa Levin, leader of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative and biological oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, received the Prince Albert I Grand Medal, the highest international distinction dedicated to ocean sciences.
CNBC interviewed and highlighted the Blue Forest Conservation team as an emerging solution to financing forest resiliency and wildfire protection in a recent report.
The recently elected mayor of Sparta is planning a series of events in 2020 to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae. The ongoing work to restore the Theatre of Sparta through Diazoma is likely to be featured
With support from the J.M. Kaplan Fund, Global Heritage Fund joined forces with the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project to improve heritage protection through "From Training to Implementation: Awards Presented by Global Heritage Fund."
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize made it on to TechCrunch's list of organizations that support social impact startups.
Taneeza Islam's South Dakota Voices for Peace, a 2019 Innovation Prize awardee, received recognition in Argus Leader and USA Today.
The J.M. Kaplan Fund reports on innovation trends from 1.300+ submitted ideas and opens funder access to trove of proposals. Read the full press release here.
Voices of Alabama, an oral history collaboration between World Monuments Fund and the African-American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, launched online. This incredible resource allows users to "explore the stories of 20 sites of worship, lodging, and civic engagement
The work of Shari Stocker and Jack Davis of the University of Cincinnati at the Greek site of Pylos has been featured in the Sept/Oct issue of Archaeology magazine. Read the article on their website.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute hosted a Legacy Youth Leadership Program in July, which enabled a group of 20 high school students from Birmingham to spend time at each of the Civil Rights Heritage Sites in the Consortium. This