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Released: 26-Nov-2024 12:35 PM EST
No Talent Left Behind: Carol Burns’s Legacy as Chair of the Fellowship and Programs Council
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As her tenure as the Hertz Foundation’s Council Chair comes to an end, Carol Burns will be remembered for leading a period of transformative growth — marked by an elevation of volunteer recognition, fostering of multidisciplinary collaboration, and enhancement of community engagement — that has left a lasting legacy.

Released: 26-Nov-2024 12:30 PM EST
Hertz Fellow Daniel Goodman Receives 2024 Raymond Sidney Volunteer Leadership Award
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Hertz Fellow Daniel Goodman, senior director of advanced technology at ASMPT-NEXX Inc., was named recipient of the 2024 Raymond Sidney Volunteer Leadership Award in recognition of his contributions to the Hertz Community — and there are many.

Released: 25-Nov-2024 2:25 PM EST
Dario Amodei: Balancing AI Innovation and Safety at Anthropic
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By the time you read this—or any article about artificial intelligence—it’ll be out of date. AI is advancing that rapidly. And Hertz Fellow Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO at Anthropic, is working to keep pace.

Released: 12-Nov-2024 9:05 AM EST
Case Western Reserve University to Offer Full Funding to Hertz Fellowship Finalists
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Case Western Reserve University has a new offer for the 25 to 30 students each year who are named finalists for the prestigious Hertz Fellowship but are not ultimately selected as Hertz Fellows: matriculate at CWRU and receive full financial benefits.

   
Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:55 PM EST
Stephen Wolfram presents at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for the Hertz Foundation’s Empowering Excellence Event
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The Hertz Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) have jointly released a keynote talk, Where the Computational Paradigm Leads (in Physics, Tech, AI, Biology, Math, ...), by visionary mathematician Stephen Wolfram, delivered to members of the Hertz Foundation board of directors and invited guests at the Empowering Excellence: The Hertz Way event held October 18 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Wendy Connors Named Hertz Foundation President, Succeeding Robbee Kosak
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds, supports, connects and catalyzes the nation’s top PhD students in science and technology, today announced that Wendy Connors, currently its chief development officer, will begin as president on Jan. 1, 2025.

Released: 26-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
2025 Hertz Fellowship Application Now Open
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2025 Hertz Fellowships. The application closes on Friday, November 1, 2024.

Released: 19-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Hertz Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Partner to Support Scientific Entrepreneurship
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A new collaboration between the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory enables up to three Hertz Fellows a year to attend LLNL’s annual National Labs Entrepreneurship Academy, an intensive four-day commercialization program that gives researchers the tools to transfer their research and technologies out of the lab.

Released: 15-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Hertz Foundation Announces 2024 Hertz Fellows
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the most promising innovators in science and technology, has announced 18 recipients of the 2024 Hertz Fellowships in applied science, engineering and mathematics.

Released: 22-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group and the Hertz Foundation Announce Partnership to Celebrate World-Class Talent
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Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group (ITV) and the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation are proud to announce a partnership aimed at cultivating and connecting world-class talent in the Tri-Valley region of the Bay Area.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Modern Hydrogen CTO Max Mankin Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of Max Mankin to its board of directors, along with four other new board members: Cheri Ackerman, co-founder and CEO, Concerto Biosciences; Steven B. Lipner, executive director, SAFECode; Michael Schnall-Levin, CTO and founding scientist, 10x Genomics; and Alfred Spector, visiting scholar, MIT, and senior advisor, Blackstone.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Concerto Biosciences CEO Cheri Ackerman Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of Cheri Ackerman to its board of directors, along with four other new board members: Steven B. Lipner, executive director, SAFECode; Max Mankin, co-founder and CTO, Modern Hydrogen; Michael Schnall-Levin, CTO and founding scientist, 10x Genomics; and Alfred Spector, visiting scholar, MIT, and senior advisor, Blackstone.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
10x Genomics CTO Michael Schnall-Levin Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of Michael Schnall-Levin to its board of directors, along with four other new board members: Cheri Ackerman, co-founder and CEO, Concerto Biosciences; Steven B. Lipner, executive director, SAFECode; Max Mankin, co-founder and CTO, Modern Hydrogen; and Alfred Spector, visiting scholar, MIT, and senior advisor, Blackstone.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Technology Leader Alfred Spector Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of Alfred Spector to its board of directors, along with four other new board members: Cheri Ackerman, co-founder and CEO, Concerto Biosciences; Steven B. Lipner, executive director, SAFECode; Max Mankin, co-founder and CTO, Modern Hydrogen; and Michael Schnall-Levin, CTO and founding scientist, 10x Genomics.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Cybersecurity Pioneer Steven Lipner Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of Steven B. Lipner to its board of directors, along with four other new board members: Cheri Ackerman, co-founder and CEO, Concerto Biosciences; Max Mankin, co-founder and CTO, Modern Hydrogen; Michael Schnall-Levin, CTO and founding scientist, 10x Genomics; and Alfred Spector, visiting scholar, MIT, and senior advisor, Blackstone.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Five Science and Technology Leaders Elected to Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, today announced the election of five new members to its board of directors: Cheri Ackerman, co-founder and CEO, Concerto Biosciences; Steven B. Lipner, executive director, SAFECode; Max Mankin, co-founder and CTO, Modern Hydrogen; Michael Schnall-Levin, founding scientist and CTO, 10x Genomics; and Alfred Spector, visiting scholar, MIT, and senior advisor, Blackstone.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Utilizing Physics to Understand Social Systems
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Early in Hertz Fellow Alex Siegenfeld’s PhD program, he found himself unmotivated by his research and knew something had to change. His turning point overlapped with the 2016 Hertz Summer Workshop, where he discussed his concerns with other fellows.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
A Dark Matter Detective
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Hertz Fellow Katelin Schutz thinks existing experimental data across many fields of physics and cosmology can be re-analyzed through a “dark matter lens.”

Released: 8-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
45 Finalists Named for the 2024 Hertz Fellowships
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The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation today announced 45 finalists for the 2024 Hertz Fellowships in applied science, mathematics and engineering.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Clinical Trials of Sticky, Bone-Boosting Proteins Funded By Department Of Defense
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A startup company, Theradaptive, founded by Hertz Fellow Luis Alvarez aims to revolutionize sports medicine, orthopedic surgery, dental implants and even cancer care through its uniquely engineered proteins.



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