Scene Last Night
By Amanda Gordon (Bloomberg Business) – Cancer biologist Christine Mayr found common ground Thursday night with Bill Ackman.
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Cancer Researchers Win Funding
By Caroline Lewis (Crain’s New York Business) – The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will announce Thursday the second class of early-career cancer researchers to win funding and support through its program.
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Attends the 5th Annual Galien Forum
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance recently sponsored a panel entitled, “Pioneers for a Cure: the Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Cancer Research” at the 5th Annual Galien Forum.
Cancer Philanthropy, Wall Street-Style
Kristina Strain (Inside Philanthropy) – This ain’t your father’s cancer philanthropy. This ain’t some namby-pamby Race for the Cure-style charity outfit or a lumbering legacy foundation. This is cancer philanthropy, Wall Street-style.
Sihong Wang Wins Prize for Cancer Research
(The City College of New York) – Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Sihong Wang is one of six young scientists from the New York City area to receive the inaugural Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research.
2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners Announced at Sohn Investment Conference
Through a generous commitment of $25 million from the Pershing Square Foundation, the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has created a prestigious program that will award $1.2 million in its first year to exceptional young scientists in New York City with innovative ideas in the field of cancer research.
Wall Street funds cancer-research up-and-comers
Bill Ackman invests in young research scientists. Here are the first six to benefit. By Barbara Benson (Crain’s Business New York) – Home to some of the top medical institutions in the country, New York City attracts millions of dollars in annual federal research funding.
Scene Last Night: Ackman, Flatto, Sohn for Cancer Research Prize
By Amanda Gordon (Bloomberg Business Week) – Three days after announcing a $17 million donation to Harvard, activist investor Bill Ackman disappeared into a roomful of scientists to decide where his and his wife’s next gift should go.
Inaugural Pershing Square Sohn Prize Dinner
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance celebrated its inaugural dinner and awarding the Pershing Square Sohn Prize to six young, innovative scientists in New York City for cancer research.
PSSCRA on Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News “The peak of my biomedical education was my Bio AP exam that I took in high school,” Bill Ackman said on Oct. 22 at the Galien Forum, one of the world’s leading science conferences. The CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management was there because Pershing Square Foundation has created a new prize for young, New York-based scientists.