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JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research

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04/29/2015

... Backs New Childhood Obesity Research Contrary to popular belief, more healthy kids’ meals were ordered ... a regional restaurant chain added more healthy options to its kids’ menu and removed soda and fries,...

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$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies

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07/17/2015

$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies The ... fellows, graduate students and staff in ARHU and the University Libraries...

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Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life

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09/03/2015

Newman's Own Strives to Improve Military Quality of Life General Martin E. ... Pentagon today, as awards totaling $200,000 were presented to six non-profit organizations for their innovative programs ... with...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region

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09/25/2015

... of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists report evidence that a particular part ... When you hit the shower there was a sequence of things to do: wash here, then wash there,...

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State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations: Milbank Memorial Fund Support

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10/19/2015

A new report, “State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care ... Markets and Consumer Welfare, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, draws on evidence from the literature...

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Newman's Own Supports Volunteerism Event This Weekend

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10/21/2015

... of Light, the nation's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, and Newman’s Own®, Inc. Thousands ... participate in planned projects, from cleaning parks to working with local animal rescues...

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JPB Foundation-Funded Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices

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11/04/2015

... Research Examines Children’s Menu Choices To parents of picky eaters across the country, the idea that ... in restaurants might seem like a pipe dream. But according to new research published today in the...

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Land Rights: From Awareness to Action; Ford Recognized For Long Support of Sustainable Development

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12/14/2015

Land Rights: From Awareness to Action; Ford Recognized For Long Support of Sustainable ... the importance of local land and resource rights to safeguard tropical forests on indigenous lands as an ... issues is...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Scholarship on America’s Immigration History, including Interactive Graphics

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12/17/2015

... plans for his massive wall along the Mexican border, the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab created ...

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Carnegie, Helmsley-funded Report: Fewer than 1 in 7 Community College Students Get Bachelor’s Degree

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01/19/2016

... Low-income students who transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges are less likely to get a degree than their wealthier peers, a new report ... College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund

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02/01/2016

... Says Commonwealth Fund At the end of 2015, Princeton University economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton published a ... decline.1 The authors largely attribute this reversal to rising rates of drug poisonings,...

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

... Eighty-five-year-old Luis Cajigas doesn't need much to keep him happy. Cajigas, known as "el gallo," or the ... by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University 's...

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Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)

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02/23/2016

... the most obese country in the world. In a purported effort to combat the problem, the country implemented a ... supporters claim, is working. A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger...

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Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB Foundation)

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02/26/2016

Study: Metabolism Protein Found to Also Regulate Feeding Behavior in the Brain (JPB ... by scientists. However, new research from The Rockefeller University reveals an important new component of the system .....

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Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts

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05/16/2016

... but few, it turns out, follow through. Instead, according to research by the Bridgespan Group, a philanthropic consultant, they tend to fall back on proven recipients like universities, ... one in a company...

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Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology

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06/07/2016

Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology Today Film ... Held during the LA Film Festival, Fast Track is designed to help producer-director teams...

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Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

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08/08/2016

... by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence About 9 in 10 young adults say they ... GenForward is a survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the...

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Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations

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09/09/2016

Rockefeller Foundation and New York City Join Forces to Fund Internships at Cultural Organizations The New York ... Department of Cultural Affairs is beginning an initiative to improve diversity at major New York...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... Could Cost 3 Million Jobs Congress has another reason not to roll back Obamacare too quickly: New research suggests ... Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University 's Milken...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits ... for eye problems have mild conditions, and recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care. The national study, led by...

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