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In first temporary exhibition, Gates Foundation fights gender inequality with stories of hope

by Chelsey Ballarte on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 at 9:08 am 2 Comments

Edna Adan Ismail wanted to prevent women from dying during childbirth in her home country of Somaliland. It’s not easy for women in her region to get a higher education,… Read More

Tech Moves: Crowd Cow adds Julep and Blue Nile vet as COO; VRstudios gets a new CEO; and more

by Clare McGrane on March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 at 11:30 amComment

Crowd Cow, a Seattle-based startup focused on the delivery of sustainable meat products, announced a big new addition this week: retail tech vet Dwight Gaston has joined the company as its… Read More

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Teen Action Fair

by Clare McGrane on March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 at 11:09 amComment

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW! Find out how you can take action on local and global issues such as youth homelessness, the refugee crisis and clean water at the… Read More

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Spotlight on International Women’s Day

by Clare McGrane on March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 at 11:05 amComment

This International Women’s Day, discover why women and girls are at the heart of global development. Hear from organizations as they share bold innovations aimed at closing the global gender… Read More

Working Geek: Gates Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Mark Suzman takes leadership cues from former boss Kofi Annan

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 23, 2017February 24, 2017 at 7:35 amComment

Mark Suzman’s resume includes a doctorate from Oxford to top off a bachelor’s from Harvard, a correspondent gig for the Financial Times in Johannesburg, London, and D.C., and an advisory… Read More

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Full Interview: Bill Gates on global health, clean energy, Trump, Microsoft and the future of the world

by Todd Bishop on February 15, 2017June 10, 2017 at 9:02 pm1 Comment

Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview about his work at the Gates Foundation, progress in global… Read More

In push for open access to research, Gates Foundation partners with ‘Science’ journals

by Clare McGrane on February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 at 11:27 amComment

Scientific journals aren’t known for being advocates of open access — often research articles published in journals are behind a paywall, only accessible to subscribers. But that’s beginning to change. The Bill… Read More

What Bill and Melinda Gates are doing with Warren Buffett’s $30 billion, a decade after historic gift

by Todd Bishop on February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 at 11:15 amComment

“It was the biggest single gift anyone ever gave anybody for anything.” That’s how Bill and Melinda Gates describe Warren Buffett’s $30 billion donation in an open letter to the… Read More

Melinda Gates on working with the Trump administration and the importance of foreign aid

by Clare McGrane on February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 at 10:48 amComment

President Donald Trump isn’t the biggest fan of science. He has also been very quiet on the topic of foreign aid, although some within his administration have advocated for cutting aid,… Read More

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Week in Geek: Microsoft takes on the DOJ, inside Amazon’s giant post-holiday party, and more

by Clare McGrane on January 27, 2017June 10, 2017 at 9:08 pmComment

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back in the 90s, this time Microsoft is defending the rights… Read More

Gates Foundation is giving $279M to help UW study global population health, the largest private donation in university history

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 at 12:03 pm 2 Comments

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the University of Washington a $279 million grant, distributed over the next 10 years, to help researchers study the health of populations… Read More

Gates Foundation and partners launch $1B coalition to ‘outsmart epidemics’ with vaccines

by Todd Bishop on January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 at 9:07 amComment

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is joining with the Wellcome Trust and the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway to launch a new Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, starting with a… Read More

Gates Foundation pledges up to $140M for HIV-fighting drug delivery implant

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 at 12:16 pm1 Comment

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing up to $140 million to help Boston biotech company Intarcia Therapeutics develop an HIV prevention device. The funds will help Intarcia adapt… Read More

Why these Microsoft vets decided to launch an e-commerce startup in Rwanda

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 21, 2016December 26, 2016 at 4:08 pm1 Comment

In July, Joanna Bichsel left a high-level job at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to move from Seattle to Kigali, Rwanda with her husband and two young children. She… Read More

UW president lands on Bill Gates’ list of 5 ‘fanatics’ who inspired him in 2016

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 at 10:25 am1 Comment

An educator, a nerd farmer, a former president: these are a few of Bill Gates’ favorite things. As the holidays and new year approach, the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder… Read More

Bill Gates reveals the 5 best books he read in 2016

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 at 9:42 am1 Comment

To say Bill Gates is a voracious reader is an understatement. The Microsoft co-founder has been gobbling up books of all shapes and sizes since he first learned to read. He… Read More

Gates Foundation announces $210M donation to UW’s Population Health Initiative

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 at 10:11 amComment

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is awarding $210 million to the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative, in one of the largest single donations the institution has ever received.… Read More

Vice President Gates? WikiLeaks emails reveal Bill and Melinda were on Hillary Clinton’s short list

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 at 9:33 amComment

Bill and Melinda Gates were apparently under consideration for Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee, according to an email from campaign chair John Podesta, released by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. The email,… Read More

Bill Gates: Why young entrepreneurs are Africa’s greatest hope

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 18, 2016July 18, 2016 at 11:03 am 2 Comments

Bill Gates believes countries throughout Africa can obtain economic prosperity and fairly distributed wealth — but only by mobilizing the region’s young entrepreneurs. He shared his optimistic vision as he… Read More

What Bill Gates would do if he were living on $2 a day

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 at 9:00 amComment

Bill Gates, chicken farmer? The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says in a blog post that investing in poultry would his first move if he were living on $2 per day. Nearly 1… Read More

Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 23, 2016May 23, 2016 at 10:13 am1 Comment

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.” It may seem like an unusual way to describe the… Read More

NYT burnishes Seattle’s reputation for world-changing nonprofits, fueled by tech money

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 11, 2016April 12, 2016 at 3:16 pm 9 Comments

It goes without saying that Paul Allen and Bill Gates had an enormous impact on Seattle. But their influence on the region goes beyond Microsoft and the startup and venture… Read More

How Melinda Gates got her daughters excited about science, and slept in on Saturday mornings

by Todd Bishop on January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 at 7:34 am1 Comment

Melinda Gates was one of the speakers on a panel about gender parity on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with panelists including Canadian Prime Minister Justin… Read More

Gates Foundation funds new vaccine innovation center in Seattle for disease-fighting technology

by Jacob Demmitt on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 at 10:15 amComment

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur and the nonprofit Infectious Disease Research Institute to create a new organization dedicated to advancing disease fighting technologies.… Read More

What’s at stake for the global health community in China, and why it’s not all about Bill Gates

by Tom Paulson on September 23, 2015September 24, 2015 at 7:01 amComment

It’s not on the official agenda or getting much attention during the Chinese President’s visit to Seattle, but this region’s leadership in global health has already built strong connections to… Read More

Melinda Gates creates ‘Pivotal Ventures’ to pursue outside projects, focusing on women’s issues

by Todd Bishop on August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 at 3:19 pm1 Comment

Melinda Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair, has quietly established a new organization called Pivotal Ventures, an independent executive office that will give her an opportunity to pursue ideas,… Read More

Gates Foundation cuts 33 jobs in overhaul of IT department

by Todd Bishop on June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 at 3:49 pm 7 Comments

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has cut 33 jobs in its IT department, the foundation confirmed today in response to an inquiry from GeekWire. “The foundation’s growth and the changing… Read More

Warren Buffett and Bono backstage at the Gates Foundation, and more celebrity spotting

by Todd Bishop on May 20, 2015May 21, 2015 at 8:31 amComment

What happens when Warren Buffet and U2’s Bono get together at the Gates Foundation? They chat about philanthropy, of course. There was no doubt more to the conversation, but that’s… Read More

Global campaign asks Bill Gates to lead fight against climate change

by Molly Brown on April 30, 2015May 1, 2015 at 7:38 am1 Comment

The Guardian is taking an unusual and forward stance with this campaign — they’re asking Bill Gates to take a leading role in the fight against climate change. Part of… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates receive high award of ‘distinguished service’ from India

by Molly Brown on January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 at 11:58 amComment

The Indian government honored Bill and Melinda Gates this weekend with a Padma, one of the highest civilian awards in the country. The pair received the award for their work to improve… Read More