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David Rubenstein Donates $10 Million to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Giant Panda Program

Inspired by the launch of the Smithsonian Campaign for Our Shared Future last Friday, David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, has pledged $10 million toward the ...
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Smithsonian Associates Presents “A Panda Story: Celebrating Giant Pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo with David M. Rubenstein”

Smithsonian Associates presents a conversation with David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, philanthropist and former member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, and Brandie Smith, the ...
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The National Zoo’s panda program is ending after more than 50 years as China looks elsewhere

(CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of Chinese ...
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National Zoo’s panda program ending after more than 50 years as China looks elsewhere

Three giant pandas — Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their youngest cub, Xiao Qi Ji — departed from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, heading back to China.Their departure marks ...
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The National Zoo’s panda program is ending after more than 50 years

Zoo Atlanta's panda habitat cost $7 million to build ahead of the bears' arrival in 1999, and assuming the bears leave at the end of their contracted stay, it will now stand empty. Plans for the ...