E ▁( S cience ▁of ▁A ging ▁Know ledge ▁Environment ), ▁creating ▁a ▁community ▁of ▁investig ators ▁purs uing ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁ag ing . ▁ ▁And ▁he ▁negoti ated ▁the ▁first ▁national ▁license ▁to ▁be ▁paid ▁for ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁government ▁for ▁access ▁to ▁Western ▁content . ▁ ▁The ▁service ▁later ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁Chinese ▁investig ators . ▁ ▁CE O ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁Since ▁joining ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 - year - old ▁New ▁York ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Mr . ▁Rub in stein ▁has ▁quad ru ple d ▁the ▁Academy ' s ▁reven ues ▁by ▁developing ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁novel ▁initi atives ▁that ▁address ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁planet ' s ▁grand ▁challeng es . ▁ ▁Most ▁recently , ▁the ▁former ▁Secretary ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Nations , ▁Ban ▁Ki - M oon ▁asked ▁Mr . ▁Rub in stein ▁to ▁util ize ▁the ▁Academy ' s ▁extraordinary ▁private ▁sector ▁network ▁of ▁exper ts ▁to ▁catal y ze ▁innov ative ▁partners hips ▁that ▁would ▁advance ▁the ▁Global ▁Go als ▁effort ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁every ▁nation ▁on ▁the ▁planet . ▁The ▁result ▁has ▁been ▁an ▁initi ative ▁eng aging ▁academic , ▁industry ▁and ▁government ▁leaders ▁who ▁have ▁been ▁prior it izing ▁high ▁potential ▁paths ▁to ▁address ▁the ▁challeng es ▁of ▁impro ving ▁Early ▁Child hood ▁Development , ▁address ing ▁urban ization ▁and ▁the ▁special ▁needs ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁crisis ▁and ▁impro ving ▁sust ain able