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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

... enrolled in the lowest quality programs, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the ... for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University . “If every child could be in a...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... attention for mental health issues—may now need to shift, says Donovan Maust, the geriatric psychiatrist who led the analysis. “We need to pay special attention to polypharmacy, or multiple...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... in short, is much more likely than a poor white one to live in a neighborhood where many other families are poor, ... is stark in most major metropolitan areas, according to new data analyzed by Rutgers...

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Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box'

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08/14/2015

Twenty-Seven Foundation Executives Call for President Obama to 'Ban the Box' This week, in Wilmington, North Carolina, ... Social Justice described his journey from incarceration to decent employment. In...

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Poll: Americans Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change, Even Republicans

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10/23/2015

... highest level in four years of surveys conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. The biggest shocker is what's .....

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Wallace Foundation Funds Research to Evaluate Public-Private Model in Buffalo Schools

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11/03/2015

Wallace Foundation Funds Research to Evaluate Public-Private Model in Buffalo Schools In its ... years of offering college scholarships and other services to students in the Buffalo Public Schools, Say Yes has...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia

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11/17/2015

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Study Dementia The Atlantic Philanthropies, which will ... of its work on aging populations: a $177 million grant to create a new institute to study...

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Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center

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02/01/2016

Tow Foundation Gives $25M to Barnard for Tech Center Through his foundation, the ... predecessor company is donating $25 million to Barnard College, which the Columbia University affiliate will...

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Bloomberg, Others Give Hopkins $125M for Cancer Research that Helped Jimmy Carter

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03/30/2016

... other philanthropists announced $125 million in donations to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute focused solely on the therapy ... philanthropist and former New York mayor, has agreed to...

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Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows

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04/08/2016

... (including three joint fellowships) were awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists representing fifty ... affiliation or hold an adjunct or part-time position at a university . As in past years, the Leon...

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People Who Made Scranton Great - Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

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04/14/2016

... in assets and more than $100 million in grants distributed to nonprofits annually. Millions of that funding have gone to dozens of local institutions, including the University of Scranton,...

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Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

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04/18/2016

Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit Food Tank, in partnership with American University , is hosting the 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit in ... and more. Food Tank recently had the...

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Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending

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04/19/2016

Peterson Center on Healthcare Supports New Initiative to Forecast Trends in U.S. Healthcare Spending The Peterson ... Healthcare announced an innovative new initiative designed to identify past drivers of U.S...

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Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective

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05/03/2016

... changing sexual behavior and reducing HIV risk, according to a new Stanford University School of Medicine study. Since 2004, the U.S. ... supported local initiatives that encourage men and women to...

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Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes

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05/17/2016

... that’s not only because of a misunderstanding, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers ... The majority of those differences also were due to the decision maker holding fundamentally different...

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Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain

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07/13/2016

... pain as readily as healthy older adults, and this may lead to delays and underreporting of pain. This alteration in pain ... that people with Alzheimer’s disease and pain tend to be undermedicated and suffer...

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

... Climate Investments The Rockefeller Foundation is aiming to connect social entrepreneurs with capital to finance an array of ventures aimed at mitigating or ... investing, outlined the effort in an interview...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

... for diabetes, depression and caregivers are too difficult to use, especially by underserved populations. Some of the ... most popular mHealth apps are basically useless, according to a new study out of the...

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Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism

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08/10/2016

... Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism Investigators eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have ... of promising new leads thanks to a study by Princeton...

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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

... Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights Migratory birds often use warm, rising atmospheric currents to gain height with little energy expenditure when flying ... unknown until...

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