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Hope level rising: Stone Living Lab receives $10 million for next five years of coastal resilience research
A new $10 million investment from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation propels the Stone Living Lab into its next five years of impact, accelerating nature-based approaches to protect Boston's shoreline.
Climate
$10 million gift deepens the CUNY Graduate Center's research on inequality
A $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation will strengthen the Graduate Center's leadership in researching the causes, nature, and consequences of socio-economic inequality.
Inequality
How flood-ravaged Boston took on the climate deniers — and won
As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world.
Climate
MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work
The new center will focus on understanding and addressing economic inequality through research on labor markets, technology, and public policy.
Inequality
On a Boston Harbor island, students find camaraderie through Outward Bound
The name has recently changed, but the mission at Cathleen Stone Island in Boston Harbor remains the same: inspiring young people with experiential education in a natural outdoor setting.
Partnerships
Boston adopts living seawalls for coastal climate resilience
Living seawalls combine traditional designs with eco-friendly modifications to enhance habitat creation for marine life while providing protection against erosion and wave impact.
Climate
Protective sea walls recently installed in East Boston already have tenants
A snail and two mussels have snuggled into the crevices of an undulating concrete panel, the first signs of life on Boston's experimental living seawalls.
Climate
MAAH Stone Book Award honors three authors of African American histories
Three books — a chronicle of Black Wall Street and biographies of W.E.B Du Bois and scholar Merze Tate — are the recipients of this year's award.
Partnerships