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Our Ninth Great Grandfather Co-Founded Harvard University
New York, N.Y. Sir Thomas Dudley, the third Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and our ninth great-grandfather, signed the charter to establish Harvard on May 30, 1650…
2019 "Luce 24 Under 24" Recipients Awarded in New York City
New York, N.Y. More than one hundred people celebrated the unveiling of the first cohort of "Luce 24 Under 24" at The China Institute on July 24, which coincidentally was…
As World Continues to Divide, Young Global Leadership Critical
By Amy Tarar, 2019 Luce 24 Under 24 Award Recipient Young Global Leader Overcomes Tragedy to focus on Education in Memory of Parent’s Legacy. Now: a Foundation and Medica…
Reflections on Leadership from Marietta's McDonough Conference
Marietta College, Ohio. The J. Luce Foundation ( link ) is opening the Luce Leadership Centre at Caribbean Maritime University ( link ) in June, open to its 6,000 student…
Shock of a Lifetime - My Dream Fulfilled Under the Buddha Tree
Bihar, India. I began working ‘in the field,’ out of New York in developing countries, in 1999. Never in two decades of helping humanity have I been more shocked that I w…
Peter Reginato- The Unexpected
Is there a better image of the Manhattan iconic art scene than the artist loft? The clean lines, solid backgrounds and targeted lighting are hard to beat. That imagery sa…
Singer and Lover of Music in Big Apple Conquers Fear and Doubt
New York, N.Y. I have always been a singer and lover of music, daydreaming about performing in front of audiences who came out specifically to hear me sing. My focus was…
Trump Threatens 'Total Destruction' of North Korea in First U.N. Speech
New York, N.Y. Describing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man” on a suicide mission, U.S. President Donald Trump used his maiden address to the United Nations…
E-Books Students Can Read For Free, Like Sherlock Holmes
Washington, D.C. President Obama joined students at Anacostia Neighborhood Library in Southeast Washington, D.C. yesterday to announce a plan to give low-income children…
Fountain House Symposium Looks for Answers to Suicide
In light of recent reports that suicide in the U.S. has surged to the highest levels in nearly thirty years, the symposium’s focus was timely. Suicide tragically ends the…
HuffPo Interview with Red Cross Secretary General in Geneva
New York, N.Y. Having witnessed the incredible work of the Red Cross in Aceh, Indonesia following the Tsunami of 2004 - and seeing for the first time Red Crescents in act…
Int'l. Volunteer Day: Ban Highlights Youth as Change Agents
New York, N.Y. “There are more than 1.2 billion youth in the world today, with incredible potential to tackle challenges and act as agents of change,” he said in his mess…
Live Report: Cement Dust Coats All of Haiti, as 9/11 Dust Coated New York
Leogane, Haiti. It is 5pm on our first full day in Haiti. Our relief team has achieved much, but we woke up - as most Haitians do - at 5am to make it all happen. We arriv…
New York Yankees Opening Day 2015: Video & Pics
New York, N.Y. As I drove to the stadium April 6th, in anticipation of Opening Day of the New York Yankees 2015 Season, I felt a bittersweet mixture of excitement and rem…
Obama Designates NYC's Stonewall Inn a Monument to Gay Rights
New York, N.Y. President Barack Obama has designated a site in the heart of New York City as a national park and the first U.S. national monument to gay rights. Stonewall…
True Love Found Through Helping Humanity, Together
By Jim Luce with Mitzi Perdue. Name a person who wouldn't like to find true love and a soul mate? Lorraine Silvetz nee Cancro and her new husband, Dr. Robert Silvetz are…
Indian Award-Winning Documentary ‘Daughters of Mother India’ - Jarring Wake-Up Call for Men Like Me
With Jitin Hingorani. New York, N.Y. While living and working in my comfortable American cocoon in December of 2012, I vaguely remember hearing about an Indian girl named…
inToAsia: TBA Festival 2015 with Sound Performances, Artists Talks
inToAsia: TBA Festival 2015 Sound Performances｜ Sat. Oct 24, 3 - 5pm Performed by Yi Xin TONG, Hao NI, C. Spencer YEH and Audrey CHEN Artist Talk ｜ Sat. Oct 24, 5 - 6pm T…
J. Luce Foundation Announces Bauer Fund on Anniversary
New York, N.Y. On this day, September 5, 2015, The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation announces the launch of The Bauer Fund, in honor and memory of Grant Michael Bauer, so…
The Fight Against Meningitis, a Vaccine-Preventable Disease
New York, N.Y. The annual National Meningitis Association (NMA) Give Kids a Shot Gala was once again an emotion filled evening and a stellar success in aiding in the figh…
True Love at Last: The Cancro-Silvetz Wedding
By Mitzi Perdue, edited by Jim Luce. Huntington, N.Y. Lorraine Silvetz, formerly Lorraine Cancro, didn't use Match.com or another Internet dating site to find the love of…
Examiner (?): Finding True Love While Helping Humanity
Also, we can use the attached shot in Nat'l Examiner which I requested from Donnetta. If it is not best quality will resend from computer. Think had sent a few days ago b…
Fountain House Symposium Honors Author Andrew Solomon
New York, N.Y. New York City has an annual event that educates the public on mental health that I believe is the finest in America. This symposium - and luncheon - is hos…
Happy Birthday: Marking 68 Years of the U.N.
New York, N.Y. Marking the 68th birthday of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the annual celebration offers a chance to recognize the invaluable cont…
Indo-American Arts Council at 15 with Who’s Who of S. Asian Celebs
New York, N.Y. No one in Manhattan can throw a gala like Aroon Shivdasani , and the fifteenth anniversary fete of her Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ) was everything I…
Indo-American Arts Council Celebrates 15 Years in NYC
New York, N.Y. The Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ) turns 15 in the fall of 2013 under the leadership of Aroon Shivdasani. This secular, non-profit, volunteer-driven a…
True Love at Last: The Cancro-Silvetz Wedding
By Mitzi Perdue, edited by Jim Luce. Huntington, N.Y. Lorraine Silvetz, formerly Lorraine Cancro, didn't use Match.com or another Internet dating site to find the love of…
U.N. to D.R.: Don't Let Haitian-Dominicans Lose Nationality
New York, N.Y. The United Nations human rights office this week urged the Government of the Dominican Republic to take all necessary measures to ensure that citizens of H…
Virginia’s House of Hope Presents Carnegie Hall Benefit for NYC Kids
New York, N.Y. This year’s Virginia House of Hope Charity Concert will mark its sixth year of production. The concert will take place on December 4, 2013 at the Weill Rec…
A "Gandhi" for our Age: Indian Film Chittagong
New York, N.Y. Using visual cues from the paintings of Caravaggio, Indian filmmaker Bedabrata Pain has produced a triumphant film, Chittagong , that screened in New York…
Devi's Closet Offers Indian Couture in NYC: For Rent
New York, N.Y. New York fashionista Meera Patel's interest in Indian fashion designers piqued when she was planning her own wedding a few years ago - now, her passion has…
Schomburg Center in New York Relaunches First Fridays
H arlem, New York. The First Friday evening of each month, rain or shine, from 6 pm to 8pm the popular social gathering has returned. As you enter the center, guests are…
Slow Food at Sprig Fights Fast-Food Culture
New York, N.Y. In a sea of steaks, burritos and grab-and-go food in busy Midtown East, there is a beacon of the Slow Food movement, serving healthful food in an elegant,…
Urban Habitats, Humanitarianism, and… Reality TV?
New York, N.Y. I’m a native New Yorker who’s been around long enough to remember what this city was like in the 1970’s – like, how you would see graffiti on the side of a…
Young Concert Artists Triumphs at Alice Tully Hall
New York, N.Y. Last week Young Concert Artists ( YCA ) held its annual Gala Concert at Alice Tully Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, presenting the Lincoln Center de…
C.E.O. Brooke Partridge Helps Lead Technology Thought in Developing World
New York, N.Y. Despite our best efforts to meet in Barcelona, at the GSM World Congress , with 49,000 participants spread between 1,300 vendors, C.E.O. Brooke Partridge a…
Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In N.Y. & L.A.
New York, N.Y. I have been a friend of Friends Without A Border (FWAB), the international fundraising source of the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), for several years.…
Film Shown at U.N. Donor Conference on Collapse of Haiti's Presidential Palace
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The film "Thirty-Five Long Seconds: Haiti's Deadly Earthquake" was screened recently as part of the recent Donor's Conference at the United Nations…
From the Grand Bazaar to New York's Grand Central
New York, N.Y. The biggest Turkish Festival in the history of the U.S. - "Turkish Days in New York" - is now upon us. It is bringing the Grand Bazaar on the beautiful ban…
In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers
Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Tamil Tigers (LTTE) are considered a terrorist organization by 32 countries. Their soldiers wore cyanide vials for consumption upon capture. They…
Indo-American Arts Council Fete Recreates Mughal Court in NYC
New York, N.Y. The Indo-American Arts Council threw a purposefully decadent, fun-filled party last week for the new book Islamicate Cultures of Bombay Cinema by Ira Bhask…
Jim Luce on New York
The Brooklyn Steppers perform across New York - and at the Obama Inauguration. Lesbian and Gay Musical Ambassadors Meet the Amazing Aroon Shivdasani of NYC's Indo-America…
Jim Luce on New York City
Jim Luce lives in New York City with his son Mathew and partner John. Jim moved to NYC in 1983 from Tokyo and was hired as the first Japanese-speaking manager by Daiwa Ba…
Susan Wadsworth: Almost 50 Years of Young Concert Artists Series
New York, N.Y. Not many people can fulfill their passion - and build an institution - for fifty years. Susan Wadsworth can. The founder of the Young Concert Artists Serie…
2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?
New York, N.Y . 2,870 cities in 134 countries. That's how many cities have committed themselves to not being a nuclear target by joining the U.N.-associated Mayors for Pe…
Hip Campaign from World's Oldest Humanitarian Program
Geneva, Switzerland. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent can be best understood as a collection of pieces building a whole. In my first piece, I told the story o…
Micah Kellner: Harvey Milk Lives - in Albany
"I receive $400 a month from my pension, but have lost my public housing since I retired. I must now pay $1,300 each month for my apartment. I also need to pay for health…
Column: Thought Leaders & Global Citizens with Jim Luce
Jim Luce has written on a wide breadth of issues in Huffington Post , New York Times , Daily Kos and BBC . His stories are categorized below: Afghanistan Africa Animal Re…