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Chuck Lorre Donates To Push STEM For All

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date January 3, 2024

Chuck Lorre is donating $10 million towards research education for underserved communities, through his family’s philanthropic foundation. The considerable gift, given via the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) aims to support research education for high school and college students, particularly those from under-resourced communities across greater Los Angeles. The Chuck […]

Tags children's hospital los angeles, chuck lorre, Emil Bogenmann, Medicine, STEM, underserved communities

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‘Black Panther’ Inspires Disney to Donate $1 Mil to STEM Education

Post author By admin
Post date March 22, 2018

Someone dressed up in a Black Panther suit stands in front of a city scape. — Photo credit: Sarunyu L / Shutterstock

Stealing the show in Disney’s hit movie Black Panther is Shuri, a tech savvy princess who lives in the fictional African nation of Wakanda. Fans can’t wait to see her invent circles around Tony Stark and Peter Parker, but they also want her to affect the real world, too. There are few scientist role models for children […]

Tags Black Panther, Bob Iger, Chadwick Boseman, Disney, Shuri, STEM

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