Signal Boosting
The latest news from some of our partners
Boston University's Steve Ramirez selected to receive one of four 2018 Memory and Cognitive Disorders Awards for his project, Artificially Modulating Positive and Negative Memories to Alleviate Maladaptive Fear Responses. https://t.co/ATkqIoul8c #neuroscience
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) January 10, 2018
The Fall Flower Show is now open! #MyMMC pic.twitter.com/aon1m4eCNn
— Como Zoo (@ComoZoo) October 7, 2017
Head of Kent State’s Textile Arts, Janice Lessman-Moss takes the ancient art of weaving into the 21st century. https://t.co/KMJgFDbYvi pic.twitter.com/JUsKEltCn7
— Kent State (@KentState) October 6, 2017
From Weyerhaeuser to the White House: The political odyssey of @macalumni Walter Mondale '50. https://t.co/A3fqhRYc6e #heymac pic.twitter.com/NngggfUKNx
— Macalester College (@Macalester) June 16, 2017
Forty years of investing in advancing #neuroscience leads to big results: https://t.co/E2WS4QMez6 cc: @bcmhouston @HHMINEWS pic.twitter.com/yec9qstnKM
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) June 8, 2017
Still Growing
“I think the idea of the family farm means a lot to people around here and they don’t want to see them go away, that’s for darn sure—but they don’t always realize what it takes to keep them going.”
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A brand new annual report for the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, the lead philanthropic partner behind the RiverFirst initiative.
Finding the Right Fit
Three kids, three college searches. Whoa.
A new grain offers new possibilities for clean water & healthy soil—made possible by our partner @natureasmeasure https://t.co/8VOC3tFuMz pic.twitter.com/WRBE7tdfHf
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) June 26, 2017
Tuning Up the Next Generation
A trans-Atlantic year for the Center for Irish Music
Our latest issue of IQ Magazine takes a look at the acute child care shortage in Central Minnesota. https://t.co/1I7ydHsbkw pic.twitter.com/mu4wARhI97
— InitiativeFoundation (@ifoundmn) September 20, 2017
Mother of Invention
With a hard-to-get beauty patent, alumna Gwen Jimmere is taking her line of natural hair products from the kitchen sink to the global market. From the Winter 2016 edition of Kent State magazine Gwen Jimmere ’03, MA ’08, recently became the first African-American woman...
With Minnesota's worst measles outbreak in years, a look back at the science deniers who made it all possible: https://t.co/eEgKEZFCKI pic.twitter.com/M9fhDG5pXz
— LauraBillingsColeman (@ProBonoPress) May 9, 2017
Within Walking Distance
My great love affair with Horace Cleveland continues! Here's the new annual report we produced for the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the big RiverFirst initiative, an ambitious public/private effort to connect every corner of...
Congrats to Seitu Ken Jones, the 2017 McKnight Distinguished Artist. Learn more about this incredible visual artist. https://t.co/8MQloK35UX pic.twitter.com/Pa35mNIIEy
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) August 19, 2017
Family farmers like the VanDerPols are clean energy pioneers who want to save money and have more energy options: https://t.co/OQ6hMwq0SP pic.twitter.com/EFOSR3HAwJ
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) June 30, 2017
From Weyerhaeuser to the White House: The political odyssey of @macalumni Walter Mondale '50. https://t.co/A3fqhRYc6e #heymac pic.twitter.com/NngggfUKNx
— Macalester College (@Macalester) June 16, 2017
**We will be closing at 3:00 PM on Thursday, July 20 in preparation for #ComoSunsetAffair.**https://t.co/mpcXqymIhq pic.twitter.com/XXpT6OtwXh
— Como Zoo (@ComoZoo) July 14, 2017
For #ReadABookDay, check out the Mac list of life-changing books: https://t.co/G4hmhCcQB3 #heymac pic.twitter.com/RNIjMOKiA5
— Macalester College (@Macalester) September 6, 2017
Congrats to Seitu Ken Jones, the 2017 McKnight Distinguished Artist. Learn more about this incredible visual artist. https://t.co/8MQloK35UX pic.twitter.com/Pa35mNIIEy
— McKnight Foundation (@McKnightFdn) August 19, 2017
Workforce Wonders
With more jobs in the state than workers to fill them, it takes collaboration and creativity to keep Minnesota’s labor force strong.
Without immigrants MN would lose about 24,000 permanent jobs and $1.2 billion in personal income: https://t.co/7hIW6ZlWdA pic.twitter.com/1xvktMFFWA
— LauraBillingsColeman (@ProBonoPress) January 30, 2017
Don't miss Initiative Foundation's Q1 IQ Magazine! Read online here: https://t.co/RMKBIeO0ss pic.twitter.com/YyFyD3o93t
— InitiativeFoundation (@ifoundmn) April 8, 2017
Building a Healthy Housing Market
Whether you’re a Baby Boomer or a Millennial, real estate ends up being everybody’s business–especially in rural Minnesota. Check out my latest cover story for IQ, the magazine of the Initiative Foundation.
Luck of the Irish: @IrishMusicCtr annual report has a functioning donation button built right in! #GTMD16 #GTTMCIM https://t.co/vsEdqTT5CD pic.twitter.com/iWS30dg8cv
— LauraBillingsColeman (@ProBonoPress) November 17, 2016
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Our latest pro bono project is a whole new WordPress website for the Center for Irish Music community, now on their way to play and compete at the All-Ireland Fleadh in County Clare.