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Edited Stem Cells Offer Hope of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/03/2016

... of Precision Therapy for Blindness (Doris Duke, Research to Prevent Blindness) A team of University of Iowa and Columbia University Medical ... (XLRP), Alexander Bassuk and Vinit Mahajan led a team...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Case Study: Designing More Affordable and Effective Health Care (Commonwealth Fund)

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02/09/2016

... study is part of ongoing research by The Commonwealth Fund to track how health systems are transforming care delivery, particularly to meet the needs of high-need, high-cost patients and other ... launched its...

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27 Jul 2016

Planning a Meeting? The Do’s and Don’ts - Webinar

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Missed the webinar? View recording here . (You will need to register to view the recording) Do you ever wonder who ... webinar, where Philanthropy New York's Learning Services team will...

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New York Foundation Welcomes Altaf Rahamatulla as Program Officer

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08/04/2017

... This week New York Foundation welcomed Altaf Rahamatulla to the New York Foundation program team . We couldn’t be more excited. Mr. Rahamatulla comes ... associate on the Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice...

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New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger

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01/22/2018

... same financial dilemma: pay rent or buy food for dinner. A team of researchers from the University of Houston and Temple ... food insecurity, the lack of availability or access to healthy food, is one of the...

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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 ... at The University of Texas at Austin, a research team in UT Austin's Cockrell School of...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Research on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy

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04/18/2018

... a $550,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support a two-year project focused on the implications of ... for energy and the environment. The project is designed to create a multidisciplinary body...

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Weinberg Foundation Announces Darius Graham as New Program Director

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06/20/2018

... strategy for Baltimore, working across sectors to effectively implement that strategy, and developing ... Foundation's impact. He will also work with other program team members (representing the...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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United Hospital Fund Releases Report With Observations from New York City’s Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Initiative

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07/12/2018

... percentage of families at several practices were found to have one or more social needs, among them poor housing, maternal depression, exposure to violence, and child behavioral concerns. All these factors,...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... Under High Humidity Conditions." Stephens partnered with a team of microbial ecologists from the University of Chicago, ... University, and with chemists at Northwestern University, to investigate the...

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The Wallace Foundation Names Bronwyn Bevan as New Director of Research

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07/31/2019

... Director of Research, Bevan will contribute significantly to the design of initiatives in the foundation’s program ... areas of work and, as a member of the senior management team , share responsibility for...

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Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award

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09/20/2019

... Clinical Scientist Development Award A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more ... pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional team led by researchers at...

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Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak Receives Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts

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12/16/2019

... Recieves Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts A new grant has ... also called CURB, says every spring and fall he and his team test water samples from 16...

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Finding the Right Balance: Thoughts on Advocacy and Direct Service Funding from Ashley Blanchard

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07/09/2010

... 10th, Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion to help funders consider how to strike their own balance ... and advocacy. Ann Beeson and Mimi Corcoran of the Open Society...

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15 Aug 2018

Erasing Representation: The Implications of the Census Citizenship Question on Reapportionment & Redistricting - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... are represented Presenters Evan Bacalao , Program Officer, Open Society...

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31 Oct 2018

Funding Our Future – the ABCs of Early Care and Education Financing in New York

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... 1 in 5) under the age of 6 live in poverty. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, expanding access to ... or without cost, but they are nonetheless critical if U.S. society is to...

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Laura Washington Joins Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Director of Communications

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04/14/2015

... and experienced professionals. She knows what it takes to create a communication’s function from scratch, having done so at the New-York Historical Society .” Washington has more than two decades of public .....

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Eighteen Cultural Institutions Receive Support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

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05/07/2015

... are: American Museum of Natural History; Asia Society ; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Carnegie Hall; Cooper ... Center; The New York Botanical Garden; New York Historical Society ; The New York Public Library;...

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Rita Allen Foundation Announces 2018 Award in Pain Scholars

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03/07/2018

... work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain. The Scholars, nominated by the American Pain Society , will receive grants of $50,000 annually for a ... In 2018...

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