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Foundation Highlights

  • Leaders in government, art and business will take center stage May 22 at GBH’s 14th annual commemoration of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cultural Heritage Month. The event starts at 6pm and can be attended in person or online.
  • A Filipino daughter struggles with depression and reunites with her father, a COVID-19 survivor, after 14 months apart. A Cambodian American refugee lives under the specter of deportation for a 20-year-old mistake. A Sikh community grapples with the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting.
  • “How do we roll this hamsterball up a ramp? How might a unicorn challenge motivate players?” These are some of the day-to-day challenges put to the test by the 20-member GBH Kids games team as they create games to complement its award winning children’s programming.
  • NOVA’s new film, Chasing Carbon Zero, produced by Miles O’Brien and Will Toubman, tracks the next-gen technologies that could help us reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Is it even possible? What will it take? From expanding the availability of renewable energy options, to designing more energy-efficient buildings, to revolutionizing the transportation sector, the film casts a hopeful but skeptical eye. We spoke with Caitlin Saks, NOVA’s senior producer of the film, which premieres on Wednesday, April 26 at 9pm on GBH 2, the PBS App and NOVA’s YouTube channel.
  • When AMERICAN EXPERIENCE digital producers Kirstin Butler and Eric Gulliver saw the recent film The Sun Queen , they were captivated — and curious. Solar energy pioneer Mária Telkes had built the nation’s first modern home heated entirely with solar power in 1948 — what has become of her legacy?
  • Only one thing saddened Jennifer Moore when she chose to leave her radio job in Missouri to move to Boston to become GBH News’ features editor.
  • The team that runs the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library (BPL) is ramping up its activities, experimenting with new formats and loving every minute of it. Last year, they produced 120 events that drew 5,000 attendees. This year, they’re aiming to attract 7,000. We chatted with Sandra López Burke, managing director of community and government relations, and Evelyn Brito, studio manager and event producer, who make up the team along with intern Areta Odiah.
  • Mária Telkes came to the U.S. in 1932 with a driving ambition: to invent ways to harness and store the power of the sun.
  • NOVA, GBH’s flagship science multimedia program and the most popular primetime science series on American television, is tapping the powerful reach of public media, along with the widespread trust the program has earned, to shift the conversation on climate change from one that is often defeatist to another infused with positive solutions.
  • Flying an airplane, exploring pirate caves 一 these are just part of another workday adventure for the team that produces GBH’s The Curiosity Desk, now in its second season. This New England Emmy Award-winning YouTube series dives into everyday mysteries hidden in plain sight, often requested by viewers to investigate. This season has taken the team to some very unlikely places. In an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview, team members revealed that some of their escapades have been so intimidating that they have had to conquer their fears before getting started.