August 11, 2010 :: Media Mentions :: No Comments

Dorothy Walker Runner, 1920-2010

The Chicago Tribune
8/11/2010

It is with profound sadness that we send word of passing of Dorothy Runner, one of Urban Gateways' founding mothers. She will be missed by all, but her legacy lives on in the work we do everyday.

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August 6, 2010 :: News, Press Releases :: No Comments

Urban Gateways Awarded Motorola Foundation Grant for Female-focused Gaming Program

Urban Gateways, Chicago’s most comprehensive arts education organization, has received more than $30,000 as part of the Innovation Generation grant program from the Motorola Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Inc. Through the grant, Urban Gateways will launch the program Girls Got Game, in which 125 female middle school students in the Chicago-area will design and build a fully-operational PC- based computer game.

The Motorola Foundation’s signature Innovation Generation program seeks to boost American students’ engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by providing $7.5 million to K-12 programs across the U.S., including Urban Gateways, to support hands-on, innovative after-school programs, science and math clubs, teacher training and mentoring programs. 

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