Bloomberg Backs 'Breathing Lights' Exhibit to Draw Attention to Vacant Buildings
Release Date:
09/30/2016
A public art installation called Breathing Lights is aiming to draw attention to vacant buildings in the Capital Region.
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Wallace Foundation Study Looks at Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Voluntary summer-learning programs can help narrow academic achievement gaps between children from low-income families and those from high-income families, a report from the Wallace Foundation and the RAND Corporation finds.
Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Cells in the hippocampus store memories of acquaintances, a new study reports.
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Today, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation issued a series of recommendations for leaders of nursing schools, primary care practices, and health systems on preparing registered nurses for enhanced roles in primary care.
Three Prominent Leaders Recognized By United Hospital Fund For Their Work To Improve Health And Health Care
Release Date:
09/29/2016
United Hospital Fund paid tribute to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, Scott B. Salmirs, and Herbert Pardes, MD,at its annual gala, acknowledging their important contributions to improving health and health care.
Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a pathway involved in harming rods and cones and have found a way to halt that damage.
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
The aim is to help "change the landscape" of American racial discourse by openly acknowledging a painful past, much as Germany has Holocaust memorials and South Africa a museum on its past state-sanctioned segregation - apartheid.
Century Foundation Report Criticizes Student Loan Guaranty Agencies
Release Date:
09/29/2016
A new report from the Century Foundation criticizes student loan guaranty agencies, arguing that they largely have abandoned their public missions.
Milbank Memorial Fund Partners with Yale to Study Why It's So Hard to Connect Health to Social Factors
Release Date:
09/29/2016
Yale University researchers conducted a study with the Milbank Memorial Fund to learn what the challenges were in implementing a more social services-oriented approach within health departments and across communities.
Andrus Family Fund's Peguro Praised in NCRP's Reflections on Resilience and Community Building
Release Date:
09/28/2016
Leticia Peguero, Executive Director of the Andrus Family Fund, urged confrerence attendees to embrace a hashtag call to action: #hayotraforma (#thereisanotherway).
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