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Over the past several years, the University of San Francisco (USF) has significantly expanded its services and programs related to veterans. This includes support both for students who are veterans and for students who intend to serve the veteran community. The results of USF’s outreach are impressive: The number of veterans enrolled has almost doubled, […]

Supporting institutions of higher learning has been a priority of the Koret Foundation since our founding. The Koret Scholars program, established in 2016, provides needs-based scholarships and other support to college students across the Bay Area who face the most barriers to college completion: low-income students, underrepresented minority students, and those who are the first […]

Two Koret Scholars from CSUMB’s psychology department placed first and second at the 35th Annual California State University Student Research Competition. Congratulations, Claudia and Paul!

The bilateral collaboration between UC San Diego’s Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology and the University of Haifa’s Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies recently celebrated the opening of its joint marine archaeology field station in Akko, Israel. An announcement was shared at the virtual celebration that the collaboration was also awarded the 2021 CENIC Innovations in Networking Award for Research Applications.

The Bay Area is home to an impressive concentration of colleges and universities. It is also demographically diverse, home to many students who ardently hope to be the first in their families to earn a college degree. For some first-generation college students, acceptance to a school and the means to cover tuition are merely the […]

Now open for patient care, UCSF’s new Vision Center at Mission Bay significantly expands UCSF Health’s ability to provide state-of-the art ophthalmology services. “Koret looks for leading institutions to help elevate the quality of life in the Bay Area, especially for the most vulnerable among us,” said Jeffrey Farber, Koret Foundation CEO. “Improving access to research-informed care is a commitment we’re proud to make.”

At Stanford University, the Koret Foundation is supporting programs that connect students and faculty across disciplines to advance knowledge and research, encourage collaborations among American and Israeli researchers, and strengthen the campus community. Koret funding is also supporting two new grant programs within Stanford’s School of Medicine. “Early career faculty development” grants provide flexible funding […]

Given the high cost of living in the Bay Area and the increasingly competitive culture of academic recruiting, discretionary funding can play a significant part in increasing institutions’ ability to recruit and retain the highest caliber faculty. At UC San Francisco (UCSF), Koret has renewed support for the Chancellor’s Fund, which has already allowed the […]

Nationwide, women and minorities are still vastly underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, despite efforts to increase diversity. Access to these fields is limited by a number of factors, including internal and external biases or stereotypes, a lack of exposure to STEM topics, and a shortage of high-profile racial and ethnic […]

Career preparation involves much more than simply completing coursework. In today’s world, hands-on experience and meaningful internships are increasingly important. First-generation college attendees and low-income students are often at a disadvantage in this regard—they tend to have less access to applicable work experience or to networks and connections that could strengthen their career launch. UC […]

Transferring from a community college to a four-year institution can present challenges. If units don’t transfer, students find themselves needing to repeat courses in order to complete degree requirements. Support services for transfer students at their new campus tend to be under-resourced. Many transfer students are first-generation college attendees. They are often from lower-income families […]

Improving access to higher education is central to Koret’s core priority of enhancing the quality of life in the Bay Area. Earning a college degree provides a critical pathway for the next generation to productive employment, financial stability, and social mobility. In 2020, Koret announced a new five-year $50 million Higher Education Initiative. Grants have […]