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Scientist: Cassava disease spread at alarming rate

...needed is a virus-free cassava seed and the Italian meeting is hosting major funders including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hoping to convince them of the importance of the project.Global warming brings a new urgency, said Fauquet and...

http://juneauempire.com/michelle-faul/2013-05-08/scientist-cassava-disease-sprea
Andrea Story

...maintain it?This was my top priority when first on the Board. Years later, and after exhaustive study by the Gates Foundation and other experts, I've learned that the only in school factor that fully correlates to student achievement is quality...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-21/andrea-story
Local
Philanthropist Bill Gates hopes polio will be eradicated by 2018

...been stopped - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.The Microsoft founder, who co-chairs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke ahead of a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly which launched the new campaign...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-28/philanthropist-bill-gates-hopes-polio
Not For Web
State library getting federal money for broadband

...Commerce Department funding will cover most of the project's cost. The rest is coming from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rasmuson Foundation. The state department of education, of which the library is a part, says the project's...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091510/reg_708001394.shtml
Regional News
Grant will link 104 Alaska libraries

...connect libraries to the network. The $2.9 million in matching funds includes support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rasmuson Foundation. One hundred and four public libraries in Alaska will serve as public computer centers...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092810/sta_712969604.shtml
News
Community colleges: America's gateway to the future

...companies also need to play a pivotal role in this partnership. Tuesday, we're highlighting institutions like the Gates Foundation, The Aspen Institute, The Joyce Foundation and Lumina, all of which have recently committed new resources and...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100510/opi_716107484.shtml
Opinion
Group works toward Native charter school

...associate of arts degree or enough college credits to enter a bachelor's degree program as a college junior. The Gates Foundation has helped fund such schools. "One of the biggest problems is the transition from high school to college for those...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080804/loc_charterschool.shtml
News
District puts education equity at forefront

...Cadiente-Nelson said in 2007, there was a meeting between JSD and the University of Alaska Southeast and someone from the Bill Gates Foundation where they could have received $1 million to create rigorous coursework for Native students. "We hit a wall of...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102010/loc_723285753.shtml
News
Juneau Empire Story Archive

...ordered state flags to be lowered through today. Gates sends $4.9 million to Alaska JUNEAU - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the Alaska Council of School Administrators a $4.9 million grant to improve education in Alaska...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/090800/Loc_Briefly.shtml
Outside editorial: The good news about AIDS vaccine research

...way out of the AIDS epidemic without a vaccine. Seattle has become a gateway for such efforts. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last year put $287 million behind the collaborative efforts of 165 scientists from 19 countries. Long-term grants...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082307/opi_20070823007.shtml
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