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Richard Correia Named as Surdna Foundation’s Assistant Controller

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10/14/2013

... replaces Justine Koch, who departed this past April to join the Leon Levy Foundation . "We are thrilled to have ... locating venture investors. Correia holds a B.A. from the University...

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Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng Elected as Board Chair

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06/23/2014

Paula Moreno To Join Ford Foundation Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng ... in Ghana and came to the U.S. in 1977 to study at Wesleyan University and went on to...

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PNY Board Member Kenneth T. Monteiro Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Ford Foundation

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09/08/2014

... Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel. Prior to joining the Foundation in 1995, Monteiro was an Associate ... Mr. Monteiro earned his law degree from Boston University School of Law and received his B...

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Rockefeller's Rodin Honored for Urban Development Work

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10/16/2014

... an institution who has demonstrated a longtime commitment to the creation of communities that prosper by providing a ... in the revival of the neighborhood surrounding the University of Pennsylvania while...

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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 Center researchers have corrected a ...

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John A. Hartford Foundation’s Berman to be Honored, Give Commencement Address at Quinnipiac U.

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05/20/2016

John A. Hartford Foundation’s Berman to be Honored, Give Commencement Address at Quinnipiac U. Amy ... an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Quinnipiac University at the school's Commencement ceremony...

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Jonas Center Supports Global Health Nursing in the Dominican Republic

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02/03/2017

... the Dominican Republic Medical Partnership and the University of Missouri in their efforts to expand a successful grassroots hypertension screening and ... support six Jonas Global Nurse Fellows from the...

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Mellon Mays Fellow Discusses New Book About an Enslaved Woman’s Escape from Nation's First President

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03/08/2017

... Professor of Black American Studies and History at the University of Delaware. Since 2011, she has also served as ... the Philadelphia home of the nation’s first president to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where...

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Simons Foundation Sponsors "The Eternal Sky," A Short Film about Building the Simons Observatory

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03/09/2017

... no water, and not much oxygen. It’s the perfect place to figure out how the universe began. That is the scene set ... construction of the new Simons Observatory, located next to several other research...

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Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors

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04/12/2017

... edge of digital media, in both analytics and content, to help guide MDIF’s investments in independent news ... currently teaches a course on media disruption at Stanford University and was Adjunct Professor of...

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The Forum Welcomes Jay Hutchins as Associate Director of Policy and Communications

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04/24/2017

... Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers is pleased to welcome Jay Hutchins to the Forum team as our Associate ... Science and Public Administration from Winston-Salem State University...

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With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity

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04/25/2017

... Gender may be the earliest identity and social category to emerge in development, research suggests, and acquiring ... identity. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Washington and is...

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Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life Seeks Proposals for Investigator Awards

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07/10/2017

... Awards Established by the Simons Foundation to advance knowledge of the processes that led to the emergence of life, the Simons Collaboration on the ... and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college...

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Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times

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11/02/2017

... year ago, the actress and playwright Jocelyn Bioh decided to write a play about African characters — a searing play, ... even though Ms. Bioh has a master’s degree from Columbia University and spent a year on...

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

... a Better Opioid For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and ... structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created...

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Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

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05/27/2019

... study, published May 27 in Nature Genetics , is the first to functionally link such mutations to the neurodevelopmental ... York City and a professor of computer science at Princeton University...

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Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs and Melinda Abrams Promoted to Senior Vice President

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07/16/2019

Elizabeth J. Fowler to Join the Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for ... Minnesota. Fowler earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins ... School...

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Next Antibiotic May Come From Dirt Bacteria, Work Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Finds

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08/02/2019

... and genome mining. Scientists used this knowledge to help solve the X-ray crystal structure of the enzyme that ... Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. “In the...

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Kimberly Walker Appointed as First Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Arabella Advisors

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03/11/2020

... firm’s DEI strategy, coordinating efforts across teams to reach its DEI goals, and strengthening the capacity of ... and is currently completing a Ph.D. program at Antioch University focused on leadership and...

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