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In fall 2015 the first-ever Jacobs Fellows started their Entrepreneurship Career Program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Hadiatou Barry is one of the Jacobs Fellows. She has been exploring fundraising opportunities through corporate partnerships for a Kenyan boarding school for highly talented girls. Barry shares some of these findings with us.

Science and health policy journalists from the UK and US focusing on child and youth development are invited to apply for the five-day fellowship program in Zurich.

We know from years of research that communication problems are a primary issue for many couples. Studies show that a communication style that is overly negative, with yelling, name-calling, and contempt, is a significant predictor of divorce. Thus, many interventions for couples include some kind of training in communication skills.

The Jacobs Foundation has awarded over US$200,000 for systematic reviews to inform better policy and practice to improve child and youth development. Systematic reviews summarise the best high quality evidence about what works. The reviews will be published in the Campbell Library of systematic reviews.

The Jacobs Foundation has awarded over US$200,000 for systematic reviews to inform better policy and practice to improve child and youth development. Systematic reviews summarise the best high quality evidence about what works. The reviews will be published in the Campbell Library of systematic reviews.

The 2015 Annual Report of the Jacobs Foundation provides detailed information on the Foundation and its worldwide activities in the field of child and youth development.

The new Medium Term Plan 2016 – 2020 shows the seven strategic goals, which the Foundation has set for the coming five years, and the key performance indicators.

In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and well-being of children and youth, while state and local budgets have devoted almost double that amount. The potential returns on these investments may not only be substantial but also have long-lasting effects for individuals and succeeding generations of their families.

In fall 2015 the first-ever Jacobs Fellows started their Entrepreneurship Career Program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Claire Markham is one the Jacobs Fellows. She graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, with a Major in Finance and prior to her studies at UC Berkeley Markham worked in Kenya. She has […]