News & Updates
Planes four times as likely to hit birds during migrations
The risk of airplanes colliding with birds jumps by as much as 400% during periods of migration, according to new research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and partners, who have been looking for patterns in bird-strike data from three New York City-area airports. “Out of all the bird strikes recorded at Kennedy, Newark and...
Enormous Roman Basilica Dated to King Herod’s Reign Revealed at Ashkelon, Israel
Smithsonian Magazine - Archaeologists in Ashkelon, Israel, have revealed the country’s largest Roman-era basilica, or public building. Constructed during the first century B.C., the monumental structure dates to the reign of Herod the Great, a Judean king immortalized in the Bible as a murderous tyrant. (The BBC and ...
Shelby White Honored at Brooklyn Academy of Music Fundraiser on June 10
The intimate event of approximately 150 guests, including members of BAM’s leadership board, successfully raised $1 million to help support and secure a future for BAM and the art community in Brooklyn. The honorees, selected due to their embodiment of BAM’s “adventurous spirit and commitment to the arts,” gave their respective speeches virtually, via video. ...
Juilliard Receives Leon Levy Foundation Grant of $233,000 for the Digitization of Its Historic Archival Materials
Juilliard has received a grant of $233,000 from the Leon Levy Foundation for digitization of its historic archival materials, including scrapbooks, production photos, and concert programs to make them more accessible for educational and research purposes. Juilliard’s collection of 60 scrapbooks documenting the school’s history from 1905 onward is currently preserved on microfilm and will...
BAM Gala 2021 Will Honor Sir Patrick Stewart, Shelby White & the Leon Levy Foundation, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) announces today its annual gala honorees: actor, Sir Patrick Stewart, longtime BAM supporter Shelby White & the Leon Levy Foundation, and choreographer and founder of Urban Bush Women (UBW) Jawole Willa Jo Zollar for their indelible contributions to the performing arts. The gala will be hosted on June 10 at...
Protein Linked to Sex Differences in Age-Related Neuron Loss
In a paper published today in Aging Cell, neuroscientists from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences discovered that a single protein—a glutamate transporter on the membrane of vesicles that carry dopamine in neurons—is key to regulating sex differences in the brain’s vulnerability to age-related neuron...
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, historic national park managed by the Bahamas National Trust on the island of Eleuthera, celebrates 10-year anniversary!
Founded by Shelby White in honor of her late husband, Leon Levy, the LLNPP is the first and only national park on Eleuthera, spanning 30 acres and serving as a research center for traditional bush medicine; a facility for the propagation of indigenous plants and trees; and an educational center focusing on the importance of...
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents “The Empire’s Physician: Prosperity, Plague, and Healing in Ancient Rome”
Galen (129–ca. 216 CE) was a pioneering physician, medical researcher, and writer who presided over an empire’s health almost two thousand years ago. His lively memoirs, stories from the bedside, and spirited professional quarrels present a vivid image of a man committed to health, understanding, and truth: it was not without reason that the Emperor...
Leon Levy Foundation Awards $250,000 to ART/New York, Creates COVID Relief Fund. Applications will open in Spring 2021 through A.R.T./New York’s virtual platform
The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York announced today the creation of the Leon Levy Foundation COVID Relief Fund, initiated with a $250,000 grant to support small New York City theatres in conjunction with A.R.T./New York Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres. Risa Shoup, Interim Executive Director, said "The transformative and generous support we have received...
Spectacular ancient mosaic floor returns to Israel after being displayed around the world to serve as centerpiece of new archaeological center in Lod
A huge chunk of a massive 1,700-year-old mosaic floor piece has returned home to Israel and will form the centerpiece of a new archaeological center in the central city of Lod, where it was first unearthed over 20 years ago. As often happens in Israel, during construction of a new road in the city in...
