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Six City Workers Win Sloan Award for Outstanding Public Service

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06/02/2015

... Service Six city workers who have tackled everything from the taming the city’ s rat problem to creating more healthy school lunches have ...

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Former Bessemer Trust Board Chairman Dinny Phipps Remembered

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04/11/2016

... Dinny Phipps Remembered Danny Phipps, great-grandson of Henry Phipps, the partner of the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, died Wednesday night ... in 1907. Phipps was chairman of the board at...

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In WSJ, Commonwealth’s Blumenthal on Making Health Records Mobile

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06/29/2016

In WSJ, Commonwealth’ s Blumenthal on Making Health Records Mobile The digitization of our health-care system is well under way, but several ... data, so that records can follow patients as they go from...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications Opens

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07/05/2016

Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Postdoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications ... independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions...

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ASPCA Survey Finds Consumers Concerned About Farm Animal Welfare, but Confused by Food Labels

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08/12/2016

... by Food Labels Wandering the meat and dairy aisles of most grocery stores is a bit like sitting down to read a children’ s storybook. Gleaming red barns jut out of green rolling ... and...

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MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World's Problems

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08/23/2016

MasterCard Makes Fortune List of Businesses Confronting World 039 ; s Problems More businesses are taking on society’ s biggest ... chosen for this year...

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See Designs for the New Statue of Liberty Museum

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10/07/2016

See Designs for the New Statue of Liberty Museum The expansive museum planned for Liberty ... significantly smaller museum that sits inside Lady Liberty 039 ; s pedestal — will be a freestanding...

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Landlords Are Sitting on Empty Apartments in Affordable Buildings, says Official

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10/21/2016

... apartment buildings are challenging New Yorkers 039 ; chances of finding affordable housing at a time when they need it ... held a rally Tuesday to highlight how the abundance of empty lots...

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Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises

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11/02/2016

... Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will ... 2030. The growth rate — similar to the average increase of...

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Carnegie Corporation Seeking Research on Emerging Technology Threats to Nuclear Stability

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12/21/2016

... Threats to Nuclear Stability The Carnegie Corporation of New York has issued a call for proposals for research on ... nuclear and conventional modernization we are at the cusp of a new arms race, one that is...

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Dove's #MyBeautyMySay Campaign Rises to Top of the Viral Video Chart

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06/28/2016

Dove 039 ; s #MyBeautyMySay Campaign Rises to Top of the Viral Video Chart Dove 039 ; s latest video arguing against ... digital video. The Dove campaign...

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Casey Family Programs Backs Initiative Giving Kids a Camera — and a Voice

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04/03/2017

... Kids a Camera — and a Voice Put a camera in a child’ s hand, Shannen Keene figures, and the young photographer can ... the thinking behind Photovoice, an exhibit on display from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 12 at...

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Anu Bhagwati of Service Women's Action Network Joined the Marines and Faced Daily Harassment

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05/07/2014

Anu Bhagwati of Service Women 039 ; s Action Network Joined the Marines and ... with Women 039 ; s Action Network, a collective effort to heal from...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Service to Aggregate Life Sciences Preprints

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04/18/2017

... to Aggregate Life Sciences Preprints The proliferation of preprint servers has come to the attention of funders. Concerns have been raised regarding issues ... In February 2017, ASAPbio received a $1 million...

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NYU Uses $6 million Bloomberg Grant to help AGs fight Climate Rollback

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08/18/2017

... Rollback New York University is using a $6 million grant from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create a center ... attorneys general (AGs) target the Trump administration’ s climate policies. The grant will...

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Is One Drink OK For Pregnant Women? Around The Globe, The Answer Is No

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09/12/2017

... And, he says his answer is clear. "There is no safe level of alcohol use during pregnancy," Garry explains, citing guidance from the American Congress of Obstetricians &...

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N.Y., Pa., and Del. Move Toward Delaware River Frack Ban

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09/14/2017

... Wednesday to ban natural gas hydrofracking. Five members of the Delaware River Basin Commission voted 3-1 to come up ... abstained. The ban was supported by state representatives from New York, Pennsylvania,...

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Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit

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09/15/2017

Why Podcasting Might Be of Interest to Your Nonprofit The podcast medium has been ... currently 67 million monthly podcast listeners in the U. S ., up 21 percent from last year’ s...

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As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration

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09/19/2017

... Manhattan speaking at two events highlighting the issues of climate change and immigration, taking both opportunities ... address at the C40 cities gathering, with representatives from some of...

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