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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

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03/18/2019
Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...
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The Rockefeller Foundation Names Maria Santos Valentin as New General Counsel

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03/18/2019
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that Maria Santos Valentin has been named General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Foundation. Valentin comes to the foundation from the Soros Economic Development Fund – part of the Open Society...

Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers

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03/15/2019
Jukay Hsu is an enthusiastic Amazon backer. He wanted the company to build a big new campus in New York and participated in wooing it. He met with Amazon executives and appeared in a video pitch, and his tech-training program for disadvantaged New...

New Report from United Hospital Fund Finds Wrong choice in nursing home can cause ‘devastating consequences,’

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03/14/2019
Enhancing transparency and improving the planning process before hospital discharge are among recommendations in a new report on improving post-acute care transitions. “Pathways to Progress on Difficult Decisions in Post-Acute Care” by the United...
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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Launches Arts in Medicine Strategy at NYC Health + Hospitals, in Partnership With the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC

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03/13/2019
NYC Health+Hospital’s Arts in Medicine includes four new programs spanning about ten public hospitals, community health centers and long-term care facilities, and the expansion of several existing programs to additional facilities. The new programs...
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