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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 Portrayal of Science The ... "Embrace of the Serpent," already up for the Academy Award in the Foreign-Language Film...

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NY Women's Foundation, Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees

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03/02/2016

NY Women's Foundation , Pfizer Among "Above & Beyond" Honorees" City & ... Ana Oliveira, President and CE0, New York Women's Foundation , will be honored. The New York Women’s .....

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

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04/07/2016

... 20,000 New York City public-school students given access to $10 ‘Hamilton’ tickets through a nearly $1.5 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of...

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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 ... to one of the more than 600 seniors who participate in the program... Supported by Weinberg...

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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

... A recent proposal is challenging that definition as policymakers look for ways to curb the effects of growing student debt. The ... Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), would allow borrowers who work in...

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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 science is exploding in popular entertainment – and a TV series, "Science Goes to the Movies," feeds the growing...

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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 ... It takes a well-trained eye to spot an irregular heartbeat in the peaks and valleys of an...

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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 ... Our modern society runs on software. But the tools we use to build software are buckling under increased demand. Nearly ...

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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 ... documentary "When Two Worlds Collide," which opens in New York on Wednesday and in select U.S. cities and 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

... Foundations Create Authentic Relationships That are Key to Achieving Equitable Philanthropy Philanthropy typically ... length. It is for the funded nonprofit organization to touch, engage, and understand...

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

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09/30/2016

... by JPB Foundation , Scientists Identify Neurons Devoted to Social Memory Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to ... a new study from MIT neuroscientists. These cells, found in...

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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 ... that consumption levels of sugary drinks are closely tied to their automatic inclusion in “combo meal” packages...

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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 ... out your wealth, roll up your sleeves, and get involved in building alternatives which don’t start from the same ... on building a system that...

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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 ... artist Mark Leckey and the largest exhibition of his work to date. Since coming to prominence in...

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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 ...

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Wallace Foundation Supports a Transgender Story Told Through Opera

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11/11/2016

... Told Through Opera This fall, Seattleites can hear opera in a Central-District venue that once housed performances by ... location isn't the only new thing about Seattle Opera's As One,which will be...

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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 ... of the genes that controls this pathway, PTEN (...

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Century Foundation Fellow Comments on Trump Policy for Student Loan Forgiveness

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12/14/2016

... Having unexpectedly found itself handing off the baton to a Republican administration in January, the U.S. Department of Education is racing to ... But few of the department's remaining...

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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 Life scientists keen to share their findings online before peer review are spoilt ... section on arXiv too. But other sites have sprouted up...

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