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Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States

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03/13/2017

A conservation group has created maps identifying key landscapes in the Pacific Northwest most likely to sustain native species amid climate change, and is distributing money to protect private lands through use-limiting easements or outright...

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13 Mar 2017

The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia

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Islamophobia is escalating rapidly across the country, fueling fear, discrimination and hate crimes against Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities. In recent months, we have borne witness to a growing number of hostile acts including vandalism,...

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Doris Duke Supports Research That Discovered New T-Cell Subtype

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02/07/2017

A distinguished subset of T cells that combine with other defence cells to expostulate inflammation in marginal tissues has been found in dungeon samples taken from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Doris Duke Launches Land Trust Climate Initiative

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01/24/2017

These days, to be a conservation funder is to be a climate change funder. At least that ought to be the case. Because how do you conserve a wetland that’s drying up? How do you protect a dwindling species when it’s fled from its changing habitat?

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Supported by Doris Duke, The New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Program Design Changes

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01/09/2017

The New England Foundation for the Arts announced a series of program design changes to the National Dance Project. These design changes are supported in part by a two-year renewed grant of $3,629,400 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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Doris Duke Supports Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project

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12/20/2016

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, launches the Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project (LLCVP).

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Community Garden at Doris Duke’s Former NJ Estate Donates Tons of Organic Produce

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11/21/2016

Duke Farms, the 2,700-acre former estate of globe-trotting philanthropist Doris Duke, is one of the largest preserved properties in the state of New Jersey.

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Mellon and Doris Duke Foundations Back New Report Highlighting 20 Years of NEFA’s National Dance Project

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11/18/2016

The New England Foundation for the Arts released a comprehensive evaluation of the National Dance Project- backed by Mellon & Doris Duke Foundations -and new research about current needs of the dance field.

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Doris Duke Supports Projects That Expand Awareness of Muslim Arts And Culture

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10/24/2016

Four individual organizations and one consortium will receive between $125,000-$335,000 each in funding.

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Howard Gilman, Laurie M. Tisch, Doris Duke and Mellon Fund Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ Latest Project

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10/18/2016

Brooklyn Youth Chorus’ latest project, Silent Voices, harnesses the power of young people to be instruments of change, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized by social, cultural or religious circumstances.

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Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees

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09/20/2016

The grant will allow the Bessies to give cash awards to nominees for three years.

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With Support From Doris Duke, WRI Aims to Scale Restoration to Deliver Environmental and Financial Returns

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09/08/2016

Despite plenty of political momentum for forest restoration, only about 17% of funding needs are met each year with very little of that coming from the private sector.

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Doris Duke Supports Research on Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

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09/07/2016

A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease.

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Doris Duke Environmental Program Director Comments on Global Poo Menace

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08/08/2016

When ivermectin knocks down the population of dung beetles in a cattle field, an extra 312 pounds of dung can pile up on every acre every year.

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Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley

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08/03/2016

Preserving the ecosystems in the Hudson Valley is critical for the entire state.

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Doris Duke Grant Makes Community-Centered Production of 'Dreamgirls' Possible

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08/02/2016

This project – as part of a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grant – was intended to mostly involve non-professional community members.

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Ten PNY Members Sign NYTimes Ad Calling for Dialogue, Promoting #ReasonsForHope

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08/01/2016

The recent killings of people and police officers in communities across the country have stirred feelings of discord and despair, and left Americans wondering how we'll find a way forward.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Names 17 Recipients of 2016 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/22/2016

The program provides funding to physician-scientists who are one to five years into their first faculty appointment to support their transitions to independent research careers.

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

In a study of nearly 500,000 individuals in 22 countries, researchers could not find any evidence that these programs had an impact on changing individual behavior.

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