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

Markle Foundation Commits More Than $1 Million To Improve Internet Governance, Including Initiatives To Make ICANN More Publicly Accountable

November 2, 1999
LOS ANGELES, CA—The Markle Foundation is committing more than $1-million to improve Internet governance, including several major ...
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MOUSE Honors 'Champions of Technology & Education' at Annual Fundraiser

October 26, 1999
NEW YORK, NY—Andrew Rasiej, Founder & President of MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools & Education), a non-profit ...
Categories: Past Initiatives   

M.I.T. Holds Conference on Media in Transition

October 8, 1999
CAMBRIDGE, MA—This final event of the Markle-funded Media in Transition Project at M.I.T. aims to establish a broad-gauged discussion of ...
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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 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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