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Longtime Carnegie Associate Awarded Top Mathematics Medal

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08/14/2014

Phillip A. Griffiths, Professor of Mathematics and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and a longtime associate of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has received the Chern Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious...

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More Technology Investment Needed To Boost Outcomes of Social Change Groups

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07/25/2014

If foundations want social change groups to have more impact, they need to step up investments that will help them make better use of technology, writes Geraldine Mannion, of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, along with three co-authors, in an...

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William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy

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07/23/2014

Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...

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Carnegie "Opportunity by Design" Schools To Help Immigrant Students

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07/17/2014

Two new high schools will open in 2015 in Prince George’s County, Md., as part of Carnegie Corporation of New York's Opportunity by Design initiative, an effort to assist immigrant students who often struggle to keep up academically with their peers.

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans, but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced 125 years ago when Andrew Carnegie, whose money endowed Carnegie Corporation of New York, wrote an essay encouraging other...

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Carnegie Corporation Offers July 4th Salute To Immigrants Who Make America Strong

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07/02/2014

This Fourth of July, as it has for every year since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, its board and staff, are celebrating naturalized citizens whose contributions have helped to make our nation vibrant and strong.

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Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards

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06/30/2014

Under a program funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Donna Tartt won an award for fiction and Doris Kearns Goodwin won for nonfiction.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Grants Totaling $20 Million

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06/26/2014

Carnegie Corporation of New York approved grants totaling $20,017,000 at its most recent board meeting earlier in June.

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Scholars Selected for African Diaspora Program

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06/25/2014

A group of 33 African Diaspora scholars have been selected to collaborate with higher education institutions in Africa on curriculum co-development, research, graduate teaching, training and mentoring activities, as part of a fellowship funded by...

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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

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06/06/2014

Interviewed for a Harvard Business School podcast, Carnegie Corporation of New York's co-Chief Investment Officers Kim Lew and Meredith Jenkins discuss how they got into foundation investing and explain why the field makes sense for parents seeking...

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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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Hillary Rodham Clinton to Address Philanthropists on Women and Girls Issues

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05/05/2014

In conversation with Robin Roberts, Sec. Clinton will discuss the No Ceilings initiative, gender and LGBT issues, international economic development and other topics. Philanthropy New York’s 35th Annual Meeting also features Anu Bhagwati, Farhana...

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LaVerne Evans Srinivasan named Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management at Carnegie Corporation

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03/25/2014

LaVerne Evans Srinivasan, an expert on employing talent strategies to strengthen urban education, has joined Carnegie Corporation of New York as Program Director for Teaching and Human Capital Management. Srinivasan will oversee the Corporation’s...

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Anne Tatlock and Janet Robinson to Join Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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03/12/2014

Investment strategist Anne Tatlock, best known for having been one of the most successful female executives on Wall Street, has been named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees. The first woman to be named president and CEO of...

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Science Studies Get a Big Boost

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03/10/2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted several foundation efforts to support education in science, technology, engineering and math, including initiatives from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable...

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Judy Woodruff and Jared Cohon to Join the Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees

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12/11/2013

Journalist Judy Woodruff, co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour, and civil engineer Jared L. Cohon, President Emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, have been named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees.

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How Philanthropy and Nonprofits Responded to the Government Shutdown

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10/18/2013

There was no one right way to respond to the crisis in Washington, but many different ways for philanthropy to take active and constructive roles fortifying our democracy.

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Carnegie UK Trust Announces 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy Honorees

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09/24/2013

The Medals of Philanthropy are awarded every two years to families and individuals around the world who, like Andrew Carnegie, have dedicated their private wealth to the public good. (Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian is...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards $52.3 Million in Grants

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09/28/2013

The third-quarter grants were awarded across all areas of Carnegie's grantmaking portfolio.

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