The Veterans Consortium (vetsprobono.org) is proud to announce the continued success of a three-year grant from the John and Daria Barry Foundation to fund the Women Veterans Legal Assistance Program, the only national program that focuses exclusively on the unique legal needs and challenges of women veterans.
Mount Sinai Receives $5 Million Gift for the Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
The Icahn School of Medicine has announced a $5 million gift from the John and Daria Barry Foundation for the Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health. The Center, launched in 2023, will now carry the name “The Barry Family Center for Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence and Human Health.” This gift will expand the Center’s clinical programs focused on equitable, primary care-based vision care and support research aimed at the early diagnosis of eye diseases and the creation of innovative risk assessments of systemic health conditions linked to eye disorders.
Woodson Center Announces $2.1 Million Grant from the John and Daria Barry Foundation
The Woodson Center today announced that the John and Daria Barry Foundation, established by John Barry, CEO and Chairman of Prospect Capital, is continuing its generous support of the center's mission by contributing a $2.1 million grant to its programming. The grant will largely support local leaders who have demonstrated success in overcoming problems such as poverty, violence, and failing schools in their neighborhoods.
Harvard Divinity Professor Jon Levenson Awarded Barry Prize for Excellence in Scholarship
Jon D. Levenson, Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard, received the 2023 Barry Prize for his exceptional contributions to Jewish biblical theology and interfaith dialogue. His influential work, notably in understanding key religious concepts, has significantly advanced the study of ancient sacred traditions.
Robert P. George receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
Robert P. George, esteemed McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, has been awarded the inaugural 2023 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. Recognized for his profound contributions to law, philosophy, and constitutional studies, George received the honor at a ceremony at the Library of Congress, underscoring his significant impact on intellectual discourse and academic excellence.
Ruth Okediji awarded Barry Prize for distinguished intellectual achievement
2022 John & Daria Barry – PCF VAlor Young Investigator Award
What this means to patients: Approximately 12% of patients with metastatic prostate cancer carry heritable mutations that contributed to their disease. Relatives of these patients are encouraged to get genetic testing to determine their own carrier status. Dr. Sokolova and team will develop provider-initiated cascade genetic testing measures as an effort to increase the numbers of family members who get tested, which will ultimately improve cancer prevention in families with inherited cancer syndromes and improve equity and equality in access to cascade genetic testing.
Philanthropic Responses to the Closing of the American Mind
This is also why the John and Daria Barry Foundation chose to help protect academic freedom by becoming AFA’s first donor.
“To carry out their mission, scholars must be free to pursue the truth,” Daria Barry emphasized. “Our foundation helped to create the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) to ensure that professors who are unfairly censored can find a common source of strength by banding together with their peers from across the political spectrum.”
And it’s not only the scholars who benefit, notes Barry. “In today’s climate, the AFA serves to recall universities—and their broader communities—to their first duty to their students: to pursue the truth,” she said.
THE VETERANS CONSORTIUM PRO BONO PROGRAM RECEIVES A GRANT FROM THE JOHN AND DARIA BARRY FOUNDATION
The Veterans Consortium (TVC) is pleased to announce that the John and Daria Barry Foundation has awarded a three-year long grant to fund our Women Veterans Legal Assistance Program (WVLAP).