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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, Sigma Theta Tau International Partner on New Global Health Initiatives

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05/29/2014

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (Jonas Center) today announced a partnership with the preeminent nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), to co-fund doctoral nursing students and establish new educational...

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Toya Williford Joins the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City as Director of Programs and Policy

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05/29/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that the Foundation’s Program Director Toya Williford will be joining the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City as the Director of Programs and Policy, starting June 9.

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Brooklyn Community Foundation names Tynesha McHarris Director of Community Leadership

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05/29/2014

Tynesha McHarris will be joining the Brooklyn Community Foundation next week in a new position as Director of Community Leadership. Tynesha has been working with the Foundation since January on Brooklyn Insights, overseeing Neighborhood Dialogues...

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Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy

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05/29/2014

The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...

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Who's Been the Biggest Superstar in the Fight for Health Reform?

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05/28/2014

[Atlantic Philanthropies] A few foundations stand out as heroes in the saga of health reform. Remember when Atlantic Philanthropies bravely committed $27 million to help win passage of the Affordable Care Act? Or when the Robert Wood Johnson...

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Commonwealth Fund Unveils New Website and Logo

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05/27/2014

Commonwealth Fund's new site layout and more sophisticated search function make finding publications, charts, interactives, infographics, and videos on a broad array of health topics simple.

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Leadership for Education Innovation

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05/24/2014

[Carnegie Corporation of New York] Michele Cahill authors Education Week piece: "Looking to implications for the country, the question is, What will it take to do this at scale? As someone involved in the New York City work and in high school reform...

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Brooklyn Museum Receives $5 Million From Leon Levy Foundation

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05/24/2014

The Brooklyn Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an endowment for the position of museum director.

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Arts

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Teagle Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Two New Higher Education Initiatives

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05/24/2014

The Teagle Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling more than $2.1 million through two new programs.

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Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World: A Response

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05/23/2014

[Ford Foundation] - President Darren Walker: Strategic philanthropy too often minimizes or ignores complexity because it is difficult to understand and predict.