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2007 News Archive

2006 News Archive
2008 News Archive

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June 2007


July 2007

  • A New Global Call to Stop Cervical Cancer 7/6

  • Plan or Be Engulfed: Harsh Lesson For World CitiesPLUS
    World's Slum Dwellers: More Like Us Than We Think 7/15 - 8/12

  • Norman Borlaug Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Highest US Civilian Honor 7/17

  • Annan Urges Stronger Links Between Farmers and Researchers 7/17

  • InnoCentive Offers Rockefeller Foundation Challenges 7/26

  • Rebuilding in a Time of Global Change
  • 7/26

    August 2007

  • Omar Freilla, Green Worker Cooperatives 8/1; Gothamist; interview

  • AGRA Grant to U. Ghana 8/7

  • RF Commits $70m to Climate Change Resilience 8/9

  • World's Slum Dwellers: More Like Us Than We Think 8/12

  • Architects Aren't Ready for an Urbanized Planet 8/20

  • Blueprint for Rebuilding; New Orleans looks to the future with help from Rockefeller 8/22

  • A Conversation About the State of Philanthropy 8/22
    Watch the show

  • From the Ground Up 8/23

  • International Spread of Disease Threatens Public Health Security 8/23; World Health Organization press release

  • Katrina's 2nd Anniversary: Reports on Giving & Progress 8/28


  • September 2007

  • New Orleans Initiative September 2007

  • Target Recovery Area Project Kicks Off 9/4

  • Akinwumi Adesina Honored at Oslo AGRA Conference;
    Norman Borlaug Stresses Need for 'Action, Action, Action'
    9/4

  • Dr. David Jhirad Named RF VP, Research and Evaluation 9/5

  • Pocantico II: The Global Challenge of Health Systems
  • 9/7
  • RF Names New Human Resources Director 9/10

  • Mayor Greets 1st Opportunity NYC Families 9/12

  • InnoCentive Offers Rockefeller Foundation Challenges 9/15

  • AGRA Launches PhD Program for Crop Breeding 9/19

  • Foundation Hosts Pocantico Forum to Address New Initiatives and Opportunities in Global Health 9/25
    Agenda
    Participant biographies

  • 'What If New York City…' Competition 9/27; NYC press release

  • Akin Adesina, AGRA VP, Addresses US Congressional Black Caucus 9/28


  • October 2007

  • AGRA Takes Seeds to Farmers 10/2

  • Consortium Launches Global Pollution Remediation Fund 10/17

  • African Breeders Move to Derail Crop Epidemic 10/18 AGRA press release

  • A Green Revolution for Africa 10/27; WSJ Commentary

  • Newsbeat: Fellows Rockefeller 10/30

  • Three Heads Are Better Than One Rice Today October-December

  • November 2007

  • Intellectual Property/Innovation Management Handbook 11/1

  • IPCC Head Pachauri Addresses RF Board, Staff 11/12

  • Debut RF/InnoCentive 'Challenge' Is Solved 11/12

  • Urban Policy Expert Robert Buckley to Become a Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director 11/13

  • African Farmer, World Agricultural Leader Named AGRA President 11/14

  • Jane Jacobs Discussions on YouTube 11/14

  • A New Vision and Commitment to America’s Cities 11/16

  • December 2007

  • Communities Across Globe Getting to Grips With Adapting to Climate Change 12/5

  • 1st NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Grantees Announced 12/7

  • Crops and Climate Change 12/10

  • Next Phase of Innovation Initiative Launched 12/13

  • Agro-Dealer Networks in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania 12/13

  • Opportunity NYC Makes First Payments to Poor Families 12/17
  • Poll Measures Americans' Feelings About National Service 12/18