February 2, 2010
Beene Foundation Event Raises $1.4M
Women's Wear Daily: The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan on Jan. 13 raised more than $1.4 million. Read more
January 18, 2010
Future of Fashion: 2010 Scholarship Winners
iFashion Network: The future of fashion unfolded on 42nd Street this week. The fashion industry elite gathered at Cipriani Forty Second Street in New York City to find out the winners of the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards. The hip-hop hit "Empire State" echoed through the capacity-packed event, as 110 fashion scholarship students from 28 fashion schools, received thunderous applause from the crowd. Read more
January 17, 2010
2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner
Lyra Mag: WHAT: A sold out crowd of retailers, manufacturers, and service industry types (well dressed of course, this was a fashion industry event) ... packed the huge Cipriani 42nd Street event space, raising glass or two to the 110 scholarship winners ($5000 apiece) of the the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF). Read more
January 14, 2010
The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Awards Dinner
DFR: Daily Fashion Report: The 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards took place last night at Cipriani Forty Second Street. During the evening there was a special red carpet and cocktail hour, dinner and awards ceremony. The Geoffrey Beene company underwrote the event in the amount of over $500,000 as well as helping to provide funding for over 110 fashion scholarship fund students. Read more
January 13, 2010
2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner
Style 1 Media: On January 13th, Cipriani Forty Second Street was filled with the fresh young faces of tomorrow's fashion industry stars, as YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) winners from 28 schools across the nation joined fashion industry professionals for the 2010 Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner. Read more
January 10, 2010
Pratt Student Kasia Wisniewski Wins One of Four $25,000 Annual Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholarships
Pratt News: Pratt senior fashion design student Kasia Wisniewski was honored by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund with one of four $25,000 Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards at the 2010 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner on January 13 in Manhattan. Read more
November 13, 2009
Beene Streak
Women's Wear Daily: When Geoffrey Beene died in 2004, longtime client Patsy Tarr honored him by publishing a book. Now, four years after the book's release, Tarr has opened her closets again, this time for an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum. Read more
November, 2009
Researchers "Rock Out" for Scientific Awareness
ASBMB Today: When many of us were growing up, we often dreamed of living the glamorous life of a rock star. Now that we're older and wiser, we know that the life of a rock star might not be as glamorous as it seems. Read more
October 16, 2009
Collins Shares Stage with Rock Star Perry
NIH Record: NIH'ers can now say, "My boss is a rock star." That's because NIH director Dr. Francis Collins jammed with Aerosmith's Joe Perry for the Rock Stars of Science Briefing and Tribute at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Sept. 24. The event was part of a national campaign to honor scientists, encourage science as a career choice and call for further research funding. Read more
Fall, 2009
Lost in Translation
The Journal of Life Sciences, Fall 2009: Eric Topol doesn't just want to understand the genes that drive illness and wellness, he wants to make sure that such knowledge actually changes the way doctors practice medicine. Read more
September 25, 2009
Video: Rock Stars of Science Music Video - With Joe Perry
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September 25, 2009
Video: Rock Stars of Science on CBS Morning News (WUSA-DC)
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September 25, 2009
Prevention and cure of Alzheimer's disease important to Americans
News-Medical.Net: A new voter survey sponsored by the ACT-AD Coalition (Accelerate Cure/Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease) finds that three-quarters of Americans nationwide and across party lines say it is personally important to them to find a cure or to prevent Alzheimer's disease, while a similar proportion of the national electorate say they look to Congress to make it "a national priority" to speed up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) review process in specific ways for therapies that slow, halt or reverse the disease. Read more
September 25, 2009
Washington Post's Reliable Source... This Just In
The Washington Post: So, Aerosmith's Joe Perry came to the Capitol on Thursday to jam with some guitar-playing scientists. He and NIH chief Francis Collins sang a Dylan song. They were promoting funding for disease research: "Rock Stars of Science." The Hill is a place of many wonders. Read more
September 25, 2009
Leading Scientists Rocked Capitol Hill With Rock Legend Aerosmith's Joe Perry
Research America: Unprecedented Briefing and Tribute Concert Addressing Cancer, Alzheimer's, Genomics, PTSD and HIV/AIDS at Capitol Visitors Center on Thursday, September 24. Read more
September 25, 2009
Rock Stars of Science Hosted by Geoffrey Beene Foundation & Research!America
Zimbio: Rudy Tanzi, PhD, Havard, and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH, perform at "Rock Stars of Science" sponsored by Geoffrey Beene Foundation & Research!America to engage heath and medicine discussion at the Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on September 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. Read more
September 25, 2009
NIH Director Francis Collins Jams With Aerosmith's Joe Perry At Capitol Building
Better Health: I know. I was just as surprised as you are. Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the Human Genome Project, author of The Language Of God, and new director of the National Institutes of Health performed live in front of a group of Washington locals at the Capitol building today. Read more
September 24, 2009
Video: Rock Stars of Science on CNN
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September 3, 2009
2009 Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center Retreat
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: The Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center (the Beene Center) sponsored its second annual retreat on April 24 and 25, 2009, at the Skytop Lodge in northeastern Pennsylvania. Read more
June 19, 2009
GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® Joins Macy's in Honoring Dads Everywhere
This Father's Day, GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK® is proud to honor Macy's national sponsorship of the Family Violence Prevention Fund's RESPECT! Campaign, a national campaign to engage parents, teachers, coaches, and other role models in positive solutions to prevent relationship violence by promoting respect. Read more
June 16, 2009
Stars Trek to CFDAs
New York Post: Amped up awards shine as stars gathered at Lincoln Center last night to honor "era-less" tastemakers at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards. Read more
June, 2009
Rock Stars of Science
RockStarsofScience.org: Our most brilliant scientific minds are dedicated to finding cures for the diseases that threaten our future, and America's most celebrated Rock Stars stand behind them. Read more
May 11, 2009
The Alzheimer's Project
Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative is a marquee sponcsor of HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project." Read more
April 29, 2009
CFDA Names Recipients of Two Scholarships
WWD.com Fashion News: The Council of Fashion Designers of America has named the 2009 recipients of the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship and CFDA Scholarship, which total $75,000. Read more
April 28, 2009
Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® Alzheimer's Initiative Co-Sponsors Pioneering New HBO Alzheimer's Project
GeoffreyBeene.com: Designer menswear brand's unique retail-driven philanthropy backs HBO's efforts to reveal the hidden truth and reason for hope behind America's next health crisis. Read more
January 11, 2009
Student Given Award for Green Line
Iowa State Daily: From small-town Ames to the big city of New York, Danielle Sponder, senior in apparel merchandising, design and production, found herself surrounded by some of biggest names in the fashion world - the "people you only dream of meeting." She then became one of four students to receive the 2009 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship on Wednesday, a scholarship worth $25,000. Read more
January 9, 2009
YMA FSF Dinner Raises Over $1 Million
MRketplace.com: For the fourth year in a row, and despite the miserable economy, this week's YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund Dinner in New York raised more than a million dollars. The event, which was attended by more than 700 people, raised a total of $1.1 million. Read more
January 8, 2009
Philadelphia University Fashion Design Student Awarded $25,000 YMA Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Breitbart.com: Jessica Steele, a senior fashion design major at Philadelphia University, was awarded a prestigious $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Jan. 7 at the YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner in New York. Read more
January 8, 2009
Design students, Zac Posen, Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger honored at FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund dinner
Fashion Week Daily: The FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship was established to award money to talented young design students, but even the big guns came out last night for the award ceremony and dinner at the Mariott Marquis Hotel. Zac Posen, Home Shopping Network's Mindy Grossman, and Les Steiger of Macy's were honored with awards. The night, emceed by Tim Gunn, brought out the likes of Iman and Patricia Field (who both presented awards) and supporters like Francisco Costa, Molly Sims, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Richie Rich. Read more
January 5, 2009
In Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational...
Reuters: Economic Turmoil and Uncertainty, the Promise of an Education is Inspirational and Life-Changing for Four (4) Deserving and Gifted Fashion Students to Receive $100,000 in 2009. Read more
December, 2008
Force of Fashion
V Magazine: A new book checks out the looks and legacy of the rule-breaking American designer Geoffrey Beene. Read more
November 19, 2008
Radical Chic
San Francisco Chronicle: The late Geoffrey Beene, one of fashion's most innovative and original designers, may have dressed the ladies who lunch and held his runway shows at the swanky Hotel Pierre in New York City, but he was a real rebel who loved the downtown art and fashion scene. Read more
November 7, 2008
When Americans Give Respect, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® with a $500,000 Challenge to Help End Abuse
The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) - the nation's leading organization working to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence and protect adult and child victims - has teamed up with Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™; to offer Americans a novel way to give back to a great cause during challenging economic times.In support of the RESPECT! CampaignSM, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back™ today announced that starting on Monday, November 10, it will donate $5 to the FVPF every time individuals offer an "act of respect" on the campaign's site, GiveRespect.org, up to a total $500,000 through December 31. Read more
October, 2008
Geoffrey Beene: In the News
InStyle, Vogue: InStyle and Vogue on Kim Hastreiter's Geoffrey Beene: An American Fashion Rebel. Read more
October, 2008
2008 Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center Retreat
ShortTake: The Cancer Biology and Genetics Program and the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program held their first joint retreat on May 9 and 10, 2008, at the Skytop Lodge in Skytop, Pennsylvania. This was the first formal opportunity for both programs to come together and learn about each other's current research and to establish potential collaborations. Read more
October 27, 2008
2008 Fashion Scholarship Fund Announces 2009 Honorees
GeoffreyBeene.com: The Fashion Scholarship Fund, formerly called the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, has announced that designer Zac Posen, HSN CEO Mindy Grossman and Macy's Central Men's GMM Les Steiger will be honored at the 2009 FSF Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner on January 7, 2009. The annual dinner will also present four lucky students each with $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarships. Read more
October 16, 2008
Being Beene
FashionWeek Daily: Diane von Furstenberg and the CFDA toast Kim Hastreiter's Geoffrey Beene tome. Read more
October 9, 2008
New Geoffrey Beene Gift to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Puts Total Support Over $100 Million
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center News: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has announced the gift of a membership interest in Geoffrey Beene, LLC, the company that controls the business and fashion empire created by legendary designer Geoffrey Beene. Read more
October 4, 2008
Men's Designer Fashion & Style: Geoffrey Beene
Suite101.com: Geoffrey Beene is one of the finest and most affordable lines of menswear you might ever consider. Read more
September 16, 2008
New Book Delves Into Beene's Rebel Yell
Women's Wear Daily When the CFDA came calling with a book deal about Geoffrey Beene, Kim Hastreiter went straight to it. Read more
June 7, 2008
Double Header with Geoffrey Beene, Inc. and Macy's
Founding Fathers: On June 7th and 8th several Founding Fathers took to the pitcher's mound with the A's and the Padres to accept two donations totaling $100,000 from Geoffrey Beene, Inc. with support from Macy's. Read more
May 22, 2008
CFDA Scholarship
CFDA Annual Report: As part of a genrous $5 million gift from the Geoffrey Beene Foundation in 2007, the CFDA was able to establish the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship, funded with half of the donation from the Foundation. Read more
May 15, 2008
Chic CFDA Countdown: Carolina Herrera
Chic Report: The CFDA Awards are fast approaching and today we are bringing you a sure thing. Carolina Herrera won't be waiting on pins and needles in anticipation of the evening; the designer is a guaranteed winner. Herrera is being honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more
April, 2008
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March 4, 2008
CENTURY 21 System Teams up with Fashion Futurist Geoffrey Beene to Reintroduce Signature Gold Jacket
Findarticles.com: Century 21 Real Estate LLC today announced its partnership with the legendary fashion house Geoffrey Beene, Inc. to reintroduce its signature Gold Jacket. Read more
March, 2008
Probing the Genomic Basis for Cancer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center News: Imagine a day when a patient could have a biopsy taken from a tumor, have the entire genome of the tumor characterized, and then be treated with drugs and other therapies that are tailored to the exact genetic changes present in the tumor cells. The scenario is not science fiction, but a goal that investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and other institutions have recognized as one of the most promising avenues for treating cancer. Read more
March, 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red For Women
Macys.com: Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's nationwide movement to wipe out heart disease, the #1 killer of women. Read more
February 6, 2008
Leeds School Student Nicole Baum Wins $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Colorado Leeds: A childhood case of insomnia resulted in the development of a jewelry company and now a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Award for Nicole Baum, a junior studying marketing and international business at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. Read more
February, 2008
Love Your Heart, Go Red for Women
Macys.com: "Geoffrey Beene Gives Back" is proud to support Macy's national sponsorship of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement. Read more
January 14, 2008
Beene Scholarships Awarded at YMA Dinner
GeoffreyBeene.com: The annual YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner announced the four winners of the $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards on Wednesday evening at the Marriot Marquis in Midtown Manhattan. Read more
January 14, 2008
YMA's Finish Line Sprint
DNR News: Jay Baker doesn't like finishing in second place. When the lifelong retailer and former Kohl's president found out that last week's YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund award dinner was $170,000 short of raising the most money ever for the organization, he set out to change that. Read more
January 1, 2008
GQ Style Report on Geoffrey Beene
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November 13, 2007
Ross Levine Named to Geoffrey Beene Chair
GeoffreyBeene.com: Physician-scientist Ross L. Levine has been named the incumbent of a Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair. Read more
September 26, 2006
Estate of Fashion Designer Geoffrey Beene Donates Funds to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
GeoffreyBeene.com: A gift from the Estate of renowned fashion designer Geoffrey Beene will enable Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) to launch an ambitious research initiative to be known as the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center. Read more
August 13, 2007
Beene Campaign to Promote Charitable Efforts
DNR News: Since Geoffrey Beene's death in 2004, the foundation running the designer's company has donated more than $75 million to cancer research, education and animal protection. Read more
June 5, 2007
YMA and Beene Team
Women's Wear Daily: he YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund and the Geoffrey Beene Foundation have formed a five-year strategic alliance with Beene's foundation, pledging to contribute $2 million to the fund over that period, in addition to a $1 million contribution last year. Read more
June 4, 2007
The Neck's Big Thing
DNR: Randa, which produces ties for Trafalgar, Izod and Geoffrey Beene, barely offered any printed ties in its lineup for the past few years, but that's going to change. Read more
June, 2007
Seasonal Advice
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May/June 2007
Geoffrey Beene - Designer and Philanthropist
Contribute New York Magazine: In a small salon tucked into Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland hotel, society fashion designer Mildred O'Quinn kept a Louis XIV chair in green satin. One day, in 1954, her young apprentice spilled mayonnaise from his sandwich onto the satin and was promptly fired. Read more
March 20, 2007
Geoffrey Beene Sets The Bar High For Philanthropy
Women's Wear Daily: With a $5 million gift to the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Geoffrey Beene Estate has set the philantropy bar high. Read more
February 15, 2007
The 2006 Slate 60: Donations
Slate: The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year. Read more
September 29, 2006
Sloan-Kettering Receives $44 Million From Beene Estate
Philantrhopy News Digest: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has announced a $44 million gift from the estate of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene that will enable Sloan-Kettering to launch an ambitious cancer research initiative. Read more
February 1, 2006
Fashion Designer Bequeaths $10 Million to Animal Medical Center
The Animal Medical Center (AMC) has recently announced a $10 million gift from the late fashion designer, Geoffrey Beene. Mr. Beene, an animal lover and supporter of the AMC during his life, died in 2004 at the age of 77. Read more
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