▁production ▁and ▁consumption . ▁ ▁Other ▁such ▁Academy - led ▁public - private ▁partners hips ▁have ▁included ▁the ▁S ack ler ▁Institute ▁for ▁N ut r ition ▁Science , ▁a ▁global ▁effort ▁to ▁dev ise ▁and ▁catal y ze ▁inter vent ions ▁that ▁can ▁help ▁the ▁ 2 ▁billion ▁people ▁on ▁the ▁planet ▁suffering ▁from ▁under - ▁and ▁over - nut r ition ▁and ▁land mark ▁initi atives ▁in ▁ne uro de gener ative ▁dise ases ▁such ▁as ▁Al z heimer ' s ▁D ise ase , ▁in ▁smart ▁and ▁sust ain able ▁cities , ▁and ▁in ▁innov ation ▁policy . ▁ ▁Sure ly ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁insp iring ▁of ▁all ▁new ▁initi atives ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ▁under ▁Mr . ▁Rub in stein ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁Global ▁S TE M ▁Alliance . ▁Begin ning ▁with ▁a ▁novel ▁New ▁York - based ▁pilot ▁program ▁in ▁S TE M ▁education ▁involving ▁thousands ▁of ▁children ▁and ▁science ▁teachers ▁in ▁the ▁city ' s ▁most ▁unders erved ▁areas , ▁this ▁effort ▁was ▁first ▁recognized ▁by ▁a ▁multi - mill ion ▁doll ar ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁to ▁enable ▁the ▁Academy ▁and ▁the ▁State ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁rep licate ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁pilot ▁in ▁ 6 ▁cities . ▁This ▁has ▁spread ▁to ▁other ▁American ▁cities ▁and ▁even ▁to ▁Barcelona , ▁Spain , ▁Malays ia ▁and ▁E cuador . ▁But ▁with ▁the ▁ever - in cre asing ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁Academy ' s ▁S TE M ▁initi atives ▁clear , ▁a ▁transform ational ▁approach ▁to ▁insp