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'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for Portrayal of Science

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01/29/2016

'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for ... cash award. . . 'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins Sloan Foundation Prize at Sundance for...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants 'Hamilton' Tix to Bronx Theatre High School Students

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04/07/2016

... and Wisdom From Its Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” spent a ... a nearly $1.5 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to the Gilder Lehrman Institute ...

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Supported by Weinberg Foundation, Program Designed to Help Seniors Wins Award

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07/21/2016

Supported by Weinberg Foundation , Program Designed to Help Seniors Wins Award ... for Seniors) was selected for a 2016 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award. TIPS recently provided ... who...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt Forgiveness

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07/22/2016

Century Foundation President Comments on New Proposal Offering Debt ... What makes you a public servant? For the purposes of the federal student loan program, 10 years working for the ... to have a certain share...

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Sloan Foundation Funds New App and TV Series Focusing on Science

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07/27/2016

Sloan Foundation Funds New App and TV Series Focusing on Science ... real-life counterparts to the science embedded in today’ s films and TV shows. Faith Salie (NPR and CBS Sunday ... conversations about movies...

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Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data Mining

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08/01/2016

Simons Foundation Gives $1.5M to Explore New Approaches to Data ... to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an electrocardiogram. The same goes for identifying an ... data and work things out...

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Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code

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08/11/2016

Ford Foundation Paper Cited in Wired Article on the Future of Open Source Code Our modern society runs on software. But ... up the digital infrastructure of our society today... Ford ...

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Technology

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Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon

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08/17/2016

Ford Foundation Supports Film About the Epic Clash Over the Amazon ... which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U. S . cities and the United Kingdom in September, tells with ... gripping immediacy the...

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Novo, Ford Foundations Create Authentic Relationships That are Key to Achieving Equitable Philanthropy

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09/06/2016

... Philanthropy Philanthropy typically stands at arm’ s length. It is for the funded nonprofit organization to ... understand. Courtney E. Martin, a journalist and author of several books, including Do It Anyway...

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Supported by JPB Foundation, Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory

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09/30/2016

Supported by JPB Foundation , Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social ... have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT ... store “social memories”...

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NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals

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10/17/2016

NYSHealth Foundation Supports Study on Childhood Obesity and Fast-Food Combo Meals A new survey of children’ s and teenagers’ eating habits at fast-food restaurants ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Ford Foundation's Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged

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10/20/2016

Ford Foundation ' s Darren Walker Writes About the Privilege of Being Privileged If people are concerned about privilege, ... of the stuff in the first place. Problem solved...

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Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist's MoMA Exhibition

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10/24/2016

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Funds British Artist' s MoMA Exhibition MoMA PS1 will present the first comprehensive U. S . survey of the pioneering British...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic

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10/26/2016

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Contributes to NJ Initiative to Address Opioid Epidemic NJTV, New Jersey’ s public television network, announced an open call for original poetry about the impacts of...

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Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera

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11/11/2016

Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera ... the location isn't the only new thing about Seattle Opera' s As One,which will be presented in the historic Washington ... a chamber...

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Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism

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11/15/2016

Supported by Simons Foundation , Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring ... In Autism Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmental factors. One piece of...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan ... the baton to a Republican administration in January, the U. S . Department of Education is racing to finish a slate ...

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Simons Foundation Backs Central Site for Life-Sciences Preprints

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02/13/2017

Simons Foundation Backs Central Site for Life-Sciences Preprints ... arXiv — life sciences has a fast-growing roster of venues for preprints. There’ s the biology-focused bioRxiv, and a biology...

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Open Society Foundations Hosts Panel on Public Health in a Populist Moment

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04/10/2017

... Public Health in a Populist Moment What does the election of President Donald Trump—and the rise of right-wing populism around the globe—mean for public ... over access to health care and the skyrocketing cost...

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