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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

... and nitrates. Good bacteria break down nitrogen compounds at aquariums, and the new study shows that some bacterial ... Frank Stewart, an associate professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Biological Sciences and...

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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

... challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may offer a new solution through solar-powered ... A research team led by Guihua Yu in UT Austin's Cockrell...

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Jamie Merisotis Becomes Council on Foundations' Board Chair

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05/14/2019

... in November 2018, and began his term as Board Chair at the Council’s Leading Together 2019 conference. He ... the board. Merisotis previously served as Board Vice Chair for two years. “Philanthropy plays a...

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The Charles H. Revson Foundation Elects Ariel Zwang to Board of Trustees

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11/17/2021

... Ariel received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College. ...

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The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman

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08/31/2022

... Spitzer Charitable Trust Announces New Program Officer for Democracy, Hannah Furstenberg-Beckman The Bernard and ... reform and educational opportunity. As Vice President at ideas42, she developed and led the...

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... He has most recently served as the Assistant Director for Public Sector Innovation at Living Cities, working on projects to close racial gaps in ... with similar types of work. A graduate of Stuyvesant High...

19 Jun 2012

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2:45pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... about how to expand and diversify sources of support for these critical efforts. Join us as Gara LaMarche , Senior Fellow at NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and the Tides...

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Commonwealth Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014

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03/17/2014

... and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund. Since joining ... Fund's capacity to continue enhancing "the common good" for...

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Ford Foundation Appoints John W. Bernstein as Chief Operating Officer

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11/07/2014

... serve as treasurer, and oversee operations and finance for the $12 billion foundation, succeeding Nicholas Gabriel, ... for the Study of the Ancient World, a PhD-level graduate school and...

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The Wallace Foundation Names New Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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12/16/2014

... philanthropy." Prior to joining Wallace, Martin worked at New Visions for Public Schools, a non-profit that supports 86 public ... and education departments. She also served as comptroller for...

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02 Nov 2017

New York City Vision Funders – Fall Meeting

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12:30pm to 2:00pm

... Agenda Join the New York City Vision Funders Group for its next quarterly meeting. The agenda includes a ... will be Carolyn Berry, Associate Professor/NYU Langone School of Medicine. Carolyn is a highly...

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The University of Washington Commits to Recruiting and Retaining Low-Income Students Through Bloomberg Philanthropies-Funded American Talent Initiative

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01/09/2018

... and professor in the UW Department of English, has been at the UW for 27 years; however, as a high school student, no professor or counselor suggested that he ...

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New Journal From The Russell Sage Foundation Reimagines Approach to Eradicating Poverty

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02/21/2018

... people out of poverty completely? That is the question at the heart of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the ... of color living below the poverty line. They account for about 57.5 percent of all people...

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Marc Benioff to Dedicate Salesforce Tower With Speech on Civic ‘Priorities’

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05/22/2018

... glass sides, the pioneering height or the fancy light show at the top of his Salesforce Tower when it officially opens ... Tuesday. He’s got more down-to-earth things in mind for the dedication speech he’s set...

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University of Pennsylvania Receives $6 Million Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gift to Launch Paideia Program

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03/15/2019

... the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program (Paideia) for its undergraduate students. The Program will reimagine ... of the whole person” and “educating citizens” – for the twenty-first century and beyond...

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Mellon Foundation Appoints Jonathan Holloway to its Board of Trustees

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03/17/2020

... and professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern University. “Jonathan is an esteemed ... as Northwestern University provost since 2017. He is the school ’s chief academic officer,...

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Thomas Lax and Sanjit Sethi Elected to Jerome Foundation Board of Directors

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06/08/2020

... Sethi Elected to Jerome Foundation Board of Directors At its annual meeting on June 7, 2020, the Jerome Foundation ... and electing the Board of Directors. Directors are elected for three-year terms and can...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes Marlon Williams as Vice President of Collaboration and Policy

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09/11/2020

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Abby Pitkowsky Joins The Covenant Foundation Staff as Program Director

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04/08/2022

... in the field of Jewish education more than 30 years ago at The Leffell School in Westchester (formerly Solomon Schechter Day ... at URJ Eisner Camp. While living in Israel, Abby worked...

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