Geoffrey Beene

June 04, 2013
Winner of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, Vera Wang posed with Ralph Lauren at the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York.
CELEBRITYREDCARPET.co.uk: "CFDA FASHION AWARDS 2013: WINNERS LIST INCLUDING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE FOR VERA WANG" Read more

June 04, 2013
CFDA HONOREE VERA WANG TAKES HOME HIGHEST AWARD WITH GRACE
GLAM.com: "The iconic womenswear designer and the dream style collaborator for brides everywhere, Vera Wang, was honored at this evening’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards ceremony with the 2013 Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented to her by friend and fellow industry leader, Ralph Lauren. Tommy Hilfiger was last year’s recipient." Read more

February 19, 2013
ASCAP to Honor Aerosmith's Steven Tyler & Joe Perry with Founders Award at 30th Annual Pop Music Awards
ASCAP.com: "The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 30th annual Pop Music Awards, it was announced today by ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams." Read more

January 9, 2013
Starting the Year With a Bon Mot
nytimes.com: "THE social calendar roared back to life on Tuesday night, when the YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards held its annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria." Read more

November 29, 2012
YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund to Honor Alber Elbaz
wwd.com: "Alber Elbaz believes in giving back. The Lanvin artistic director, who was mentored by the late Geoffrey Beene, will be the recipient of the 50th anniversary Geoffrey Beene Fashion Impact Award at the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund dinner on Jan. 8 in New York." Read more

November 23, 2012
A True Rock Star of Science
Boston.com: "Besides being a respected geneticist, Dr. Rudy Tanzi has played with Aerosmith, written a book with Deepak Chopra, and will host a PBS special." Read more

September 14, 2012
Joe Perry of Aerosmith Talks "Rock Stars of Science™"
Artist Direct: "Legendary Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry certainly does so. Life's always been bigger than just music for Perry, and that's what makes him such an iconic artist. Read more

September 14, 2012
Your Morning Shot: Geoffrey Beene
GQ Style: "Clothes should be as interesting on the inside as on the outside. Even if you enjoy it totally alone, it's important." Read more

September 11, 2012
Joe Perry of Aerosmith To Be Featured In Rock Stars Of Science™ Campaign
Stereo Subversion: Monday, September 10, The Geoffrey Beene Foundation has launched the third Geoffrey Beene's Rock Stars of Science™ campaign, to celebrate the Geoffrey Beene Dream Team at the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Read more

September 10, 2012
AEROSMITH's Joe Perry - Geoffrey Beene Rock Stars Of Science™
BraveWords.com: AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, Founding Father of the Geoffrey Beene’s Rock Stars Of Science campaign, will be featured with the Geoffrey Beene Dream Team in a profile to be published in the December issue of GQ’s Men Of The Year edition. Read more

September 10, 2012
Joe Perry … Geoffrey Beene's "Rock Stars of Science"™
Monsters and Critics: Aeromsnith guitar legend Joe Perry is featured in the Third Annual Geoffrey Beene "Rock Stars of Science" campaign. Read more

September 10, 2012
Joe Perry of Aerosmith in ... Rock Stars of Science™
MetalLife: The Geoffrey Beene Foundation is launching the third Geoffrey Beene's Rock Stars of ScienceTM campaign celebrating the Geoffrey Beene Dream Team at the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Monday, September 10 at the Zuckerman Building in New York. Read more

June 21, 2012
Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer’s Initiative announces contest winners
MRketplace: Apparel brand Geoffrey Beene’s charitable foundation announced the winner of its Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer’s Initiative for open source scientific innovation. Read more

June, 2012
Turning the Light on Alzheimer’s PET-CT Solution Ushers in Brighter Future for Patients and Caregivers
Imaging Life: Cognitive decline and the many forms of dementia affect almost every community across the globe, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), of the 35.6 million people currently diagnosed with dementia, the vast majority have Alzheimer's disease. Read more

April, 2012
Gaining on Prostate Cancer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: On April 16 and 17, 2012, the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center (GBCRC) held its fifth annual retreat at Skytop Lodge in Pennsylvania. Read more

February 1, 2012
Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center: Research Retreat
The Wall Street Journal: Drug companies have scored a string of recent successes against advanced prostate cancer, ending a long drought during which there seemed to be few weapons to combat the disease. Read more

July 11, 2011
Drug Makers Refill Parched Pipelines
The Wall Street Journal: The pharmaceutical industry, after years of research flops that led some to write its obituary, shows signs it is coming back to life. Read more

March 31, 2011
Bill O'Reilly: 'The Factor' Rules
Fox News: And finally, here's something really exceptional. We have reached the $1 million mark in our campaign to help the Fisher House military charity. The clothing company Geoffrey Beene graciously donated the final $50,000. They are patriots, and you should know that. Read more

March 17, 2011
Bold and Beautiful
Veranda: Strong shapes and colors defined the houses and fashions of designer Geoffrey Beene. Read more

February 18, 2011
Where You Beene?
Elle Magazine: Geoffrey Beene was the first designer to speak to the studious young woman Daphne Merkin once was, and this spring's offerings are renewing her love for fashion that wears its brain on its sleeve Read more

January 27, 2011
Wharton retail center aids students' fashion careers
The Daily Pennsylvanian: A $25,000 prize and a night with designer Diane von Furstenberg at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York sounds like a fantasy to most Penn students. This January, the dream became a reality for Wharton junior Tony Wang. Read more

January 21, 2011
John Sohn '11 Awarded $25K Fashion Grant
The Cornell Daily: John Sohn '11 won $25,000 for designing a unisex fashion line as part of the prestigious Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund on Jan. 11. The fashion line travels in a clothing truck to cities throughout the United States. Read more

January 19, 2011
LIM College Students Honored with Prestigious Fashion Industry Scholarships
LIM College: Allison Fitzgerald of LIM College was one of only eight students from colleges and universities throughout the nation to be selected as a finalist in the 2011 FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards competition. As a finalist, Allison will receive a $10,000 scholarship towards her senior year. This represents the first time that an LIM College student has reached the finalist level in the prestigious annual program. Read more

January 18, 2011
Six Fashion and Apparel Studies students receive prestigious national award
UDaily: Six students from the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences have received the 2011 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), a prestigious national award that includes a $5,000 scholarship, an internship, and an “executive mentor” within the fashion industry. Read more

January 18, 2011
Senior wins $25,000 for rolling clothing store idea
Cornell University Chronicle Online: For his vision of a nomadic fashion apparel truck that would pass through cities nationwide selling his hybrid gender-neutral clothing line, fiber science and apparel design senior John Sohn has won a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. Read more

January 18, 2011
45th Annual YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner
Seventeen Magazine: How does a cool $25,000 toward your future career sound? Eight fantastic enterprising college students from all over the country were the front-runners! Seventeen had the pleasure of meeting finalists Allison, Ruby, Alex, Marlow, John, Anfisa, Anna, and Tony - who are all pursuing careers in design, merchandising, retailing, and business. Read more

January 14, 2011
YMA Raises $2 million at Gala
Women's Wear Daily: The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund raised over $2 million at its 45th annual Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards gala, including a generous donation from Lady Gaga — who is also in talks with the organization to set up a recurring scholarship in her name. Read more

January 13, 2011
The Future of Fashion: Visionaire Honored by Geoffrey Beene
V Magazine: Tuesday night at the Waldorf Astoria, many of New York's most esteemed authorities on fashion convened to celebrate the YMA FSF 45th Annual Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards. Read more

January 13, 2011
Schmoozing: The 2011 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Awards Dinner
MR Magazine: The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund's annual Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards dinner on January 11th at the Waldorf Astoria in New York raised over $2 million that will be used to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in the apparel business. Read more

January 13, 2011
Fashionable Philanthropy
The Wall Street Journal: Almost 1200 people braced New York City's latest menace, the possibliity of snow, to attend the YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholorship Awards Dinner on Tuesday. Read more

January 12, 2011
Mary Alice Stephenson, Visionaire, Really Smart Kids Hit the Waldorf
Racked: Braving the possibility of Snowmageddon Part Deux, bold names in fashion gathered at the Waldorf Astoria last night for a good cause: The 45th Annual YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner. That's a mouthful, but in short, the event benefited the YMA FSF and awarded scholarships to eight bright and ambitious college students who created some pretty genius "store of the future" concepts. Read more

January 12, 2011
Geoffrey Beene Scholarship Award Winners Describe Their "Stores of the Future"
NBC New York: At the 45th annual YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards dinner, four enterprising young students won $25,000 each who developed the most promising concepts for "the Store of the Future." Read more

January 12, 2011
Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund Gala
PostFashionism.com: Wow - what a spectacular night! For the first weekend or so of the new year, I was flown to NY and given a room in the Waldorf Astoria by the YMA, a national fashion organization comprised of some of the nation’s largest retailers, including Macy’s, Phillip Van Heusen, and Calvin Klein. Read more

January 12, 2011
Beene There, Done That
Fashion Week Daily: Despite warnings of a Gotham City blizzard, the Waldorf Astoria was buzzing last night for the 45th Annual YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner hosted by Mary Alice Stephenson. Read more

January 11, 2011
YMA FSF 45th Annual Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner
Interview Magazine: The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund held its 45th Annual Fashion Scholarship Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Read more

January 10, 2011
Short Takes
Sloan Cancer News: Three MSKCC investigators - including the center's new President, Craig B. thompson - have been featured with singer-songwriter Debbie Harry. Read more

December 26, 2010
Fixing the economy the scientific way
LA Times: Worried about the economy? Try investing in scientific research — it can solve problems and create jobs. Read more

December 15, 2010
Would You Want to Know If You're at Risk for Alzheimer's?
Big Think: Genetic testing is advancing rapidly, and we can now find out our risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s. But without a cure or treatment available, what’s the point? Read more

December 3, 2010
Michael Weiner, MD, named "Rock Star of Science"
Scientific Data Sharing Project: Michael Weiner, MD, Director of the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIND) at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, is among a prestigious group of 17 scientists named 2010 Rock Stars of Science by the Geoffrey Beene Foundation. Read more

December 1, 2010
2010 Rock Stars of Science Features 6 Cancer Docs
Medscape Medical News: Campaign addresses the anonymity of science. Read more

November 19, 2010
'Rock Star Of Science' - Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Medical News Today: Autism Speaks, the nation's leading autism science and advocacy organization, is pleased to announce that Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., its chief science officer, has been named a "Rock Star of Science" by Geoffrey Beene Gives Back® and GQ Magazine who have joined forces Read more

November 19, 2010
Rock Stars of Science: Making Science Cool?
CIRM: There's been a lot of discussion recently about explaining science to the public, capped by GQ photo shoot featuring scientists and rock stars as part of the Rock Stars of Science campaign. Read more

November 18, 2010
Bret Michaels Makes Science Cool?
Gibson: A new ad campaign is gearing up to team rock stars such as Bret Michaels and Debbie Harry with award-winning scientists. Read more

November 17, 2010
Stanford Neurologist Rocks Out for Science
Scope Blog: It's not every day that a Stanford physician gets to spend several hours on set with a rock star. Read more

November 17, 2010
Rock Stars of Science
the Node: Glamour, fame, red carpets, flashing lights. It's not what you usually get as a top scientist, but why not? Read more

November 17, 2010
How Science Is Crucial to Improving Health Worldwide
Huffington Post: Research is medicine's field of dreams from which we harvest new findings about the causes, treatment and prevention of disease. Read more

November 17, 2010
Scientists and musicians: separated at birth?
New Scientist: Thanks to his participation in the 2010 rock stars of science photo shoot that just appeared in the December 2010 "Men of the Year" issue of GQ, geneticist Emil Kakkis now has a pretty freakin' cool guitar. Read more

November 17, 2010
Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., Named a Scientific Hero and "Rock Star of Science" by Geoffrey Beene Gives Back and GQ Magazine
Autism Speaks: Recognition for More than 20 Years of Autism Research and Advocacy Leadership Seeks to Bridge a Serious Recognition Gap for Science Read more

November 16, 2010
'Rock Stars of Science' pairs rockers, Nobel winners to entice kids
US Today: Big name scientists are on the bill with headlining rock 'n' rollers in new ads aimed at getting kids and their parents jazzed about science. Read more

November 16, 2010
Why It's Time to Rock Alzheimer's
Huffington Post: Tomorrow, a glitzy 6 page public service campaign goes public in GQ magazine, featuring a band of 19 leading biomedical research scientists paired up with 8 famous rock stars. Read more

November 15, 2010
Eleven Scientists Who Survived the School of Rock–One Year Later
Discover Magazine: This is a special feature-length post in anticipation of the coming roll-out of the new Rock Stars of Science™ campaign in GQ magazine's December "Men of the Year" issue. Read more

September 30, 2010
Blogger Spotlight: Beene-iana
On this day in fashion: A great thing about the crowded blogosphere is discovering all of the different types of people sharing their talents/hobbies/collections with the rest of the world. (It can also be a bad thing, but that's another story.) While researching today's Story Behind the Styles about Geoffrey Beene, I came across one of the great ones: Beene-iana, the blog of New Yorker Patsy Tarr, who challenged herself 11 months ago to wear something designed by Geoffrey Beene every day for a year, à la Julie Powell of Julie and Julia but with clothes instead of cooking. Read more

September 18, 2010
To scientists, He's the Real Rock Star
LA Times: Dr. Francis Collins has discovered the genes that cause cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease and runs the National Institutes of Health. But hand him a guitar and he becomes Dr. Rock 'n' Roll. Read more

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
 Image gallery: Delta Goodrem performs at Rock Stars of Science Event
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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 24, 2009
 Image gallery: Rock Stars of Science Hosted by Geoffrey Beene Foundation & Research!America
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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 26, 2009
Video Gallery: The HBO Alzheimer's Project, Alzforum Series
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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