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Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum

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09/28/2016

... Museum announces the appointment of Camille Ann Brewer as the museum’s first full-time curator of contemporary textile art. This new curatorial position is supported by a $...

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

Making Kids Into “Makers” The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop ... classroom settings, students do not spend a lot of time honing their problem-solving skills or considering ... to...

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Name-Dropping: Donors Get Tired. Models Do, Too

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09/28/2017

... of names for their campaigns. Karen Gleason, senior director at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), always ... question: Could the way the names were picked be failing? As a test, the...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Report Finds That Civic Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains

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10/31/2017

... Tech Struggles with Sustainable Funding Despite Gains A new report has found that while civic tech is a growth ... landscape. The newer work is a closer examination of “why startups in the field are struggling...

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Arcus Foundation, Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count

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04/27/2018

... Casey Family Programs and Other Funders Support Voices of Youth Count New Chapin Hall brief shows LGBTQ youth who are homeless ... of homelessness,” said Bryan Samuels, executive ...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard ... been used inappropriately and without their knowledge. A new report from a team led by University...

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Towards an Equitable NYC Cultural Policy in 2017: What We Can Learn from Seattle and Nashville

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01/09/2017

... Nashville by Michele Kumi Baer, Program Associate, The New York Community Trust In case you haven’t heard, New York ... of cultural equity is “fairness in...

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UBS Announces $10 Million Commitment To Support College Success

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06/20/2014

... $10 million, five-year commitment on Friday to establish a new education platform for improving college success among ... populations. Commencing in three markets — New York , New...

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UBS Financial Services Inc.

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Laurie M. Tisch Elected Co-Chair of Whitney Museum Board of Trustees

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07/01/2015

... of trustees has elected Laurie M. Tisch and Neil G. Bluhm as co-chairs and Richard M. DeMartini as president. All three will begin their new positions this week on July 1...

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Studio Museum in Harlem Unveils Design for Expansion

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07/06/2015

... whose ambitions have long been checked by the limitations of its 1914 building, will construct a new $122 million home designed by the British architect David ... Powell Jr. Boulevard, are to be announced...

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An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table (Ford Foundation)

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02/22/2016

... Foundation) One afternoon in late January, prominent New York restaurateurs, including Danny Meyer and Tom Colicchio, ... pledging to do away with tipping at his restaurants, as a means to...

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NYS Health Foundation on the Learning and Listening That Lead to a Multi-Funder Collaboration

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06/30/2016

... last week on United States v. Texas leaves millions of immigrants at potential risk for deportation and leaves many of them shut out of health coverage. For the New ...

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Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, Communities

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03/16/2017

Bank of America to Spur Economic Gains For Low-Income Families, ... skills required to compete for middle-class jobs. As part of a broad effort to connect low-income residents to new...

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As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities

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09/12/2017

As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes ... intent of President Donald Trump’s news conference in New York last month— the one in which he made his ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library

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09/14/2017

... $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library Last year, the New York Public Library released plans for a total renovation of ... new branch at 40th Street, which will reopen in...

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Amazon Inks Office Space Deal on Manhattan’s Far West Side

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09/22/2017

... West Side of Manhattan and create more than 2,000 jobs in New York City. The retail giant signed a 15-year lease to take ... located at 450 W. 33rd St., which Brookfield has rebranded...

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De Blasio Pledged Progress for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow.

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09/26/2017

... for Schools. For $582 Million, Change Is Slow. Even as New York City’s schools opened their doors for the new ...

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