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    Paddling Forward Together: How Sitka Conservation Society Strengthens Community Leadership in Southeast Alaska

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    Britt festival outdoor amphitheater with a seated crowd under a blue and pink sunset.

    Celebrating Five Decades of Collaboration in Oregon

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October 4, 2016

Murdock Charitable Trust CEO Steve Moore Talks Waterfront, Challenges and Local Impact

September 23, 2016

Off the Grid: Yotes Research in Idaho Backcountry

September 22, 2016

Jefferson Healthcare Foundation Acquires New Medical Equipment With Trust Support

September 9, 2016

Mercer Island Science Teacher Conducts Summer Ophthalmology Research at UW

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Mercer Island Science Teacher Conducts Summer Ophthalmology Research at UW

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Bag&Baggage Announces Plans for Permanent Home

September 9, 2016

New Capacity Building Initiative Helps Arts Organizations Think Big

September 9, 2016

Introducing Eugene Cochrane, Jr. as Visiting Scholar

September 8, 2016

Murdock Trust Announces Jeff Pinneo New Trustee

August 25, 2016

Boise State University to host regional FIRST Robotics Competition

July 6, 2016

When Hate Strikes Out

June 29, 2016

Three Lessons Government Can Learn from the Nonprofit Community

May 23, 2016

The Invisible Hand by Verne Sedlacek

May 5, 2016

Capacity Building Matters

April 20, 2016

Bringing Research into Teaching Labs

March 14, 2016

Why STEM matters to all of us

March 6, 2016

Innovative Generosity

February 6, 2016

Board or Bored?

January 1, 2016

Big Changes Keep Oregon Ballet Theatre on its Toes

November 19, 2015

Landesa Awarded 2015 Hilton Humanitarian Prize

November 14, 2015

Partners in Science Teacher Wins Presidential Award

July 21, 2015

Trustee Lyn Swanson receives Pittcon Heritage Award

January 2, 2014

2014 Partners in Science National Conference a Great Success

January 1, 2014

Presidential Award Winner Lee Hood Speaks on Philanthropy

January 31, 2013

Makoto Fujimura 2013 Visiting Scholar

January 1, 2013

National Medal of Science Awarded to Leroy Hood, MD, PhD

December 21, 2012

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May 11, 2012

Philanthropy Northwest receives "National Ally for Native Americans" Award

January 5, 2012

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Founder's Day 2012

January 4, 2012

Jim Martin named Clark College 2012 Alumnus of the Year

January 3, 2012

Memorial Gifts for Hugh Vander Plas and Mary Louise Rasmuson

January 2, 2012

Dr. Kent Thornburg Named Interim Director of Nutrition & Wellness Institute

December 31, 2011

Medical Teams International Named One of "Ten Top-Notch Charities"

December 30, 2011

Partners in Science Partner named Outstanding Classroom Teacher in Oregon

December 29, 2011

The Importance of Undergraduate Research

November 6, 2011

Alaska Community Foundation Announces Thorpe Scholarship Recipients

September 7, 2011

Arctic Science Workshop Explores Impact Of Global Warming

August 15, 2011

Kenneth Golden named 2011 Neal Thorpe Memorial Lecturer for Murdock College Science Research Program Annual Conference

January 1, 2011

"Quantum Computing with Atoms and Photons" by Dr. Boris Blinov

November 12, 2010

Lend A Hand, Today

June 26, 2010

Van Zytveld Honored With Named Fellowship

January 2, 2010

Meyer Memorial Trust announces Oregon Unlimited

January 1, 2010

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January 1, 2009

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