NEWS
23 SEPTEMBER 2022A giant puppet of a small Syrian refugee comes to New York City
Little Amal, a larger-than-life puppet representing a 10-year-old refugee from Syria, is touring New York City with an important message of hope and a call to action.
21 SEPTEMBER 2022World Federation of Youth Clubs recognizes Field of Life
The World Federation of Youth Clubs (WFYC) Promise Awards recognize organizations around the world doing outstanding work in the field of youth development.
21 SEPTEMBER 2022An incubator for new businesses in the village of Vamvakou
A new business and entrepreneurship center is coming to the small village of Vamvakou, as part of a long-term initiative to revitalize the area.
20 SEPTEMBER 2022How the brain learns language at Columbia’s SNF Brain Insight Lecture
How do humans learn a skill as complex as conversing in a new language? Two Columbia scholars will discuss the neuroscience of language at the latest Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Brain Insight Lecture from Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute, which will conclude with a participatory Q&A.
19 SEPTEMBER 2022From Cameroon to Athens, then to Kansas on a scholarship
Before he had even turned 12, Chanel traveled from Cameroon to Greece, fleeing civil war in the country where he lost his parents. He lived in Greece for six years, staying in a shelter run by The HOME Project and attending, on scholarship, a high school where his basketball talent was recognized. Now, he has moved to the United States to study at Bethany College in Kansas on a basketball scholarship.
19 SEPTEMBER 2022Young Greek Artists selected for fifth SNF ARTWORKS fellowship
It’s what all emerging artists hope for: a stretch of time to dedicate themselves, without constraint, to their artistic practice.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022UCLA and SFU Hellenic centers launch international pilot collaboration
With fresh support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture at UCLA in Los Angeles and the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia are piloting a Pacific coast corridor of exchange and collaboration.
12 SEPTEMBER 2022Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) recognized with International Architecture Award
New York’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) has been recognized with the International Architecture Award in the library category, recently conferred at an event in Athens. The award went to architecture firm Mecanoo, which led the design of the new Manhattan library.
12 SEPTEMBER 2022Columbia’s Institute for Ideas and Imagination expands through a major SNF grant
A significant grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) will help Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and Imagination continue and expand its work, as Columbia describes it, “to foster fresh ways of thinking about art, scholarship, and knowledge.”
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