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Hyde and Watson Foundation Supports New Green Roof at New Jersey School

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04/21/2017

... at New Jersey School Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA) is a buzz with activities this spring involving their K ... and their new Green Roof that boasts spectacular views of the New York City skyline. The Green...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate

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05/03/2017

... warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm temperatures in ... to extreme temperature exposures in the same reefs over time...

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W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth

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05/03/2017

... on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, behavior and ... positive outcomes: On days when adolescents spent more time...

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Children, Youth and Families

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NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State

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07/13/2017

NYS Health Foundation Releases Snapshot of Veterans and Health in New York State Who are New York ... Foundation (NYSHealth) seeks to answer in a new snapshot of the State's veteran population. NYSHealth has...

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Russell Sage Foundation to Publish Book on Home Health Care Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing?

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08/29/2017

... Work: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing? Do you know who is going to care for you when you are old and frail? By ... If you live in rural America, you may already have a hard time finding somebody to look after...

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Workforce Development

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Opinion: Harvey, the Storm That Humans Helped Cause

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08/30/2017

... a year unlike any before. The daily surface temperature of the Gulf of Mexico last winter never dropped below 73 degrees. You can ... how many previous times that had happened: Zero. This sort of...

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Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School

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08/31/2017

Compromise Reached in Boycott of Native American School A dispute over who should lead an ... Native American children has been resolved, just in time for the start of classes next week. The...

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Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

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08/31/2017

... Crisis It’s not an understatement to say that every time we think it can’t possibly get more expensive to live ... homelessness and essentially every other indicator of housing stress are at the highest level...

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F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics

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08/31/2017

... dangerous stem cell clinics on Monday, while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval for companies and ... F.D.A. will not allow deceitful actors to take advantage of vulnerable patients by...

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Opinion: Nonprofits Have a Big Stake in Overtime-Rules Debate

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09/05/2017

... can to show how their interests are in line with those of mission-focused organizations. They hope that halo effect will tilt the scales in their favor. At the same time , worker-rights groups presume that...

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LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There's an Effort to Change That

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09/06/2017

... obituary in The New York Times, which avoids any mention of his sexual orientation. There are copies of FBI documents from the mid-20th century, which, in coded ... partner, Walter Naegle, detailing how, in...

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Commonwealth Fund: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

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09/11/2017

... to keep their insurance markets afloat in the face of the Trump administration’s continued indecision over ... Care Act (ACA) cost-sharing reduction (CSR) plans. And time is running out. . ...

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The Back-of-the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy

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09/12/2017

The Back- of -the-Envelope Guide to Communications Strategy In an ... playbook that takes weeks to write. You don’t have time for that, and you have to work with a lot of moving pieces that are...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins Jim and Marilyn Simons to Dedicate Flatiron Institute

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09/14/2017

... new Flatiron Institute, an intramural research division of the Simons Foundation that tackles big datasets — and ... New York City headquarters, the Flatiron Institute is an interdisciplinary research...

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Science

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Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

... Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy is much different today from what it once was back when films ... the Right Thing highlighted the neighborhood. In the midst of gentrification, the area’s...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... a new contract that includes raises. But, for the first time , it also requires contributions toward their health ... for the cash-strapped school district. The Buffalo Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-...

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A Baseline for Success: Creating Sustainable PPPs

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09/22/2017

... the political and partnership landscape may evolve over time and to update the PPP model, transfer ownership, or ...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

... gained coverage, bringing our uninsured rate to an all- time low of just six percent. Through this law, millions of New Yorkers have been able to enroll in high quality ...

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Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

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09/27/2017

... to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from Silicon Valley’s ... largest financial gift in the history of the museum, which is owned by the...

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