Press Releases

The Milken Family Foundation regularly issues press releases about its efforts and impact in the fields of education and medical research.  Below is a select list of these releases.
For more official press releases about our initiatives, please visit the initiative-specific sites on the right.


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Oct 04, 2012
Lowell Milken Center Announces Inaugural Discovery Award Winners: Students Uncover Unsung Heroes Who Have Changed The World


Oct 01, 2012
NIET Expands Scope with New Teacher Incentive Fund Grants


Oct 01, 2012
The Surprise of a Lifetime Awaits Up To 40 of America’s Top Elementary Teachers


Sep 24, 2012
$15,000 Jewish Educator Awards Surprise Four Jewish Day School Educators


Sep 19, 2012
Kansas U.S. Senator Pat Roberts Recognizes Lowell Milken Center


Jul 26, 2012
Stanislav Dolgopolov Selected as Inaugural Recipient of the Lowell Milken Institute Law Teaching Fellowship


Jul 13, 2012
21 High School Seniors Tapped as 2012 Milken Scholars


Jul 03, 2012
Milken Archive of Jewish Music Virtual Museum Introduces Volume 6: <i>Echoes of Ecstasy: Hassidic Inspiration </i>


Jun 27, 2012
Fourteen L.A. High School Seniors Selected As 2012 Milken Scholars


Jun 11, 2012
Seven NYC High School Seniors Selected as 2012 Milken Scholars


May 21, 2012
University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and the Milken Family Foundation Announce 2012 Education Business Plan Competition Finalists


May 18, 2012
Broadway Star Visits the Lowell Milken Center


Apr 25, 2012
Global Conference to Aim at Keeping American Students Competitive


Apr 10, 2012
Not So Still Life, With Music: The Milken Archive of Jewish Music Presents Paintings by Ralph Gilbert


Apr 03, 2012
Andrew M. Kaufman Named Head of UCLA's Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy


Mar 21, 2012
Milken Archive Music Featured in Craig N Co's Songs of the Red Sea Pedestrians


Mar 12, 2012
Violins of Hope Project Includes World Premiere of Not So Still Life, With Music: The Milken Archive of Jewish Music Presents Paintings by Ralph Gilbert


Mar 10, 2012
Surprise TAP Recognition Awards Presented for Commitment to Education Reform System


Mar 09, 2012
Whale Branch Middle School in Beaufort County, South Carolina, Receives $50,000 TAP Founder’s Award


Mar 08, 2012
How to Ensure that Good Professional Development Gets Results


Mar 01, 2012
Surprise! New York City Teacher Receives $25,000 National Milken Educator Award


Feb 29, 2012
12<sup>th</sup> National TAP Conference: Building a System of Teacher Leaders


Feb 14, 2012
Kristina Carssow of Connally High School in Austin Surprised with $25,000 National Milken Award


Feb 07, 2012
Milken Archive of Jewish Music Virtual Museum Introduces Volume 1: The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America


Jan 31, 2012
Cathedral City High School Teacher Surprised with $25,000 National Milken Educator Award


Jan 31, 2012
Pasadena High School Teacher Surprised with $25,000 National Milken Educator Award