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Big Names, Big Funding: Why Are MIT and IBM Joining Forces on AI Research?

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09/14/2017

... seeing a lot of them crop up these days due in part to struggles for funding, with AI in particular driving some serious dollars to universities. The latest such agreement is between IBM and ... algorithms...

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IBM Joins With Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math

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09/14/2017

... Foundation, Ford Foundation, And Carnegie Corporation to Help Students Tackle Math Today, the IBM (NYSE: IBM) ... more than 1,000 teachers across dozens of US states – to provide elementary school teachers...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... digital, more concepts are rolling out these days intended to upend and disrupt conventional retail with an ultimate ... Co-founder and CEO Paul McDonald has now stated he wants to roll out 50 new...

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The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old

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09/20/2017

... Are Getting Old In the United States, we love to group people into generations. Today, most adult Americans ... focus groups, and one-on-one interviews with the goal “ to accurately capture and comprehend” how...

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Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

... about rising student debt levels, Congress passed a new law to give students a deal: Work in the public sector, for ... spiraling student loans, but as student debt has continued to skyrocket...

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Banking Against Urban Poverty, Inside JP Morgan Chase Philanthropy

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10/05/2017

... of giving—which often involved cutting lots of checks to local charities without asking many questions—is giving way to a more focused and strategic approach. Many businesses are ... ago. Lots of Bucks, Little...

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Community Development

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SVdP-USA Launches Disaster Services Corporation

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10/05/2017

... has launched Disaster Services Corporation, SVdP-USA to better respond to disasters such as those seen in recent weeks in Texas, ... its south-central region encompassing Texas, Louisiana, New...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... of health care. A few weeks ago, Senate Republicans failed to pass the Graham-Cassidy bill, one of many attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ... government in providing health care...

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With Support From The Rockefeller Foundation, NRDC Releases Report: What, Where and How Much Food Is Wasted in Cities

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10/25/2017

... in Cities Food is the largest component of what we send to landfills in the U.S., representing nearly 22% of disposed ... When we waste food, we not only add organic materials to landfills (where they generate...

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Wallace Foundation Commissioned Report Shows How ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning

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12/05/2017

... ESSA Supports Social-Emotional Learning Schools looking to implement social-emotional learning programs have several funding options available to them through the Every Student Succeeds Act, according ...

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JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years

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01/31/2018

JPMorgan Chase to Increase Its Philanthropic Investments to $1.75 Billion Over Five Years As corporate philanthropy ... has also been encouraged by the first few years of its new push to...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body New scientific research has revealed how a small part of the ... findings provide powerful evidence that the LVN is the key to animals' ability...

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Philip Li, President & CEO of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Joins the Board of Directors at GEO

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02/21/2018

... Joins the Board of Directors at GEO GEO is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to our board of directors: Daniel Lee, executive director ...

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)

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Research Co-Sponsored by The JPB Foundation Examines Quality of Abortion Care

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03/16/2018

... varies considerably depending on where they live, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, ... timely, efficient, and equitable according to well-established standards. Abortion-specific .....

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Freedom Together Foundation

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Group of NY Funders Support History-Making Performance Celebrating Black Choreographers

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03/30/2018

... 651 ARTS and RestorationART’s have collaborated to present a history-making presentation of Gesel Mason ... years, GMPP founder Gesel Mason has created a love letter to Black dance history through “No...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough

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04/03/2018

... Makes Water Purification Breakthrough The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural ... and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification...

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Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America

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04/17/2018

Mac Aids Fund Lends Its Support to Some of the Most Beautiful Moments in Angels in America ... man dying of AIDS, sits in front of a mirror dressed head to toe in drag, sparkling beneath the stage lights. Harper...

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MAC AIDS Fund, MAC Cosmetics

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Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates

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04/19/2018

Ford and Markle Foundations Support National Alliance To Increase College Graduation Rates Eleven large research ... have come together across state and conference lines to increase the rate at which students from...

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Open Society Foundations Announce Inaugural Soros Arts Fellows

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05/09/2018

... Arts Fellows The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the first recipients of the Soros Arts Fellowship, a new initiative to support innovative mid-career artists using art and...

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