Press Releases

20 New Carnegie Scholars Announced (04/07/08)

Carnegie Corporation Contributes to Deeper Understanding of Islam, Muslim Societies (04/07/08)

Bruce Alberts, A Carnegie Corporation Trustee, Named Editor-In-Chief Of Science (01/09/08)

$3 Million Carnegie Corporation Investment Supports Carnegie Endowment’s China Policy Research Program (01/09/08)

To Build Scientific Capacity In Africa, Carnegie Corporation Funds Regional Networks To ‘Teach The Teachers’ (12/13/07)

To Build Scientific Capacity In Africa, Carnegie Corporation Funds Regional Networks To ‘Teach The Teachers’ (12/13/07)

Carnegie Corporation Of New York And Institute For Advanced Study Establish Joint Commission On Math And Science Education (11/08/07)

Kofi Annan Joins Board of Carnegie Corporation Of New York (10/30/07)

Carnegie Corporation Of New York Awards $400,000 To Support Public Libraries In Honor Of Top Global Philanthropists (10/22/07)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Integrates Program Structure for More Strategic Grantmaking (10/01/07)

Carnegie Corporation Commits $14 Million To Revitalize New Orleans’ Intellectual Infrastructure In Wake Of Hurricane Katrina (09/19/07)

Immigrants: The Pride of America (07/04/07)

College Readiness Is Aim Of $10 Million Carnegie Corporation Grant to New York City for Sustaining and Accelerating High School Reform (06/29/07)

New York City Arts and Social Service Organizations Awarded Grants Totaling More Than $30 Million (06/26/07)

$2 Million Carnegie Corporation Grant Catalyzes Community Redevelopment Effort in Heart of New Orleans (06/21/07)

Winners of Acclaimed Philanthropic Award Announced (06/18/07)

USCIS Recognizes Head Of Carnegie Corporation Of New York (06/11/07)

Presidents Of Five Of America's Most Respected Research Universities Renew Their Commitment To Revitalize Journalism Education (06/07/07)

Kurt L. Schmoke, Dean of Howard University School of Law and former Mayor of Baltimore, joins Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees (05/29/07)

Teacher Quality Most Important School-Based Factor In Boosting Student Achievement (05/17/07)

Carnegie Corporation Of New York Announces 2007 Academic Leadership Award (04/09/07)

Carnegie Corporation Announces 2007 Carnegie Scholars (03/27/07)

Two Former Governors Elected Chairman And Vice Chairman Of Carnegie Corporation Board (03/07/07)

Narciso Matos to leave Carnegie Corporation and head Mozambican civic organization (12/15/06)

Michele Cahill Rejoins Carnegie Coporation of New York as Vice President (12/07/06)

Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Joins Carnegie Corporation Of New York Board Of Trustees (11/09/06)

News 21 Project Provides Top-Flight Investigative Reports Produced by U.S. Journalism Students (07/19/06)

Carnegie Corporation Of New York Announces More Than Thirty Million Dollars In New York City Grants (06/13/06)

ABC News Summer Institute: Second Class of Carnegie Fellows Start at ABC News (06/15/06)

David Hamburg to Head United Nations Genocide Prevention Advisory group (05/11/06)

JOURNALISM’S CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE: SECOND REPORT FROM CARNEGIE-KNIGHT JOURNALISM INITIATIVE (05/02/06)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2006 CARNEGIE SCHOLARS (04/25/06)

DROPOUT RATES IN THE U.S. CONTINUE TO ENDANGER HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS (04/12/06)

AMERICANS REJECT FIXING ONE HIGH SCHOOL AT A TIME — NEW POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT-WIDE REFORM TO BRING ALL URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS UP TO THE COMMUNITY’S BEST (03/20/06) Click here for National Poll

THE LEARNING NETWORK—TEACHERS FOR A NEW ERA WIDENS THE CIRCLE (02/06/06)

TWO DISTINGUISHED WOMEN LEADERS JOIN CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES (11/17/05)

FORMER CARNEGIE CORPORATION PRESIDENT ALAN PIFER DIES AT 84 (11/02/05)

SIX FOUNDATIONS COMMIT $200 MILLION TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA IN NEXT FIVE YEARS - AN EXPANSION OF 2000 COMMITMENT (09/16/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SUPPORT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF WILL FOCUS ON BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM NEEDS (09/02/05)

FIVE NEW UNIVERSITIES ASKED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT AS PART OF CARNEGIE CORPORATION'S INITIATIVE ON JOURNALISM EDUCATION (08/12/05)

THE UNITED KINGDOM-BASED CARNEGIE TRUSTS ANNOUNCE NAMES OF THE 2005 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL OF PHILANTHROPY RECIPIENTS (08/11/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW YORK CITY GRANTS (07/05/05)

NORMAN PEARLSTINE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TIME, INC., JOINS CARNEGIE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES (06/10/05)

FIVE OF AMERICA’S MOST RESPECTED RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES UNITE IN A MORE THAN $6 MILLION EFFORT TO HELP REVITALIZE JOURNALISM EDUCATION (05/26/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2005 CARNEGIE SCHOLARS (04/07/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES
STRENGTHENING SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY PROGRAM (03/23/05)

VARTAN GREGORIAN ELECTED TO EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS (03/15/05)

GOVERNOR THOMAS H. KEAN REJOINS CARNEGIE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES (03/07/05)

BARBARA FINBERG, NONPROFIT LEADER, DIES AT 76 (3/5/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL $1.5 MILLION ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS (03/04/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF WILL FOCUS ON BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM NEEDS (01/10/05)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK PLEDGES
ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS (01/03/05)

Neil R. Grabois, Carnegie Corporation of New York Vice President and Director for Strategic Planning and Program Coordination, one of several top business and civic leaders named to newly formed advisory board of Sodexho (11/01/04)

Carnegie Corporation Elects Three New Trustees (10/20/04)

D. Ellen Shuman, Carnegie Corporation Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Elected to Board of Directors of General American Investors Company. (07/14/04)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK AWARDS MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN SECOND ROUND OF SUPPORT TO TWO AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN(06/30/04)

Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, awarded 2004 Presidential Medal of Freedom. (06/23/04)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION GIVES A GRANT TO REBUILD CHINATOWN'S ECONOMY IN THE WAKE OF SEPTEMBER 11 (06/11/04)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN GOOD NEIGHBOR GRANTS (05/25/04)

CLASS OF 2004 CARNEGIE SCHOLARS ANNOUNCED (05/07/04)

VARTAN GREGORIAN TO JOIN THE HUNTER FOUNDATION ("THF") BOARD AS £100M COMMITMENT CONFIRMED (04/20/04)

FIVE FOUNDATIONS COMMIT $10 MILLION FOR COMMEMORATIVE GRANTS TO SOUTH AFRICA (04/19/04)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (04/12/04)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION TRUSTEE SENATOR SAM NUNN AND SENATOR RICHARD G. LUGAR HONORED WITH TENTH ANNUAL HEINZ AWARDS (12/04/03)

STATEMENT OF VARTAN GREGORIAN ON THE DEATH OF CLARK KERR (12/05/03)

VARTAN GREGORIAN HONORED AS ARMENIAN OF THE YEAR BY THE DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA (08/19/03)

SEVEN NEW SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION SELECTED BY CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GRANTS (07/14/03)

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHES AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ON READING TO LEARN (06/25/03)

A CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ANNOUNCES $4 MILLION IN GRANTS TO TWO WEST AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (06/12/03)

APPOINTED TO S.E.C. POST, MCDONOUGH RESIGNS FROM CARNEGIE CORP. BOARD OF TRUSTEES (06/04/03)

PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUM HONORS VARTAN AND CLARE GREGORIAN (05/16/03)

Carnegie Corporation Awards $5.5 million in 9/11 Memorial Grants to NYC Libraries and Washington, D.C. Students (05/08/03)

2003 CARNEGIE SCHOLARS ANNOUNCED (05/07/03)

Carnegie Corporation Creates Academic Centers Of Excellence In Belarus And The South Caucusus (02/12/03)

Armenian Philosophical Academy Honors Vartan Gregorian (11/25/02)

Former Ambassador, Current Scholar, Shirin Tahir-Kheli Joins Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees (10/24/02)

Statement of Vartan Gregorian re: release of the Annenberg Task Force Report on the Future of Urban Districts. (10/15/02)

October 1, 2002: A statement on the death of Ambassador Walter Annenberg by Vartan Gregorian. (10/1/02)

Carnegie Corporation Announces New Leadership For Urban High School Reform Initiative (09/16/02)

Carnegie Corporation Selects South African Librarian to Head Up African Library Program (08/29/02)

Statement by Vartan Gregorian about Michele Cahill (08/29/02)

Class of 2002 Carnegie Scholars announced (05/19/02)

Four Universities Asked to Submit Proposals for Reforming Teacher Education in Carnegie Corporation of New York's Initiative, Teachers for a New Era (04/10/02)

Martin L. Leibowitz of TIAA-CREF is elected Vice, Chair, Carnegie Corporation. (03/06/02)

Corporation awards $1.85 Million in Honor of Teachers (02/28/02)

Corporation Awards $1.6 Million To Support New York City Public Broadcasting (02/28/02)

The Death of John Gardner
• John Gardner: October 8, 1912 - February 16, 2002

Carnegie Corporation Of New York Announces New Chair And Elects New Member To Board Of Trustees (02/15/02)

$2 Million Awarded to Urban Public Libraries (02/14/02)

Corporation Announces $10 MILLION to 137 Cultural Institutions in New York City (02/11/02)

Five Russian Universities are Awarded Centers for Advanced Study and Education (01/23/02)

First Andrew Carnegie Medals Awarded To Seven Visionaries Of Modern Philanthropy (12/10/01)

Vartan Gregorian Joins Board of Directors Of Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (11/28/01)

First Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Announced (11/5/01)

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Honors Vartan Gregorian (10/19/01)

Carnegie Corporation announces $60 million of support for its Schools for a New Society initiative, aimed at transforming high schools in seven cities (10/11/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Pledges Ten Million Dollars to NYC Relief Efforts (9/17/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces the Appointment of Two New Program Associates (8/21/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York announces an $8.4 Million Investment in South Africa's Educational Future (8/12/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces $2 Million In Grant Support to Two African Universities for Scholarship Programs for Undergraduate Women (7/18/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces $2 Million Grant to African University (7/18/01)

Carnegie Corporation Announces a New Staff Appointment in Education Division (5/21/01)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $1.5 Million to 16 "Scholars of Vision" (5/14/01)

Honored as a "Remarkable Leader" in Academia and Philanthropy, Carnegie Corporation President Gregorian Awarded Honorary Degree (5/13/01)

Report of Russia Initiative Calls for Extensive Re-Engagement Between Russia and the United States (5/8/01)

A New Focus for Education Division of Carnegie Corporation of New York: Teacher Quality in School Reform (3/5/01)

Carnegie Corporation Renames, Refocuses a Program: "Special Projects" becomes "Strengthening U.S. Democracy" (2/23/01)

Three Russian Universities are Awarded Centers for Advanced Study and Education" (1/23/01)

Three National Foundations Launch "New Century High Schools Consortium for New York City" with New York City Public High Schools (12/14/00)

Carnegie Corporation of New York to support MIT/Caltech project aimed at developing reliable, uniform U.S. voting machine (12/14/2000) (12/14/00)

Banking Executive Joins Carnegie Corporation Of New York’s Board (11/20/00)

Carnegie Corproration of New York Announces $3.4 Million Dollar Grant to African University (11/10/00)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Member Ruth J. Simmons, Currently President Of Smith College, Elected President Of Brown University (11/09/00)

Carnegie Corporation Announces Staff Changes (10/20/00)

Newsweek Magazine Previews Decade-Long Evaluation of Breakthrough Carnegie Corporation Early Education Research: Starting Now (10/16/00)

Carnegie Supports International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (9/00)

Vartan Gregorian Awarded Honorary Membership In The American Library Association (8/10/00)

North Carolina's Governor James B. Hunt Joins Carnegie Corporation Of New York's Board Of Trustees (6/26/00)

Ten Urban School Districts Win Carnegie Corporation of New York Schools for a New Society Competition, A $40 Million Long-Term Initiative Focused on Urban High Schools (6/14/00)

Vartan Gregorian awarded honorary degree by Juilliard. (5/24/00)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $1.1 Million to the First Class of Carnegie Scholars. (5/22/00)

Daniel Fallon named new chair of Carnegie's education division (4/26/00)

Four Foundations Launch $100 Million Initiative in Support of Higher Education in African Countries (4/24/00)

Carnegie Supports "Between the Lions," New Children's TV Program (4/2/00)

VARTAN GREGORIAN to be awarded the 2000 Children’s arts medal (3/21/00)

Great Reading En Route to America’s Rural and Small Libraries (3/2/00)

Dr. Bruce Alberts Elected to the Board of Carnegie Corporation of New York (3/7/00)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Targets the Threat Posed By Biological Weapons (2/16/00)

High Tech Voter Information
Carnegie Corporation Backs High Tech Voter Information That Tests Appetite of Voters for Direct Contact with Candidates. (11/23/1999)

New Carnegie Corporation Staff Appointment
Press release announcing the appointment of Narciso Matos as Senior Program Officer for the University Initiative in Commonwealth Africa. (11/04/99)

Vartan Gregorian Wins Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kil Medal
Press Release announcing the receipt by Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, of The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kil Medal. (10/22/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Staff Appointment
Press release announcing the appointment of Michele Cahill as senior program officer in the education division. (7/15/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Staff Appointment
Press release announcing the appointment of Susan Robinson King as Director of Public Affairs. (6/30/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Trustees
Press release announcing the election of two trustees: Admiral William A. Owens and Ruth Simmons. (6/22/99)

Carnegie's Commemorative Grants to Urban Public Libraries
Press packet containing press release, project descriptions, and president's essay. (6/10/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Trustee
Press release announcing the election of Raymond W. Smith to Carnegie Corporation's board of trustees. (4/12/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Staff Appointment
Press release announcing the appointment of Stephen J. Del Rosso, Jr., as Senior Program Officer in the International Peace and Security Program. (4/9/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Vice President
Press release announcing the appointment of Neil R. Grabois as Vice President and Director for Strategic Planning and Program Coordination. (3/29/99)

Carnegie Corporation President Receives Medal
Press release announcing the receipt by Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, of the GrÝ-Cruz da Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique in recognition of his contribution to United States–Portugal relations. (1/25/99)

New Carnegie Corporation Trustee and Vice Presidents
Press release announcing the election of Olara A. Otunnu to Carnegie Corporation's board of trustees and the appointment of two vice presidents for the Corporation: Edward Sermier, as Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, and D. Ellen Shuman, as Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. (10/21/98)

Corporation Board Elects New Trustee and Approves New Grantmaking Directions
Press release announcing the election of Martin L. Leibowitz to Carnegie Corporation's board of trustees and outlining broad new directions in Corporation grantmaking programs. (6/26/98)