“Dinosaurs capture the imagination like nothing else.” There are a few phrases that paleontologist Mary Schweitzer believes no scientist should ever use. “Everybody knows…” “I believe…” “Never…” Mary prefers data, facts, and rigorous methods. For her, these should drive a scientist’s conclusions. But what if the results raise more questions than answers? What happens when … Continued
“What’s been fantastic with the Packard Fellowship is this ability to just go and explore ideas without any boundaries.” At first brush, Brice Ménard and Vedran Lekic seem to be polar opposites. Brice grew up in France, studied for his PhD in astrophysics in Paris and Munich, Germany, and moved to the U.S. as a post-doctoral researcher. … Continued
At first brush, Brice Ménard and Vedran Lekic seem to be polar opposites. Brice grew up in France, studied for his PhD in astrophysics in Paris and Munich, Germany, and moved to the U.S. as a post-doctoral researcher. He appears to be quite measured, deliberate, and systematic in his approach to research. Ved, on the other hand, … Continued
“With the Fellowship, we bought a top-of-the-line sewing machine because we sew our own smart garments . . .” “I think it’s important to talk about your own experience and your history not only as a recognition of your own self, but to tell other people, ‘This is who I am.’” “When he told me, … Continued
“It was incredible,” Ryan recalls of that night. “We had this long list of a couple hundred galaxies we were hoping to look at. We found it in the ninth image.” In the summer of 2017, Dr. Ryan Foley’s team famously became the first to capture optical light from colliding neutron stars—a discovery so important … Continued
We can’t measure what we need to measure on our own,” she says. “We have to come together as a community to build the tools that allow us to do this.” In a small town on the coast of Maine, with the waves of the Atlantic Ocean crashing on a shoreline nearby, preschool-aged Meg Crofoot … Continued
Diana Garcia
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Learn how Visión y Compromiso is providing trainings for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers of young children, and teaching us what quality care looks like.
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Learn more about the lessons we have learned about the strategies and practices to effectively connect with family, friends, and neighbors caregivers to foster nurturing early learning experiences.
The Packard Foundation’s Children, Families, and Communities program launched our Informal Care strategy in 2014, and since then we have been learning from two cohorts of grantees who are testing approaches to improving the quality of care that Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers provide. We have learned a lot and are making slight adjustments … Continued
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Tips and tricks to help inform anyone thinking about their next convening, including how we brought informal caregivers together to expand their networks, generate new insights, and ideas for tangible next steps.
