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New York Foundation's New Installment of “In Their Own Words” Focuses on Mekong NYC

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02/06/2019
In this installment of In Their Own Words, we sit down with Chhaya Chhoum, executive director of Mekong NYC. The organization aims to improve the quality of life of the Southeast Asian community in the Bronx and throughout New York City by achieving...
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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity: Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health

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02/06/2019
Funding is now available through a New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) Request for Proposals (RFP): Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans' Health.
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Weinberg Foundation Partners with Major Donors in Groundbreaking $25M National Initiative to Increase Mobility from Poverty

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02/04/2019
A pioneering $25 million, four-year initiative to spur the development of new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around social and economic mobility...

Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to Invest $50 Million on Social Impact Data

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01/29/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth will invest $50 million over five years to build the field of data science for social impact, starting with a $20-million investment in DataKind.

New Survey from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Shows Increases in African American Curators and Women in Leadership Roles

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01/29/2019
The survey documented that among repeat participants who are AAMD members, the percentage of curators who are African-American has doubled—from 2 percent in 2015 to 4 percent in 2018—an increase of 21 positions.
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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have discovered a genetic biomarker that is associated with age-related macular...
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Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'

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01/29/2019
The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program called Mapping Nearby Galaxies...
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