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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

What can microbes from space tell scientists on Earth? The world is about to find out as experts are currently analyzing fungi grown from microbe samples collected from the International Space Station (ISS).

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Carnegie Corporation Seeks Ideas to Reduce Nuclear Risks

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09/23/2016

Through the program, Carnegie will support projects aimed at generating innovative, solutions-oriented approaches that can be taken up by government and industry.

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RFPs Etc

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

Announced during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand women to benefit from and participate in Africa's economic growth through training programs and access to the region's coffee market.

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Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth

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09/23/2016

Tenured professor jobs are even harder to come by, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation program officer Andrew Bengochea said, and Latino students need more institutional and foundational support to persist, particularly in humanities disciplines.

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Education

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Three Questions With Darren Walker

Release Date:

09/23/2016

Ford Foundation president Darren Walker talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about what organizations like his can do to address inequality.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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How to Recruit Panelists for Your Next Program

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09/22/2016

Brian Byrd, program officer at the NY State Health Foundation, explains how he chose the panel for the PNY Program, "Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic."

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Diversity in Philanthropy: One Small Thing You Can Do

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09/22/2016

Our inaugural Public Policy Fellow, Stephanie Chrispin, now has more than a year of learning and activities under her belt, and our second Fellow, Shiza Pasha started her two-year tenure in August.

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PNY News

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Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge

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09/22/2016

Almost 90 percent of high school graduates spend some time in college, but only 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor's degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a new report about undergraduate education.

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

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09/22/2016

Report sets out opportunities and challenges for further expanding primary care model.

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Health

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Rockefeller Leads Initiative to Help Young People Without College Degrees Land First Job

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09/21/2016

Abigail Carlton, managing director at the Rockefeller Foundation, leads the U.S. Youth Employment Initiative, which aims to find jobs for young people with limited education and work experience.

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Workforce Development

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