The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself
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09/06/2017
Metropolitan Museum of Art is trying to right itself after several years of staff unrest, financial mismanagement and overreach.
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Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park
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09/06/2017
Much to his surprise, Sodi says the work was approved without trouble by the New York park authorities. “I even heard someone from the mayor’s office is coming to take a brick. That tells you something about the democratic and diverse nature of New...
With Trump Moving to End DACA, New York City Leaders Pledge Support for Students and Teachers
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09/06/2017
ust hours after the Trump White House announced on Tuesday that it would move to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants, New York City politicians, religious leaders and educators filled City Hall to pledge support for “Dreamers” who...
A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.
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09/06/2017
If Vice Chancellor Andrew Brown had been born a few years earlier, his schooling — and possibly his life — could have been very different.
BBH NY Launches EmojiMeals For No Kid Hungry
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09/06/2017
No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending childhood hunger, and BBH NY have launched a social media campaign that uses emojis to combat the issue of hunger nationally. The initiative raises awareness that one out of every six kids...
USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
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09/06/2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $12.6 million to support the training of 55 doctoral candidates and 52 postdoctoral scholars. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture...
Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Seeks Applicants for its 2018 Prize for Young Investigators
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09/06/2017
The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance will open for applications for its 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators on October 2. At least six New York City-area-based scientists will each be awarded $200,000/year.
Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?
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09/06/2017
On a sweltering morning in July, Sonny Perdue, the newly minted secretary of agriculture, strode across the stage of a convention hall here packed with 7,000 members of the School Nutrition Association, who had gathered for their annual conference.
Yes, It Can Be Done: A Philanthropist on Transforming Rural Communities Through the Arts
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09/06/2017
In 1998, the couple founded the Hunter, New York-based Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF), an organization committed to transforming rural communities through the arts. Over the next five years, the foundation plans to inject $20 million—in addition...
Stavros Niarchos & Leon Levy Foundations Supported Research Finds Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities in Children with Autistic Traits
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09/06/2017
Researchers in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine found structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism...
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