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Bloomberg Philanthropies' 2018 U.S. Mayors Challenge Entry Helps Homeless Store Their Vital Documents Digitally

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04/19/2018

... announced the first step in launching an initiative aimed at improving identity services for homeless people. Dubbed the "MyPass Initiative," the ... April 19, officials said in a press advisory...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and National Science Foundation Fund Creation of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology

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04/27/2018

... of Battery-Free HD Video Streaming Technology Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video ... have made so far is that backscatter can be used only for low-data rate sensors such as...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies-Supported Criminal Justice Mentorship Program Scales across Country

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05/02/2018

... Philanthropies and oversight from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity, the Department of Probation funded ... of Probation. Most of them had already committed at least one felony, were...

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App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund

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06/12/2018

App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency ... intervention developed...

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Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods

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07/05/2018

... kind, led by Gideon Nave, an assistant marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School , underscore a biological factor at play in the choice ... a single dose of...

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UJA-Federation of New York Raises Record-breaking $249 Million in 2017-2018 Campaign Year

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07/27/2018

... of New York raised a record-breaking $249.3 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, an increase of ... the previous year. In addition to raising $156.1 million for its annual campaign, UJA raised $55...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

Release Date:

08/23/2018

... Exam It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer's disease using an eye exam. Using technology ... to what is found in many eye doctors' offices, researchers at Washington...

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07 Nov 2018

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: A Conversation about Education with the Gates Foundation’s Bob Hughes

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Robert Hughes has served for many years as an advocate and champion of public ... transitioned from being President of New Visions Public school to becoming the K-12 Strategy Director of the Bill and ... his years...

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Newman's Own Foundation Provides Over $1.7 Million to Support Nutrition Initiatives

Release Date:

10/02/2018

... and nutrition. This latest round brings the total grants for this category to almost $3 million in 2018. The funding ... Foundation has been supporting food and nutrition programs for more than 35 years, with...

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

Release Date:

10/03/2018

... Increases Risk of Death Drinking a daily glass of wine for health reasons may not be so healthy after all, suggests a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Analyzing data from...

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ascena Foundation Honors Winners of the 2018 Roslyn S. Jaffe Awards

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10/19/2018

... to honor the 2018 winners of the Roslyn S. Jaffe Awards at a luncheon which took place yesterday at Cipriani 42nd ... HERlead Fellowship is a leadership program founded in 2011 for high...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new tool described as a “flight data recorder” for developing...

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William T. Grant Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

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12/12/2018

... T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten ... and these ten finalists each show great promise for research careers that will bring rigorous...

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New York Life Foundation Partners with First Book To Bring Grief Books, Resources to Educators

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02/27/2019

The New York Life Foundation today announced a new two-year partnership with First Book, a leading education nonprofit whose mission is to bring high-quality resources to educators serving children in need. The project will seek to increase access...

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William T. Grant Announce Winners of 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant Competition

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04/05/2019

... am very excited that the Spencer Foundation has joined us for this year’s competition. We received many excellent ... these projects have to advance more equitable outcomes for students,” said Spencer...

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Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects

Release Date:

05/15/2019

Pfizer Invites Proposals for Psoriatic Arthritis Educational Projects Through its ... strategies. To that end, Pfizer is accepting proposals for educational programs aimed at HCPs, including...

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

Release Date:

08/02/2019

... antibiotic scaffolds construct in nature can help prospect for new classes of antibiotics through DNA sequencing and ... says Timothy Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St...

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

Release Date:

08/12/2019

... a barrier that could potentially serve as a novel target for preventing or reducing malarial infection. “Our ... Deborah Andrew, M.S., Ph.D., professor of cell biology at the Johns Hopkins University ...

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Joan Mitchell Foundation Adds Finance Veteran Marc Chennault to Its Board

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06/23/2020

... appointment of Marc Chennault to its Board of Directors for a three-year term. Chennault, who brings 20 years of ... role. Chennault currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Cherokee Acquisition LLC, and...

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Wendy Liscow to Leave The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation After 17 Years

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11/13/2020

... of the transformative power of arts education both for students and educators and has led statewide initiatives ... attending our state’s most historically under-resourced school districts. She has also...

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