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Heising-Simons Foundation Awarded Climate Registered™ Gold Status

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Earth Day 2023: Time to Finish the Job

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Grantee EDvance College Receives College Accreditation

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The tracks left by a rare neutrino that interacts with a tungsten nucleus in the detector, generating a shower of new particles.

The First Detection of Neutrinos at a Particle Collider

Foundation Perspectives, News

Cover of the Inside Philanthropy interview article with Sushma Raman.

Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman Featured in Inside Philanthropy

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Photo collage of 2023 51 Pegasi b fellows.

Announcing the 2023 Class of 51 Pegasi b Fellows

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Introducing Three New Colleagues

Letters from the President

Sushma Raman smiles at camera with snowy backdrop.

Letter from the President and CEO

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Space, Hope, and Charity: The Remarkable Journey of Astrophysicist Charity Woodrum

Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) concept photo.

51 Pegasi b Fellow’s Project Selected for Funding by NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts

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Mathical Book Prize winners graphic, featuring Foundation supported book "Again, Essie?"

Storytelling Math Honored with 2023 Mathical Book Prizes

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American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle