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Rockefeller Foundation-Backed Executive Survey Finds Continued Bias No. 1 Reason Women Don't Make It To The Top

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06/08/2017

Continued cultural bias was cited as the top reason for the dearth of women CEOs.

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Gender Justice

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

Study uses computer vision algorithm to study Google Street View images for signs of urban change.

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children

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07/12/2017

The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings.

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Simons Foundation-Supported Research: New Map May Lead to Drug Development for Complex Brain Disorders

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07/25/2017

A study of protein interactions could be the first step to finding treatments that focus on problematic pathways, USC researcher says.

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

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08/04/2017

To bolster the 1968 Fair Housing Act, we need a new “economic fair housing act” to prohibit or discourage local ordinances that unnecessarily exclude people from entire neighborhoods and their schools.

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Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint

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08/08/2017

After more than a year of operation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the COHERENT experiment, using the world’s smallest neutrino detector, has found a big fingerprint of the elusive, electrically neutral particles that interact only weakly with...

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Commentary from The Century Foundation: Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics: No, It’s Not Just an Ambition Gap

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09/25/2017

The United States champions itself as a beacon of democracy, yet nearly a century after granting its women citizens the right to vote, it clocks in behind ninety-eight other countries with regard to women’s participation as representatives in...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

In lab experiments and animal models, UNC and NC State researchers designed synthetic beta cells to secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar.

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New York State Health Foundation Releases Snapshot: Success in the Empire State: Health Insurance Coverage Trends

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11/15/2017

The NYSHealth-produced data snapshot examines trends in insurance coverage in New York State before and after the major coverage expansions of the ACA were implemented.

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NYS Health Foundation Challenges Philanthropy to Do more to Fix our Flawed Health Care System

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01/12/2018

NYSHealth outlines some ways in which philanthropy can best empower health care consumers: by treating patients a partners and pushing for information transparency.

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Rita Allen Foundation Supported Research Details Consequences of Kansas’ Lifetime Property Tax Exemptions on Local School Districts

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03/02/2018

Deemed one of the top six journalism collaborations of 2017 by MediaShift, an investigation by Flatland (Kansas City public TV station KCPT’s digital magazine) and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting shed light on the consequences of...

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Schott Foundation Releases New Report, “Keeping Students First: Building Community Labor Partnerships for Strong Schools.”

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04/10/2018

This report is designed to support community and labor groups that are ready and willing to engage in meaningful relationship building and collaboration.

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation Grantee Develops New Crowd-Sourced Initiative in the Disability Field

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05/22/2018

Oath, the National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images are proud to announce The Disability Collection, a dedicated collection of images that break stereotypes and authentically portray people with disabilities in everyday life.

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Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation Funds Report Rethinking How Medicare Pays for Services

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07/13/2018

For more than two decades, experts have warned that Medicare relies far too heavily on recommendations submitted by the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) when setting payment amounts for different physicians...

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Funded by The Charles H. Revson Foundation, New York Library Lends Out Ties, Briefcases, Handbags for Job Interviews

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09/24/2018

Starting last month, a New York library branch began experimenting with new offerings: neckties, bow ties, handbags and briefcases intended for people with limited resources who are heading for job interviews, auditions or any other event for which...

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Simons Foundation-Funded Research Reveals That Bacteria in Giant Aquarium Mirror Natural Ocean Microbes

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11/07/2018

Researchers have discovered that the bacteria in the water in a large exhibit at Georgia Aquarium are similar to those that exist naturally in the ocean.

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With Support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Plans Underway to Preserve Blue Mountain Wildlife Refuge

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11/26/2018

The land, which runs along the Blue Mountain's Kittatinny Ridge, is being acquired from Pennsylvania American Water and will eventually be turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for public use.

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Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients

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02/26/2019

As part of an ambitious plan to reinvigorate watchdog journalism in the backyards of America's statehouses, The Chronicle of Social Change is proud to announce recipients of its 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships. The national nonprofit news...

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Offers New, Solar-Powered Technology that Collects and Cleans Water from Air

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03/18/2019

Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered technology that absorbs moisture from the air and returns...

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