Doris Duke Earmarks $2M to Address Climate Change in Hudson Valley
Release Date:
08/03/2016
... been working to preserve land for decades, but a new grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is earmarked for ...
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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights
Release Date:
08/12/2016
... energy expenditure when flying over long distances. It’ s a behavior known as thermal soaring that requires complex ... the turbulent environment of a rising column of warm air from the sun baked surface of...
Ford and Open Society Foundations Comment on the Legacy of Lynching, On Death Row
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... legal representation to every inmate on the state’ s death row. Over the decades, it has handled hundreds of capital cases, and has spared 125 offenders from execution. In recent years, Stevenson has also...
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... don’t show symptoms when infected with Zika, aside from a fever or rash. Increased incidence of Guillain-Barré ...
Commonwealth Fund Exec Comments on Obamacare Marketplace Pressures
Release Date:
08/22/2016
... Recent decisions by giant health insurers to pull back from Obamacare exchanges across the country could make this fall’ s enrollment period crucial to the program that has helped ...
Rockefeller Foundation's Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water Resilience
Release Date:
08/26/2016
Rockefeller Foundation' s Boltz: Take a Fluid Approach to Build Fresh Water ... to divert water to places it is not meant to go, or away from areas to which it naturally flows... Rockefeller Foundation...
New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... Trust Salk Institute scientists, supported by grants from many organizations including The Leona M. and Harry B. ...
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Sickest Americans Are Paying More for Care, Getting Less
Release Date:
08/31/2016
... Despite that higher spending, however, a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund finds that those with the ...
Century Foundation Report Maps the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage on Food Insecurity
Release Date:
09/01/2016
... than $40,000 per year, consistent access to food is far from a given. Food is a necessary expense, of course, but compared to housing and utilities, it’ s a flexible one. On average, food comprises between 13...
Mellon Foundation Supports Festival That Will Show Sneak Preview of PBS "Hamilton" Documentary
Release Date:
09/06/2016
... for the Humanities, will host a sneak preview of "Hamilton' s America," a documentary film that delves into the life ... Hamilton and the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda' s Pulitzer Prize and...
Citi Named Finalist for U.S. Chamber Foundation 2016 Corporate Citizenship Awards
Release Date:
09/14/2016
Citi Named Finalist for U. S . Chamber Foundation 2016 Corporate Citizenship Awards ... are willing to pay more for products and services from companies that are perceived as good corporate citizens. ... cities by...
Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
09/22/2016
... 40 percent of those students complete a bachelor' s degree in four years and 60 percent in six, according to a ... Academy of Arts and Sciences and funded with $2.2 million from the Carnegie Corporation...
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... support of the first cohort of scientists. Awards ranging from $600,000 to $1.8 million, including indirect costs, will ...
Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... with the method already being used to treat conditions from epilepsy to depression. But what really happens when ...
Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’ s Farmers As a first-of-its-kind human-digital platform, ... transformation. The competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, the...
Zegar Family Foundation Supports 'Sunday in the Park' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal at City Center
Release Date:
10/04/2016
... performances of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine' s Sunday in the Park with George, October 24 through 26. ... McGill and is grateful for additional support from the Zegar Family Foundation... Zegar...
2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease
Release Date:
10/05/2016
2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’ s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease Japanese ... human beings, which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat dementia disorders to how we...
NY Community Trust's Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering Stereotypes and College Prep
Release Date:
10/06/2016
NY Community Trust' s Shawn Morehead Featured in Podcast on Countering ... about this more recent initiative along with the Trust' s long-standing work with immigrant communities. We also ... discuss her...
2016 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
Release Date:
10/07/2016
... expert 32-member Selection committee chose the finalists from a pool of 11 semifinalists following an intensive ...
Difficulties Accessing Medical Records Will Soon Be Outdated, Says Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
10/21/2016
... records for fear of malpractice, and to protect patients from bad news, but that’ s changing as medical culture embraces more transparency and ... and not all of the information — such as physician’ s...