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Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

GeekWire

When a court-appointed overseer took hold of the operations of the Infectious Disease Research Institute in early 2020 it was unclear how the Seattle organization would weather the change. Casper, who became interim CEO in 2019 before permanently taking the helm in early 2020, recommended that the institution voluntarily enter receivership.

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Industry data: Life sciences employment rises 23.5% in Washington state from 2015 to 2019

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Life science employment in Washington (orange) rose rapidly from 2015 to 2019. increase in jobs in the field from 2015 to 2019. increase in life sciences jobs from 2015 to 2019 was higher than the increase in private sector jobs overall in the state during that time frame, and higher than the increase in life science jobs nationally.

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Allen Institute leader Allan Jones to step down after nearly 18 years at Seattle research organization

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Jones was one of the four founding employees when the nonprofit got off the ground as the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and became its first CEO in 2010. The Allen Institute employs more than 500 people that conduct research across various scientific disciplines.

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Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

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James Heath, president and professor at Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), photographed in 2019. Pre-pandemic the chemist and biotech entrepreneur was conducting cutting-edge cancer research. The cloud resources also help them collaborate with other researchers. Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures). ISB Image).

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MacKenzie Scott launches new website that details her giving process and lists recipients of $14B

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Since her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has given away more than $14 billion to more than 1,600 nonprofit organizations, which are all listed on the new site , along with the amount of money received. Bezos has not signed the pledge.

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9 biggest information security threats through 2019

Network World

To help you navigate the terrain, each year the Information Security Forum (ISF) — a nonprofit association that researches and analyzes security and risk management issues on behalf of its members — puts out its Threat Horizon report to provide members with a forward-looking view of the biggest security threats over a two-year period.

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Billionaires get too much credit for philanthropy

Vox

In recent years, researchers have begun questioning how the philanthropy sector tracks charitable giving. Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining.