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Nupur Chaudhury Joins NYSHealth Foundation as Program Officer

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01/12/2017

... health, urban planning, and community organizing. Prior to joining NYSHealth, Ms. Chaudhury was the director of ... College, a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University , and a Master of Public...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Digitization Of 19th Century Navy Deck Logs

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01/29/2018

... even in the technological era. A grant recently awarded to the University of Washington will allow the digitization of ... from 1861 to 1879. Project funding was awarded to...

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James Rothkopf Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

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03/12/2018

James Rothkopf Elected to Board of Directors of FJC – A Foundation of ... — including CFO at the American Friends of Hebrew University , CFO of Hadassah, CFO of UJA Federation of New ... Rothkopf received his M.B.A...

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Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List

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03/21/2022

... York’s 57th governor, making history as the first woman to hold the state’s highest office. In November, 31 women ... Tillett set out to study business at Clark Atlanta University . But she...

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28 Feb 2023

Examining the Shameful History of Black Voter Disenfranchisement - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP

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3:00pm to 4:00pm

... Civic Participation (FCCP), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a ... Constitutional and African-American History at the University of New Orleans, Dr...

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Julia Metro Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation as Development and Marketing Associate

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12/03/2012

... of Cultural Affairs. Metro is a graduate of New York University , where she studied Art History and French, and ...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods New York City's Green Cart initiative has increased access to healthy food in otherwise underserved high-density and .....

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Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane Crash

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06/13/2014

... 1989 until 2010, and served on the board of Rockefeller University until 2006... Richard Rockefeller Killed in Plane ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients

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11/05/2014

Research to Prevent Blindness Funds New Smartphone Application to Detect Vision Problems in Young Patients University at Buffalo researchers — including an ...

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Foundation Center Appoints Two New Board Members

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12/03/2014

... has elected Marieke van Schaik and Melissa Berman to its Board of Trustees. Their three-year terms of service ... She received a degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam. Melissa...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety

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03/23/2015

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety The University of New England (UNE) has recently received a major ... at expanding its interprofessional team-based curriculum to...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research ... Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received a Research ...

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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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