{"id":796842,"date":"2025-06-23T18:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796842"},"modified":"2025-06-23T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T23:54:05","slug":"taner-halicioglu-is-awarded-the-c-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796842","title":{"rendered":"Taner Halicioglu is awarded the C. Wallace\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Taner Halicioglu exemplifies all of these qualities and more. Taner\u2019s contributions to philanthropy have been nothing short of transformational. In 2017, he made a landmark $75 million gift to establish the Halicioglu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego, ensuring the advancement of data science education and research. He expanded that commitment in 2024 with a $25 million pledge to help build the Triton Center, a central hub for students, alumni, and visitors. He founded the Halicioglu Family Foundation, which supports causes ranging from COVID-19 relief to animal welfare. He also launched the Data Science Alliance, a nonprofit that uses data science and AI to drive meaningful change in communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taner\u2019s passion for exploration extends beyond Earth. Since 2014, he has been a dedicated supporter of The Planetary Society, making nearly $5 million in early contributions to advance space science. In 2021, he became the lead donor for our Beyond the Horizon campaign, making an extraordinary $9 million gift to propel the Society\u2019s vision forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through his generosity, leadership, and vision, Taner Halicioglu embodies the spirit of the C. Wallace Hooser Award for Visionary Philanthropy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetary.org\/taner-halicioglu-is-award-the-c-wallace-hooser-award-for-visionary-philanthropy?rand=772267\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taner Halicioglu exemplifies all of these qualities and more. Taner\u2019s contributions to philanthropy have been nothing short of transformational. In 2017, he made a landmark $75 million gift to establish&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":796843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planetary-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=796842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/796843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=796842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=796842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=796842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}