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Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database

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01/09/2018

... grant from the Mellon Foundation. ''Enslaved' brings new digital tools and analytical approaches to the study of ... Walter Hawthorne, professor and chair of MSU' s Department of History...

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound that activates only that receptor, a ... opioids.” The work was done in cell cultures in Roth’ s lab, and in the future researchers...

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Research Funded By The Russell Sage Foundation Shows Why Paid Family Leave Laws Could Hurt SNF Census

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01/11/2018

... in California led to a significant decline in the state’ s skilled nursing population, according to a new study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management ... admit that number appears small, they note...

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Nina C. Robbins Chosen to Lead F.Y. Eye, Inc.

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01/19/2018

... entrepreneur has been chosen to lead the organization’ s efforts to communicate important social service messages to ... network of over one hundred screens throughout the City’ s five boroughs, offering...

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NYCT's Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and Possibility of the ‘Black Panther’ Moment

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03/06/2018

NYCT' s Patricia Swann and Kerry Mccarthy Write About the Power and ... moment in cultural history for African Americans, and it’ s easy to see why. It’ s more than just a movie; it’...

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The New York Community Trust

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Bloomberg's Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World

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03/14/2018

Bloomberg' s Latest Move to Fight Big Tobacco Around the World We’ve ... of Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), a new global watchdog that will monitor tobacco industry ... since 2008 for...

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Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For

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03/30/2018

... in order to share preliminary findings on the program’ s results in the midst of the effort to keep it alive. “You ... for youth involved with the juvenile justice system. New York City has seen a 53 percent...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Publishes Results of Largest Survey of American Mayors

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04/05/2018

... survey of mayors to date. The survey reveals that America' s mayors increasingly feel on the hook for addressing major ... time, more mayors say that their relationship with the new administration has...

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Community Development

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Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health

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04/24/2018

... to fund arts programs focused on mental health issues in New York City. The new initiative is an open-ended commitment ... improve the lives of those with dementia and Alzheimer’ s disease,...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

... Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be ... Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor in the UW’ s Paul G. Allen School of Computer...

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ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center

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05/10/2018

... are victims of cruelty or neglect. The ASPCA opened this new permanent facility following the success of a four-year behavioral rehabilitation pilot program in New Jersey, where more than 300 dogs suffering...

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Commonwealth Funded Study Shows Impacts State-based Individual Mandates Would Have in 2019

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07/25/2018

... mandates. Massachusetts implemented its mandate in 2006. New Jersey, Vermont, and the District of Columbia passed ... and DC were not included in the Commonwealth Fund’ s list of states with individual...

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Dr. Cassie Schwerner Selected as Next Executive Director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

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08/23/2018

... Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility It' s with joy and sadness that Schott announces that our friend, ... Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility in New York City. The...

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Mike Bloomberg Visits Gary, Ind. for a Conversation about Community Building through the Arts

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10/09/2018

... of Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Mayor of New York City (2002-2013), at “ArtHouse: A Social ... engagement. “Cities across the country are exploring new ways to foster community and create jobs...

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Latest Installation of OSF’s Annual Moving Walls Series Depicts Migrants ‘As They’d Rather Be Seen’

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10/09/2018

Latest Installation of OSF’ s Annual Moving Walls Series Depicts Migrants ‘As They’d ... them as burdens on society or victims of oppression. A new photo show, Another Way Home, offers a different ... migration...

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Funder Group Support Development of Financial Counseling as Free Public Service for Low-Income Residents

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10/18/2018

... Financial Empowerment Centers for their residents. Nine new local governments (Atlanta, GA; Aurora, IL; Baltimore, ... Empowerment Centers for their residents. First piloted in New York City under Mayor...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group Announce Joint Project to Increase Economic Mobility in Local Communities

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11/15/2018

... Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today a new $12 million project that will help communities analyze ... Harris, CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies. "Through this new partnership, we will follow...

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Philanthropic Assistants & Coordinators Network (PACNET): Quarterly Meeting

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8:30am to 10:30am

... and resources among peers in a confidential setting. It’ s a new year and with that comes New Year’ s resolutions! Join fellow PACNET members for a structured ...

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces National Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector

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02/07/2019

... Awards to 16 Arts Organizations Leading the Arts Sector NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2019 – The Doris Duke Charitable ... leadership are equally distributed across our country’ s amazing tapestry of communities,” said...

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