NEWS & REPORTS

NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

Oct 15

RLF FRENCH-AMERICAN FELLOWS PROGRAM

Directors of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation are pleased to announce a short-term Fellowship Program to celebrate America at 250.

Nov 30, 2023

LOUNSBERY FELLOW HONORED WITH GUIZOT PRIZE

Dutch historian and academic Iris de Rode, Ph.D., was honored today with the 2023 Guizot Prize by the Académie Française recognizing her...

Oct 26, 2021

CENTURIES-OLD SHIPWRECK UNCOVERED IN ANTIGUA

An eighteenth-century shipwreck that lay hidden under the sea has been uncovered in Antiqua. Leading the underwater team was...

Sep 27, 2021

ART BIO MATTERS 2021

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University hosted the second Art Bio Matters (ABM) conference virtually September 22 - 24,...

Apr 30, 2021

WWI MEMORIAL OPENS IN WASHINGTON

On April 16, 2021, the World War I Centennial Commission celebrated the Inaugural Raising of the Flag of the United States of America...

Mar 8, 2021

JOSHUA LEDERBERG BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED

The Lounsbery sponsored Genes, Germs and Medicine: The Life of Joshua Lederberg by University of Toronto historian of science Jan Sapp...

Dec 3, 2020

ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (eDNA) COULD BECOME RELIABLE INDICATOR OF THE ABUNDANCE OF FISH

Lounsbery Chairman Jesse Ausubel in the News: A study published today shows that loose DNA in seawater offers a cost-effective way to...

Sep 21, 2020

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADS ARE CHANGING THE WAY DNA IS PRESERVED

OGL has launched a new long-term undergraduate student research program called “Student Research in DNA Preservation.”

Jun 26, 2020

SCIENTISTS BELIEVE LEONARDO DA VINCI HAD SUPERHUMAN TRAIT

Scientists have come to believe Leonardo da Vinci’s superfast eye may have helped him catch the enigmatic magic of Mona Lisa’s smile. In...

Jun 17, 2020

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK AVAILABLE FOR ALL

For the past six years Richard B. Primack and John W. Wilson have been working to produce the first conservation biology textbook...

May 11, 2020

COVID-19 GAME: RAISING AWARENESS OF THE VIRUS

Students at IIT Tirupati have developed a game called "SurviveCovid-19", designed to raise awareness of the dangers of not social distancing

Apr 1, 2020

WHALES HAVE RETURNED TO THE NEW YORK HARBOR

Humpback whales have, in the past 10 years, started to make New York Bight—the crescent of ocean stretching from Cape May, New Jersey, to...

Mar 14, 2020

FOUNDATION RELEASES 2013 - 2019 PROGRAM REPORT

Please click here to access the Foundation's 2013 - 2019 program report. This report includes a detailed listing on the Foundation's...

Feb 28, 2020

500 YEARS OF NATURE ILLUSTRATIONS ONLINE

Biodiversity Heritage Library has released over 150,000 artworks of the natural world.

Dec 3, 2018

PERRIN BEGINS WORK ON NATIONAL PARKS DOCUMENTARY

The French director and producer behind nature documentaries Oceans and Seasons, Jacques Perrin, is preparing a new film on the national...

Jul 2, 2018

WWI MEMORIAL DESIGN APPROVED BY U.S. COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

According to the United States World War I Centennial Commission, the design concept for the Richard Lounsbery Foundation supported...

Apr 2, 2018

CARNEGIE COUNCIL PROJECT "THE LIVING LEGACY OF WWI" LAUNCHES NEW WEEKLY PODCAST SERIES ON APRIL 3

Carnegie Council Project "The Living Legacy of WWI" Launches New Weekly Podcast Series On April 3 Carnegie Council's "The Living Legacy...

Feb 1, 2018

CONFERENCE ON WILSON'S 14 POINTS TO END WWI

Meridian International Center and Chatham House, with support from the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, are partnering in London to host a...

Mar 17, 2017

GAMES FOR CHANGE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF GLOBAL MIGRATION CHALLENGE

Games for Change announced the winner of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation supported “The Global Migration Game Challenge” on March 16,...

May 11, 2016

HUMAN EVOLUTION ANNOUNCES LEONARDO PROJECT

Human Evolution published an article highlighting the ongoing project “Anthropological and Genetic Study of Leonardo da Vinci.” The...