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A study by the American University in Cairo (AUC) shatters prevailing Arab news media stereotypes, revealing that much of the conventional wisdom that has shaped U.S. public diplomacy policy toward the region lacks substance.

News and speculation surrounding the 2008 Olympics are making headline news around the world, thrusting Shen Wei, principal choreographer for the Opening Ceremony, into the spotlight.

2030, Inc. (Architecture 2030) brings the message home: green buildings are vital to an effective climate change strategy.

A new survey by the Johns Hopkins University Nonprofit Listening Post Project, an RBF grantee, shows that American charities are widely engaged in advocacy work despite tight budgets, limited staff time and confusing legal restrictions.

The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson A. Rockefeller's birthday with a special exhibit in the galleries at Kykuit. The exhibition features three sculptures by Alexander Calder, Julio González, and Naum Gabo. The sculptures, on loan from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, were bequeathed to MoMA by Governor Rockefeller in 1979.

Students could soon be eating vegetables they will grow in an organic school garden located on the neighboring Rockefeller estate in Pocantico.  The Rockefeller family has a long history of supporting environmental sustainability initiatives worldwide, as well as in their own backyard. The pilot project, which kicks off in September, will involve third and fourth grade students.

States such as California, Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Florida are devising sweeping climate and energy policies that could be a blueprint for a future national climate policy.

What kind of country do we want to be in the world? This basic question is now the focus of widespread concern and debate in the United States.  At stake is the fundamental legitimacy of U.S. foreign policy. As poll after poll indicates, our foreign policy enjoys neither the broad support and confidence of the American public.  Read more

College campuses across North America are stepping up green practices and policies, with more than two out of three schools showing improved performance over the last year, according to the new "College Sustainability Report Card 2008."

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has announced a $1 million grant to 1Sky, a national campaign, to support a nationwide movement to achieve global warming policy solutions in the United States by 2010.