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Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

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05/27/2019

... by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA Leveraging artificial intelligence techniques, ... with Robert Darnell. Troyanskaya is deputy director for genomics at the Flatiron...

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Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

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07/23/2019

Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust ... bills it as a new “center of gravity and crossroads” for criminal justice policy was set to launch Tuesday with a ... task forces that study and...

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

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08/02/2019

... Finds Understanding how antibiotic scaffolds construct in nature can help prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and ... the highly reactive beta-lactone ring that is responsible...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Largest-Ever Study of Coral Communities Unlocks Global Solution to Save Reefs, Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Vibrant Oceans Initiative

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08/12/2019

... identified where and how to save coral reef communities in the Indo-Pacific, according to an international group of ... by climate change and human impacts. Published today in the journal Nature Ecology and...

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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

... Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety The terms and conditions of ... overall pattern of employment conditions is important for health , beyond any...

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Workforce Development

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North Star Fund Welcomes Junie François Pswarayi as new Finance & Operations Director

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11/03/2022

... & Operations Director Brooklyn-born and Haitian bred in Brooklyn, NY — Junie brings 15 years of experience in finance, human resources and operations at for profit and non-profit...

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New Multi-Foundation Matching Fund Recognizes Public Transit’s Importance to Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

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09/17/2020

... the widening racial, gender and socio-economic disparities in how people are served (or not) by public services. Our ... role to play in amplifying community-based voices calling for reform...

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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

... New York's Insurance Markets October 18, 2016—Enrollment in individual health insurance coverage increased sharply in 2014, but overall net income for New York health plans dropped by...

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United Hospital Fund Report Finds Some 2.6 Million New Yorkers Face Hunger this Holiday Season

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12/15/2021

... NEW YORK, NY—December 15, 2021—The number of people in New York State experiencing food insecurity increased by ... as Federally Qualified Health Centers , screen patients for food insecurity and refer them to...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... to know exactly what causes these lower lifetime earnings. For displaced workers in Washington state during the Great Recession, earnings ... Michigan State University and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for...

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Economic Security

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HBO Acquires TV and Streaming Rights to Casey Family Programs and Hilton Foundation Funded Documentary Feature Foster

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08/23/2018

... recently had its world premiere at AFI Docs Film Festival in Washington, D.C., will debut on HBO in 2019. In the docu, ... effort to create more visibility, support, and resources for...

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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

Funding From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Helps Find First Evidence of Transitive Inference in Lowly Paper Wasp A new University of Michigan study ... in a nonvertebrate animal: the lowly...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

Release Date:

05/30/2019

... to healthy food, skipping meals or using money budgeted for groceries to pay other bills. With previous research ... or helped their access to food. "This is a problem in this community, but it's not...

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A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, Study Funded by Ford Foundation Finds

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07/22/2019

A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role, ... Academy of Sciences. "Our findings point to a new role for reactive oxygen species in the photosynthetic health...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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08 Jul 2021

Disaster Philanthropy and Native Americans: Practical Tips for Funding On and Off Reservations - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 2:00pm

This program is hosted by our partner, Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), who has extended an ... reality is true for those who live on reservations and in urban areas. And yet, Native...

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John A. Hartford Foundation and Commonwealth Fund Support Journalism Fellowships That Recognize Top 'Age Beat' Reporters

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10/20/2015

... Media (NAM) have selected 18 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its sixth year. They ... related to aging." The fellows...

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16 May 2018

Funding a Racially Just Food System - Funders Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 -

12:00pm to 2:00pm

... that kept many Southern black people on plantations— in some places until the late 1920s. Just a few decades ... from Mexico and other countries to labor in the fields for low wages. All of...

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Food Systems

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Organizations Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Improve Health

Release Date:

04/20/2018

... $3.3 trillion GDP would give it the fifth-largest economy in the world. It is also the world’s seventh-largest ... catastrophes. There may also be a business case for the health care industry to become more...

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New York State Health Foundation Funds Suicide Prevention Study in Four New York Counties

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06/17/2019

... State Health Foundation Funds Suicide Prevention Study in Four New York Counties Erie County is one of four New York ... counties. Then we'll examine each and identify key points for areas of intervention...

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