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William T. Grant Foundation

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Chief Of 100 Resilient Cities, A Rockefeller Funded Program, On How Cities Can Tackle Climate Change

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07/25/2017

... Nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York to devastating effect, America’s most populated city is ... and a city-wide strategy — is looking ahead to how best to cope with the next...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants

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11/01/2017

Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants ... “ microcollege ” will be free for students, and aims to attract talented low-income...

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Mellon Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Sloan Digital Sky Survey Will Map The Entire Sky

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11/20/2017

... survey for a next wave of discovery, anticipated to start in 2020. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has been one ... grassroots governance. The Sloan Foundation is proud to be a core supporter of SDSS-V."...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

... in the U.S. will have obesity at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ... model that provides the most accurate predictions to date of obesity prevalence at various ages...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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

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01/09/2018

Supported by The Mayday Fund , Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better ... structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like ... that the...

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New Report Funded by JPB Foundation says u.S. Cities Can save Billions with Green, Resilient Design

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02/08/2018

... the cost of making significant adjustments and investments to add new, green infrastructure (the report puts the cost of ...

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Community Development

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser ... of Washington have for the first time developed a method to safely...

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Technology

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

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04/18/2018

... a $550,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support a two-year project focused on the implications of ... for energy and the environment. The project is designed to create a multidisciplinary body...

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Study Funded by The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Shows No Early Dementia in 21 Past NHL, NFL Players

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08/09/2018

... players. The new research adds important information to the body of knowledge about the cognitive and behavioral ... (CTE). The comprehensive, case-control study is believed to be the first age-matched athlete...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

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Health

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Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

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10/25/2018

... Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a $3.5 million grant to seven Chicago area music organizations...

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Arts

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... boys develop better relationships with teachers, according to new research. The exercises also sharply reduce their risk ... black and Latino students and other groups. According to the US Government...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

... send out flight calls that may lure other nearby birds to their death. “Nocturnal flight calls likely evolved to facilitate collective decision-making among birds during ... this same social behavior may now...

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Animal Welfare

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

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05/03/2019

Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease To model ... Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... University, and with chemists at Northwestern University, to investigate the microbial and chemical dynamics of mold ... pointing out that, "certain [microbes] are harmful to health and can release...

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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06/20/2019

... W. Mellon Foundation Elon University has been selected to participate in a collaborative, community-based humanities ... engagement initiative launched by the Bringing Theory to Practice project. A multi-...

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Civic Engagement

Community Development

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Mellon Foundation

Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

... and genome mining. Scientists used this knowledge to help solve the X-ray crystal structure of the enzyme that ... say. “Obafluorin has a novel structure compared to all FDA-approved antibiotics,” says Timothy...

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Health

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Study Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety

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09/26/2019

... well as your risk of being injured on the job, according to new research from the University of Washington. The analysis takes a comprehensive approach to show that the overall pattern of employment conditions...

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Workforce Development

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Impact of ACA on New York's Insurance Markets

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10/18/2016

United Hospital Fund Report Examines Impact of ACA on New York's Insurance ... York health plans dropped by more than $1 billion compared to 2013, according to a new report from the United...

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Health

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Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp

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05/14/2019

... the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships, in a nonvertebrate animal: ... human deductive powers, a form of logical reasoning used...

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