The arts help cities thrive, but recovery takes investment. 🎭 A new report from our partner @SMUDataArts shows how nonprofit arts organizations across 10 U.S. cities have recovered since the pandemic—and why continued public investment matters. Because when cities invest in the arts, they're investing in stronger local economies, more vibrant neighborhoods, and healthier communities. Read more:

Data is the foundation of public health. And that starts with the basics: information about births and deaths. @BloombergDotOrg’s Data for Health Initiative is working with countries around the world to build reliable registries of births and deaths. In Rwanda, efforts to expand their data-gathering capacity enabled public health officials to better identify and track leading causes of death nationwide — and then take action to save lives. Learn more:

We’re passing the mic to students building careers shaped by purpose and impact. 🎤 At this year’s @NationalMedAssn convention, we caught up with future physicians studying at historically Black medical schools to hear about their education, backgrounds, and goals. Learn more about our investment of over $700 million in HBMS:

What does it take to run a city hall today? Hear from the Bloomberg @CenterforCities @Harvard faculty behind the @BHcityleaders curriculum—and the ideas shaping this year’s class of 46 mayors as they take on the greatest challenges and opportunities facing their residents around the world.

This month, the 10th class of @BHCityLeaders began their work—46 mayors from 15 countries who together lead more than 22 million residents. From expanding housing supply to driving economic development, improving service delivery, and more, we look forward to supporting their efforts, and all that they will bring home to city hall to improve people’s lives. Read more:

The next generation of healthcare workers is preparing for their careers today. Not all roles in the industry require a four-year degree - with the right training, young people can get started today on their future careers. That’s why Bloomberg Philanthropies has helped to create 13 new healthcare-focused high schools in 9 states. Through partnerships with local healthcare systems, public schools and post-secondary institutions, students have access to specialized classes, work-based learning at hospitals, and the opportunity to earn credentials and certifications. It was great to bring principals, teachers, healthcare leaders, employers and administrators together from these schools in New York this week to learn from each other.

There may be an “i” in bike, but there’s certainly no “i” in team. For this year’s Intern Day of Service, @Bloomberg and @BloombergDotOrg interns from New York and New Jersey came together at @ArmoryNYC, in partnership with @bikenewyork, to accomplish one goal: help more kids and families experience the joy and opportunity that come with riding a bike. 480 bikes later, these interns proved what can happen when a team gets their wheels turning and builds something bigger than themselves. Happy Intern Day of Service! 🚲

For two unforgettable weeks, one of Paris's oldest bridges became something entirely new. Created by artist @JRart, “La Caverne du Pont Neuf” welcomed more than half a million visitors, celebrated the legacy of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and demonstrated the power of temporary public art to transform how we experience our cities. Look back at the installation by the numbers and continue to experience it virtually on @bbgconnects:

300,000 people die from drowning every year, roughly 30 people every day, but most of these deaths are preventable. Our partners in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Uganda, the U.S. and Viet Nam are supporting evidence-based drowning prevention efforts including supervision for children, survival swimming lessons, lifeguarding at public beaches, fencing around high-risk ponds, and stronger data collection. This #WorldDrowningPreventionDay#, let’s unite to turn the tide. Learn more:

What if getting eyeglasses were as easy as visiting your local post office? Supported in part by the @BloombergDotOrg Vision Initiative, our partner @visionspring is helping make that a reality by training @IndiaPostOffice workers to provide vision screenings and affordable eyeglasses in their communities. By bringing vision care closer to where people live, this work is expanding access for millions—helping more people stay in school, earn a living, remain independent, and see a brighter future:

Today, a community of hundreds of mayors strong spans the globe—building city halls with strength equal to their residents’ needs. 10 years, 447 mayors, and more than 3,000 municipal officials later, that is what the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative—and all of our Government Innovation work—is about: multiplying what local government is capable of. In @TIME, @CityOfBoise @boisemayor and @CityCharleston Mayor William Cogswell, together, on what they carried home:

The healthiest cities don't just respond to public health challenges—they work to prevent them. #Cities4Health# Supported by @BloombergDotOrg in partnership with @WHO and @VitalStrat, the Partnership for Healthy Cities is helping cities around the world put proven public health policies into action—preventing disease, protecting residents, and building healthier, safer communities.

How can leaders stay grounded in their values and judgement and handle public scrutiny in this live media environment? Loved this question from @Harvard @Kennedy_School Professor Dr. Kimberlyn Leary at the @BHcityleaders Initiative, where we celebrated the class of 2027 Mayors Program and reflected on the initiative’s decade of impact. Over 447 mayors and over 3,000 senior municipal officials have participated.

As a new class of medical students begins its journey, we're continuing to invest in a future where doctors can build careers shaped by purpose and impact. Our investment of more than $700 million in historically Black medical schools has strengthened the endowments of the nation’s four historically Black medical schools and reduced the debt of nearly 1,900 future doctors. This has opened doors for physicians like Dr. Jarvis Garner, who now provides emergency medical care to patients who need it most.

As our teams at @BloombergDotOrg and the Bloomberg @CenterforCities @Harvard welcome our tenth class of @BHCityLeaders—46 mayors from 15 countries who together lead over 22 million residents—I spoke with @BostonGlobe’s @EugeneScott on what a decade of @MikeBloomberg’s investing in local government has proven—and why the next one matters, and starts now:

447 mayors. 3,000 municipal officials. 10 years. Today, the 10th class joins their ranks: meet the newest mayors of the @BHcityleaders - a decade of insight behind them, and our team with the Bloomberg @CenterforCities @Harvard beside them. From @CityofDetroit to @cityofdayton and @Muni_Indep to @ville_gatineau, these mayors will carry lessons from the classroom home to city hall—and make them count for the people they serve:

Inspired by the curving form of a serpentine, the @SerpentineUK's 2026 Pavilion, ‘a serpentine,’ is the first Summer Pavilion to use brick as its primary material, celebrating the English garden tradition. @MikeBloomberg and @PattiHarris joined co-hosts @salmahayek, @AlfonsoCuaron, and Alejandro González Iñárritu alongside Serpentine CEO @bettina_korek and Artistic Director @HUObrist to celebrate the LANZA atelier-designed installation at last night’s Serpentine Summer Party. Discover more about the pavilion on the free @bbgconnects guide.

🔴Join us LIVE as @PattiHarris, @MayorofLondon, @Teresaribera, @Gina_McCarthy, @simonstiell & more discuss how cities and states are playing an increasingly influential role advancing global climate and energy priorities at the Local Climate Action Summit.

🔴 LIVE NOW: The @EarthshotPrize Finalists & Winners are joining global leaders in climate, business, philanthropy, & the public sector at the Earthshot Prize Impact Assembly to scale the impact of innovative environmental solutions.

Jemma Read, Global Head of Corporate Philanthropy at @Bloomberg, shared how we'll help scale ideas from the next generation of leaders along with our non-profit partners in 2023 in our latest Q&A: