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Gerstner Philanthropies proudly celebrated the ribbon cutting of the Louis V. Gerstner III Center for Students and Families at Kolbe Cathedral Preparatory School in Bridgeport, marking the completion of renovations that will strengthen Catholic education for the students of Kolbe Cathedral. Named in honor of Louis V. Gerstner III, the center will support Kolbe’s mission with upgraded classrooms, weight and exercise rooms, and a student success center. It will also be the base for Kolbe’s Marian Work Study program and the St. Joseph Parenting Center. “This center is a beacon of hope for our students, families, and their community, [Bishop Caggiano] said."

Gerstner Philanthropies proudly celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, honoring two decades of groundbreaking biomedical and genomic research. Since its founding in 2004 following the completion of the Human Genome Project, the Broad Institute has made monumental advances in disease understanding and medical innovation. Our partnership with Broad, established over a decade ago, includes Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.'s leadership as Board Chairman from 2013-2021, and the 2019 founding of the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics. The Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics aims to advance blood-based biopsies and other technologies to speed cancer diagnoses and track patients' response to therapies.

On October 11, Gerstner Philanthropies celebrated the rededication of the St. Philip Neri School in the Bronx, marking a step forward for Catholic education and community engagement. Led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the event highlighted the completion of key renovations that will offer future generations a high quality catholic education in a new and improved learning environment. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Chairman of Gerstner Philanthropies, had an opportunity to sit down and share a Q&A with student ambassadors from the middle school.

A $25 M gift from Gerstner Philanthropies will establish the Gerstner Scholars Program in AI Translation at Mayo Clinic. This gift will provide resources for junior and early-career clinicians to collaborate with leading experts in artificial intelligence, data science, and informatics to drive breakthrough innovations in patient care. Mayo Clinic is scaling development and integration of AI solutions, with more than 250 AI solutions already in use or under development. "AI holds incredible promise for the future of medicine, but it takes more than just algorithms to make that promise a reality,” says Mr. Gerstner. “It requires a commitment to innovation and to the talented individuals who can turn theory into practice. By creating the Gerstner Scholars Program at Mayo Clinic, we ensure that clinicians with patient-first strategies have what they need to redefine what’s possible in healthcare."

Gerstner Philanthropies Program Director Alice Goh spoke on a panel with the Environmental Defense Fund to discuss collaborative research efforts to drive livestock methane solutions, joined by Joseph McFadden, Associate Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology at Cornell University, and Facundo Etchebehere, Senior VP of Sustainability Strategy at Danone. The panel discussed the need for enteric methane solutions that are safe, effective, and can be easily deployed to farms, and highlighted Gerstner Philanthropies’ work with the Global Methane Hub’s Enteric Fermentation Accelerator to drive research and development in livestock methane mitigation.