Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation News

OCLC's WebJunction celebrates 10 years as an online learning community for library staff.

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ranks No.

A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can lead to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the currently used test, according to results of a field study in Liberia, in West Africa, where the infection is endemic.

Islamic Development Bank. 23.05.2013 02:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 2013-05-23 02:15 CEST -- The Islamic Development Bank's Board of Governors today approved to more than triple the Bank's authorized capital to 100 billion Islamic Dinars from 30 billion, reflecting the Bank's ... (more)

The list comprises of the First lady and President of US, Music couple, Jay Z and Beyonce and the richest person in the world and his wife, Belinda and Bill Gates.

REYES AWARDED GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP Saint Thomas More Senior Karina Salazar-Reyes has been awarded a 2013 Gates Millennium Scholarship, a highly competitive good-through-graduation grant which will allow her to pursue a degree in any undergraduate major at the accredited college or university of her choice.

Never underestimate the power and glory of the American ego. Granted, it can show its bizarre sides-for example, in the antics and hairdo of Donald Trump.

Dr Stephen Sowerby, of the University of Otago, uses technology he developed to make it easier to find human and agricultural parasites.

As more and more students search for ways to finance their college education, a number of students in Florissant have been fortunate to have their entire college education paid in full.

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the third consecutive year, followed by Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, the magazine says.

At Tuesday's PATH breakfast at the Bell Harbor International Conference center in Seattle, Melinda Gates, left, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was introduced by Phyllis Campbell, Pacific Northwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase.

Dr Stephen Sowerby and his project collaborators Professor John Crump , Dr Marion Johnson , Kate Berard , Professor Philip Hill and Graeme Paltridge .

Washington University in St. Louis announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Women in the poorest countries of the developing world have unmet demands for reliable modern contraception, such as condoms and contraceptive pills, a recent study finds.

Before there was a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or a Ford Foundation, there was the Rockefeller Foundation, whose philanthropic muscle dominated scientific and medical research for four decades.

The intended consequences of the education reform movement have finally shaken out due to the debate over Common Core.

A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can lead to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the currently used test, according to results of a field study in Liberia, in West Africa, where the infection is endemic.

Just four germs are responsible for most of the severe and fatal diarrhea among the world's infants, according to a large new study.

KUALA LUMPUR: Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd has been invited by the Water Sanitation for Africa - a Pan-African inter-governmental agency - to contribute towards development of sewerage industry in African countries.

As the San Jacinto Valley Academy Class of 2013 valedictorian, Andrea Franco will be giving a farewell speech to her senior classmates at the commencement ceremony on June 4. "People think I'm always studying but I have responsibilities after school - I care for my younger brothers and volunteer at their after-school program," Franco said.