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Recent news items, media releases and events related to Markle's activities are included on the list below.

Thirteen/WNET and the Markle Foundation Announce Learning Adventures in Citizenship, an Internet Project Promoting Student Participation and Volunteerism in Communities Nationwide

October 1, 1999
NEW YORK, NY—Ruth Ann Burns, Vice President and Director of the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET and Zoë Baird, ...
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Markle Announces 5-Year, $100 Million Initiative Aimed At Using the Internet and Other New Media For Public Benefit

July 26, 1999
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation will invest up to $100 million over the next three-to-five years to help ensure that public needs are ...
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Web White & Blue Campaign Signals Shift In Use Of Web For Election Information

October 28, 1998
WASHINGTON, DC—Web White & Blue, the campaign to promote easy access to election-related information on the Internet, has ...
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Internet Community Joins Together for Web, White & Blue Day October 7th

October 6, 1998
WASHINGTON, DC—The Markle Foundation and Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at ...
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DNet Goes National: www.dnet.org Covers All 50 States

October 5, 1998
NEW YORK, NY—At 6:00 AM, PDT a new era in American Politics began. At long last, the promise of the Internet—to provide voters ...
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Markle Foundation Announces New Senior Staff

September 16, 1998
NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announces the additions of two new senior staff appointments to the ...
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Carnegie Mellon University: Exploration of Social Implications of Internet Use for Families

September 1, 1998
PITTSBURGH, PA—There are many issues related to use of the Internet—from loneliness and depression caused by too much online time ...
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Carnegie Mellon Study Reveals Negative Potential of Heavy Internet Use on Emotional Well Being

September 1, 1998
PITTSBURGH, PA—The Internet has the potential to make us socially isolated, lonely and depressed, according to the unexpected results of ...
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Leading Cyber Experts Call for Organized Academic Movement to Study the Virtual World's Impact on Society

November 11, 1997

The MIT and Markle Foundation "Virtual Communities" panel discussion prompts experts to initiate multi-disciplinary research on how we live our lives online.

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Zoë Baird to Assume Presidency of Markle Foundation

June 3, 1997
NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, noted lawyer and business executive, has been named President of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, a ...
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