Ford Foundation Webcast: Inclusive Growth in Cities Campaign
Release Date:
03/28/2016
The Ford Foundation is hosting a live webcast Tuesday, March 29, marking the launch of its Inclusive Growth in Cities campaign.
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Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
Art Peck, Gap Inc. CEO & John B. King, U.S. Secretary of Education, write about the benefit of hiring young folks and the value of work experience.
Mellon Foundation Awards Guggenheim $3M Endowment For Conservation
Release Date:
03/25/2016
The Guggenheim Museum’s conservation department has received a $3 million challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its conservation efforts. The grant will endow a position of deputy director and chief conservator and a new...
Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Release Date:
03/25/2016
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction, is gaining backing from a wide array of donors.
UHF: A New Arena For Reducing Antibiotic Misuse: Outpatient Care
Release Date:
03/25/2016
Antibiotic resistance related to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics has emerged as a growing public health concern, with at least 2 million people infected with resistant bacteria each year. That’s why United Hospital Fund (UHF) has launched the...
NYS Health Foundation Report: Hospital Mergers Lead to Higher Prices in NY
Release Date:
03/25/2016
Hospital mergers in New York typically result in higher prices, with little improvement in quality, according to a new Manhattan Institute report, sponsored by the New York State Health Foundation.
Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough
Release Date:
03/24/2016
How can we defeat complacency in protecting nuclear materials? First, we must have a culture committed to continuous improvement, says Carnegie in a series of articles about issues related to the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., on...
Josiah Macy Foundation Supports New Education & Training Programs to Foster Compassionate, Collaborative Healthcare
Release Date:
03/24/2016
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare announced the launch of two comprehensive educational offerings informed by the compassionate, collaborative care - "The Triple C" - framework, a new interdisciplinary model focused on improving...
Rockefeller Family Fund Divests from Fossil Fuels and Exxon
Release Date:
03/24/2016
In a letter posted on its website, the Rockefeller Family Fund announced that it would divest from fossil fuels “as quickly as possible,” eliminating its holdings in ExxonMobil Corp., which it called “morally reprehensible.”
JPMorgan Report: Good, Growing Middle-Skill Jobs Exclude Women
Release Date:
03/24/2016
Women account for only a third of positions in growing, middle-skill jobs that pay at least $35,000 or as much as $102,000 per year, according to a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), supported by JPMorgan.
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