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Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

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03/20/2019
Kristen Woolf has joined EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs. In this role, Kristen will oversee all of EMpower’s grantmaking work and programmatic activity in fifteen countries, and will contribute significant...

Building on #MeToo, Foundations Look to Change Workplaces in the U.S. and Around the World

Release Date: 
03/19/2019
Feeling safe at work is not something many people, especially women, can take for granted—a fact strongly tied to men’s tendency to mistreat women in many cultures. Women’s safety at work in the U.S. and around the world is the initial focus of a...

Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative Welcomes 35 Career Coaches From Indiana for its First Convening Governor’s Coaching Corps

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03/19/2019
Skillful Indiana, a Markle Foundation initiative, today welcomed 35 exceptional career coaches from across Indiana for the first convening of the Skillful Governor’s Coaching Corps, an 8-month training and leadership development program. The program...
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Workforce Development
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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

If Elite Colleges Want to Address the College Admissions Bribery Scandal — Accept More Low- and Middle-Income Strivers

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03/18/2019
The admission scandal is a stain on the reputation of our top universities. If these institutions want to change their admission policies, they should double down on their outreach to Strivers. I am referring to America’s Strivers — the talented and...
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Education
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Edwin Gould Foundation | EGF Accelerator

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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Science
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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