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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

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08/28/2017
While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional goals—a new science building, teacher training, diversifying the ranks of science majors, and...
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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control

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08/28/2017
Efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles soon may get a boost from a team of Princeton University researchers and a socially responsible gaming company that are seeking to use virtual reality to help improve systems to discover and monitor nuclear...
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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Supports Exhibition of Contemporary Women Abstractionists

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08/25/2017
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has provided support for an exhibition at the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University titled Unfamiliar Again: Contemporary Women Abstractionists featuring the work of seven artists who hail from across...
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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families

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08/25/2017
Sheltering Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening of its newest center during a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on the campus of Barack and Michelle Obama Academy (formerly D.H. Stanton...
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Ford Report Finds that Boards of NYC Museums Lack Diversity

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08/24/2017
Although they operate in a sprawling megalopolis that prides itself on its racial and ethnic diversity, many of New York City's arts and cultural organizations have boards that are predominantly white, a New York Times report funded by Ford...
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