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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 2h

@sarabronin.bsky.social knows zoning can shape communities. That’s why her work aims to make zoning data accessible, equipping people with tools to get involved in the rules that shape their neighborhoods. Learn why she’s a #HeinzAward winner: bit.ly/4lUNHCb

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 6h

Byron Auguste is rewiring the labor market to recognize the value and potential of STARs — workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes rather than a bachelor’s degree. Learn more about why he’s a recipient of a #HeinzAward for the Economy: bit.ly/46aKVUx

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 7h

This Fri., 10/18, #HeinzAward winner Jennifer Packer will open her latest solo exhibition, "Dead Letter," at Sikkema Malloy Jenkins in New York. Get there by Dec. 13 to see the new body of work. https://www.smjny.com/ex20251018jenniferpacker

JENNIFER PACKER | Dead Letter — Sikkema Malloy Jenkins

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 1d

On Oct. 27, @virginiatech.bsky.social alumnus & #HeinzAward winner Joseph DeSimone will return to campus to deliver the university's J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture. Register for the free lecture titled, "Lessons from the Lab and the Boardroom." news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Thinker, inventor, mentor to speak at College of Science J. Mark Sowers Distinguished Lecture Series

Alumnus Joseph DeSimone, distinguished researcher, inventor, teacher, and mentor, will speak on Monday, Oct. 27.

news.vt.edu

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 1d

Congrats to #HeinzAward Tanya Aguiñiga for being honored as a 2025 HOLA! Latina Powerhouse in Creative Forces for "her career and activism as an artist."
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Tanya Aguiñiga

Tanya Aguiñiga was honored as a 2025 ¡HOLA! Latina Powerhouse in Creative Forces, celebrating her career and activism as an artist

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 5d

Thank you for the spotlight, @bloomberg.com! "@sarabronin.bsky.social, founder of the @zoningatlas.bsky.social, has won the Heinz Award for her ongoing project to map the land-use rules that restrict housing production." #HeinzAward
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Mapping a Way Out of the US Housing Affordability Crisis

Sara Bronin, founder of the National Zoning Atlas, has won the Heinz Award for her ongoing project to map the land-use rules that restrict housing production.

www.bloomberg.com

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 5d

Women’s Earth Alliance was selected to receive proceeds from Zara’s 50th-anniversary campaign. The org's co-founders, #HeinzAward winners Amira Diamond & Melinda Kramer, sat down w Derek Blasberg to talk about how it will support women-led climate & environmental solutions. youtu.be/ehZHyu6j0Uw?...

The Talks – Women's Earth Alliance

YouTube video by zara

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 5d

Congrats to @mongabay.com founder and #HeinzAward winner @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Henry Shaw Medal from the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, U.S.! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Mongabay founder Rhett Butler wins the Henry Shaw Award

Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Butler has been awarded the 2025 Henry Shaw Medal from the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, U.S. Established in 1893, the award recognizes “individuals who have m...

news.mongabay.com

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 6d

2025 #HeinzAward winner Marie Watt’s latest solo exhibition, “Thirteen Moons,” opens TOMORROW at Marc Straus gallery. Join for the opening or by Dec. 20 to see this new work, described as “a modern homage to the traditional system of marking one year.” marcstraus.com/exhibitions/...

Marie Watt | October 10 - December 20, 2025

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 7d

A huge congrats to this year's MacArthur Fellows, including artist and 2024 #HeinzAward winner, Gala Porras-Kim! www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

www.macfound.org

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 8d

Great news shared by @bridgedet313.bsky.social: "Rx Kids, a cash aid program for moms and babies, received a $270 million allocation in the recently passed state budget," according to Rx Kids director and #HeinzAward winner, @monahanna.bsky.social. www.bridgedetroit.com/michigan-cas...

Cash aid program for moms and babies gets 'massive investment' in Mich. budget

The additional funding will allow Rx Kids to expand in more low-income communities and reach about 100,000 babies over the next few years.

www.bridgedetroit.com

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 9d

2025 #HeinzAward winner Sacoby Wilson of @ceejhaction.bsky.social recently told The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple that the environmental justice movement "is about people and what can be disassembled could be reassembled. So the movement, it’s not over."
www.alleghenyfront.org/environmenta...

Heinz Award-winning environmental justice leader says the EJ movement is 'not over.'

Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., is one of the recipients of the 2025 Heinz Awards for his work in environmental justice.

www.alleghenyfront.org

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 12d

#HeinzAward winner @davidautor.bsky.social weighs in on "why trade policy isn’t just about tariffs and treaties—it’s about people, power, and priorities."

Pitchfork Economics @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social · 23d

Cheap prices don’t matter if you don’t have a good job.

A strong economy isn’t about bargains at Walmart—it’s about investing in the future, even when it’s hard or expensive.
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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 12d

In his tribute to Jane Goodall, #HeinzAward winner Rhett Ayers Butler wrote that she left a legacy of "a life that reminded the world that hope is not wishful thinking but a discipline."
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/jane-goodall-1934-2025-primatologist-conservationist-and-messenger-of-hope/

Jane Goodall: primatologist, conservationist, and messenger of hope

Jane Goodall, who revealed the intimate lives of chimpanzees and gave the modern world a language of hope, has died at the age of 91. Over the course of six decades, she moved from an unlikely young r...

news.mongabay.com

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 13d

In her interview for The Brooklyn Rail, #HeinzAward winner Ann Hamilton details her latest installation, "We Will Sing," which invites audiences to engage with the prompt, “Dear Future, I want you to know and remember…”
brooklynrail.org/2025/10/art/...

ANN HAMILTON with Amanda Gluibizzi | The Brooklyn Rail

“I just received this wonderful note: one of the visitors, in the handwriting obviously of a young child, left me a note that said, ‘I love the art, but why are all your images fuzzy?’ I love that.” T...

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Underscore Native News @underscore-news.bsky.social · 26d

Portland based Indigenous artist, Marie Watt, receives a quarter of a million dollars in unrestricted funds. Through her art, she fosters meaningful connections across generations and cultures.

🔗: www.underscore.news/culture/mari...
✍️+ 📸 : @jarrette-werk.bsky.social for Underscore Native News

Marie Watt Receives Prestigious $250,000 Heinz Award - Underscore Native News

The Portland based artist was recognized this week alongside five other “changemakers,” each receiving a quarter of a million dollars in unrestricted funds to honor their excellence in arts, economics...

www.underscore.news

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 15d

The stories told by Jennifer Packer’s art unfold gradually, inviting sustained contemplation. Her narratives hold space for complexity, reflection and the dignity of life.

She’s a recipient of a 30th #HeinzAward for the Arts. 🏆

#HeinzAwards30 #JenniferPacker

bit.ly/4mCINLd

A photo of 2025 Heinz Awardee Jennifer Packer alongside the following quote, "Storytelling is at the center of how we understand ourselves and everything else."

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 15d

Sacoby Wilson of @ceejhaction.bsky.social ‬works to uncover environmental harm and achieve justice — combining scholarship, science and engagement to address disparities in the impact of pollution.

He’s a recipient of a 30th #HeinzAward for the Environment 🏆#HeinzAwards30

bit.ly/4g2k8gC

A photo of 2025 Heinz Awardee Sacoby Wilson alongside the following quote from him, "My work deploys science of the people, for the people and by the people."

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 15d

#HeinzAward winner Bill Bynum of HOPE Credit Union was one of the key figures behind DELTA FEST, the first-ever economic activation festival for the Deep South. The inaugural event, held in mid Sep., was featured in @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/ilonal...

Why Fintech And Capital One Are Betting On The Deep South

DELTA FEST in Jackson shows why economic empowerment starts with infrastructure: stablecoins can wait; clean water, credit access, and ownership can't.

www.forbes.com

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Artforum @artforum.com · 28d

Figurative artist Jennifer Packer and interdisciplinary artist Marie Watt have been named the recipients of the 2025 Heinz Award for the Arts. The unrestricted cash prize, given annually since 1994 by the Heinz Family Foundation, is one of the world’s largest. www.artforum.com/news/jennife...

Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt Win 2025 Heinz Awards

Figurative artist Jennifer Packer and interdisciplinary artist Marie Watt have been named the recipients of the 2025 Heinz Award for the Arts.

www.artforum.com

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 16d

@sarabronin.bsky.social is exposing how zoning laws and policies shape who gets to live where and why — and giving communities the information and tools they need to push for change.

She’s a recipient of a 30th #HeinzAward for the Economy. 🏆 #HeinzAwards30

bit.ly/4lUNHCb

A photo of 2025 Heinz Awardee Sara Bronin alongside the following quote, "The seemingly mundane rules governing our built environment powerfully influence our health, wealth, happiness and long-term survival on this planet."

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 16d

Through her printmaking, sculpture and textile work, Marie Watt honors her Indigenous traditions, carries collective memory forward and tells a shared human story.

She’s a recipient of a 30th #HeinzAward for the Arts. 🏆

#HeinzAwards30 #MarieWatt

bit.ly/4fZS9xZ

A photo of 2025 Heinz Awardee Marie Watt along with her quote, "Working with the community resonates with me as it connects art and life in a tangible way."

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Rhodes Trust @rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk · 19d

Congratulations to #RhodesScholar Sara Bronin for winning a 2025 #HeinzAward for the Economy! @heinzawards.org

The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 22d

Meet @sarabronin.bsky.social, 2025 #HeinzAward recipient for the Economy! She is making zoning data open and accessible — giving people the tools to shape more equitable and well-designed communities.

Learn more about her work: bit.ly/4lUNHCb

#HeinzAwards30

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 19d

It's #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay and we're revisiting #HeinzAward winner Frederica Perera's contributions to public health, which were captured by Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health in April when Frederica received the Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlf...

Protecting Children from Environmental Exposures | #EHWorks

YouTube video by Columbia Public Health

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The Heinz Awards @heinzawards.org · 20d

Dana Gunders of @refed.bsky.social works with food businesses, farmers, policymakers, researchers and funders to tackle the systemic problem of food waste in the U.S. at every level.

She’s a recipient of a 30th #HeinzAward for the Environment. 🏆 #HeinzAwards30

bit.ly/3HV2qis

A photo of 2025 Heinz Awardee Dana Gunders next to the following quote from her: "About one-third of food in the U.S. goes uneaten. That's like leaving a grocery store with three bags, dropping one in the parking lot, and never bothering to pick it up."

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