Estée Lauder’s Breast Cancer Campaign Links NYSE Bell, Empire State Building to $15M Research Grant

Empire State Building event photos: Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust. Empire State Building illumination The Empire State Building shone pink on October 1. William P. Lauder, chair of ELC’s board, and Elizabeth Hurley, global ambassador for its Breast Cancer Campaign, took part in the lighting ceremony.

Miranda McKeon, Bridget Bahl and Katie Thurston, who have publicly shared their experiences with breast cancer, also attended. NYSE opening bell on October 5 Four days later, Lauder and Stéphane de La Faverie, ELC’s president and chief executive officer, rang the NYSE opening bell in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The images below document the exchange event, not the earlier Empire State Building ceremony. NYSE event photos: Getty Images for NYSE. The five-year research commitment Announced on September 23, the foundation’s $15 million grant establishes BCRF’s Global Research Initiative on Breast Cancer in Younger Women.

Scientists across institutions and countries will study the biology of early-onset disease to inform work on risk prediction, prevention, early detection and treatment. ELC cited an estimate that only 0.6% of breast-cancer research funding…