Doron Weber
@DoronWeber
Vice President & Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (@SloanPublic). Author, Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir. All views my own.
At podium for second place age group medal at Hudson Valley Triathlon. I'm rewarded for just finishing the race. But it's a scenic course with a mile swim in Williams Lake, a rolling 25 mile bike ride to Ashokan Reservoir and a woodsy 6.2 mile run along Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

Excited to share the @SloanPublic / @MTC_NYC play "Eureka Day" won @TheTonyAwards in the coveted "Best Revival of a Play" category! The award was accepted by playwright Jonathan Spector & MTC artistic director Lynne Meadow. Lead actress Jessica Hecht was also nominated.

Pleased to share that Anna Ziegler will be adapting her @SloanPublic / @ESTnyc play “Photograph 51,” about the life & work of pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin, into a film of the same name, starring #NataliePortman & directed by Tim Hooper deadline.com/2025/05/natali…
I'm headed to the 2025 triennial #SloanFilmSummit, hosted in partnership w/ @filmindependent, to celebrate the @SloanPublic film program! With 100+ grantees & partners in attendance, the Summit will include networking opportunities, panels & screenings indiewire.com/news/general-n…
Congrats to @spectorjon, whose @SloanPublic / @MTC_NYC #Broadway play "Eureka Day," about a private elementary school where an outbreak of the mumps challenges its vaccine policy, was nominated for @TheTonyAwards in the "Best Revival of a Play" category variety.com/2025/legit/new…
Critical Condition: Health in Black America," a @SloanPublic @novapbs doc, premieres tonight at 9pm. The film uncovers underlying causes of racial health disparities in America, from false beliefs in modern medicine to damaging life experiences pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide…
I'm at @MIT for the @SloanPublic Senior Congressional Staff Seminar on The Future of AI, a 3-day event to improve the technological literacy of govt staffers. Panels address strengths/limitations of LLMs, AI’s potential in transportation/healthcare & its role in national security



Pleased to announce the recipient of the @SloanPublic Science in Cinema Prize is TWISTERS by Lee Isaac Chung & Science on Screen Prize is MAGMA by Cyprien Vial. Both films will be honored at @SFFILM Fest w/ panels featuring the director & scientists variety.com/2025/film/news…
with more wonderful grantees: @OakesLE @cpiller @chrisfitchchris @AmExperiencePBS @KenBurns @MTC_NYC @StanfordOVAL @MonicaSLam @lilatretikov @MIT
My latest @SloanPublic program updates! sloan.org/storage/app/me… Our wonderful grantees include: @ESTnyc @nationalbook @ramona_ausubel @edyong209 @sundancefest @sundanceorg @xtinatini @Uncannygirl @Astro_Cady @ASAKOGLADSJO @MovingImageNYC @Athenafilmfest @TIFF_NET @WCSFP
My latest @SloanPublic program updates! sloan.org/storage/app/me… Our wonderful grantees include: @ESTnyc @nationalbook @ramona_ausubel @edyong209 @sundancefest @sundanceorg @xtinatini @Uncannygirl @Astro_Cady @ASAKOGLADSJO @MovingImageNYC @Athenafilmfest @TIFF_NET @WCSFP



I'm headed to @MovingImageNYC for staged readings, awards ceremony & reception honoring the 2024 @SloanPublic Student Prize-winning scripts, "Thin Ice" by Brittany Wang (@USCCinema) for the Grand Jury Prize & "Impact" by Yoel Gebremariam (@UMichFTVM) for the Discovery Prize

I'm headed to @ESTnyc for opening night of the @SloanPublic play "Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother?" by Michael Walek. The comedic play dramatizes anthropologist Goodall’s first expedition to study chimps w/ her mom in Africa, where she made pioneering discoveries

I’m headed to @MIT for a @SloanPublic conference co-hosted by @AspenInstitute & @mitpress on “Building Trust in Science for a More Informed Future,” about combatting misinformation, threats AI may pose & best practices for science communication aspeninstitute.org/events/buildin…
I’m with @SloanPublic Development Award winner Gina Hackett & @Athenafilmfest’s Umbreen Bhatti & Melissa Silverstein at @BarnardCollege for a reading of an excerpt from Hackett’s “A Bridge Between Us,” about a woman who takes over as head engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge

At @Athenafilmfest at @BarnardCollege for a reading of an excerpt from @SloanPublic script “A Bridge Between Us” by Gina Hackett, about a woman engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the STEM Showcase of “Spacewoman,” about the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle

I'm headed to the opening night of the 2025 @Athenafilmfest at @BarnardCollege for the screening of "Satisfied" by @mhaizlip & @ChrisbBolan The Festival includes a reading of @SloanPublic script "A Bridge Between Us" by Gina Hackett & a STEM Showcase of "Spacewoman" on 3/9
