Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election
Release Date:
11/11/2016
Since the election of Donald J. Trump, a series of racially motivated episodes have occurred at schools and colleges across the United States.
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State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided
Release Date:
11/11/2016
Sea-level rise projections meant to help state agencies and planners develop resilient structures in the future are delayed and will likely not be in place until the end of March, despite a January 2016 deadline.
Simons Foundation Supports Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’s Journey Out of a Cell’s Nucleus
Release Date:
11/10/2016
Cells secure DNA within their nuclei like a secret code stashed in a vault. However, the tightly controlled borders of the nucleus create a challenge: In order for the cell to produce essential proteins, messages derived from DNA must somehow escape...
Dyson Foundation Contributes to Longform Nonfiction Work
Release Date:
11/10/2016
I have good news for all of the journalism purists out there. Funders continue to see the value of deep and transformative investigative work in an age of 140 characters.
Century Foundation Policy Associate Comments on Trump's Effect on Higher Education Reforms
Release Date:
11/10/2016
Donald Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton Tuesday night places eight years of higher education reform under President Obama in doubt, raising questions about the direction of policies governing financial aid and for-profit colleges.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Scientists Probing Underground Depths Of Earth’s Carbon Cycle
Release Date:
11/10/2016
Understanding how carbon dissolves in water at the molecular level under extreme conditions is critical to understanding the Earth’s deep carbon cycle–a process that ultimately influences global climate change.
Russell Sage Foundation's Journal of the Social Sciences Connects Research and Policy to Improve Educational Equity
Release Date:
11/09/2016
Better communication about how educational research can impact public policy may improve educational equity, according to a new paper from Rice University.
For Noyes Foundation, Fixing Food Means Racial and Economic Justice
Release Date:
11/09/2016
For the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, a better food system is about equity as much as it is sustainability. It's working to help marginalized communities lead the way to a better system.
Supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money it Needs
Release Date:
11/09/2016
Research shows that only 13 percent to 17 percent of the total annual funding needs for restoration and conservation are met — about $50 billion.
NPCC Announces Winners of 2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards
Release Date:
11/08/2016
The three winners are Jewish Board for Family and Children's Services, Neighbors Link and Per Scholas.
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