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Stanford, Columbia to share $30 million Helen Gurley Brown gift

January 31, 2012
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Stanford University's School of Engineering and Columbia Journalism School have received a $30 million gift to establish a New York City-based Institute for Media Innovation, which will seek new ways for technology to enhance a robust free press.

The gift, announced Monday morning, comes from Helen Gurley Brown, longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and author of the 1962 bestseller "Sex and the Single Girl," which set the stage for the women's liberation movement.

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Source: MercuryNews.com
 

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Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University's School of Engineering today announced a $30 million gift from longtime Cosmopolitan magazine editor and author Helen Gurley Brown to establish the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

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