Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was among the wealthiest and most famous industrialists of his day. Through Carnegie Corporation of New York, the innovative philanthropic foundation he established in 1911 ...

“If you’re open and don’t construct borders and boundaries between different parts of your life, you can discover learning everywhere,” Shaiza Rizavi recently told the glasshammer. Rizavi is a partner ...

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides support for high-caliber scholarship in the social sciences and humanities. The anticipated result of each fellowship is the publication of a book or major ...

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. The conditions of human life have ...

Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.

Professor of History and La Motta Chair of Italian Studies, Seton Hall University William J. Connell, a professor of history and holder of the Joseph and Geraldine La Motta Chair in Italian Studies at ...

Admired for his grace and precision, Mikhail Baryshnikov is regarded as one of the greatest dancers of his time. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1948, he was highly regarded in the Soviet Union before he ...

Working from the 1930s until the end of the 20th century, sculptor Louise Bourgeois had a lengthy and diverse career particularly notable for her abstract and symbolic depictions of the human body's ...

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. After a ...

Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates remarkable Americans — all naturalized citizens — who have enriched and strengthened our democracy through their actions and ...

Astronaut and physicist Franklin Chang-Diaz participated in seven space shuttle missions for NASA, including the 1989 launch of the Galileo to Jupiter and the final 1998 shuttle visit to the Russian ...

Our database contains information on grants dating to 2004 (for older grants, please refer to our archives). Each record includes the grant amount, date awarded and duration, a description, and links ...