Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... 11ft coastal surges, and in the coming days it is forecast to hit Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba and ...
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Data-Driven Gender Equality
Release Date:
09/15/2017
... productive plots of land than men, and often lack access to the best seeds, fertilizer, credit, and training ... power over productive assets has the potential to increase farm yields by more than 20%, which...
The Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Reaches 95 Participants With New Additions
Release Date:
11/01/2017
... What Works Cities (WWC), a $42 million program to foster data analytics in cities, has added Athens, ... Colorado; Gainesville, Florida; and Palmdale, California to its growing list of participants. The cities...
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control ... policy, announced Thursday, prohibits the sale of firearms to customers who have not passed...
Aetna Foundation’s Healthiest Communities Initiative Provides Insight into Social Determinants of Health
Release Date:
03/26/2018
... The purpose of the Healthiest Communities project is to provide residents, policymakers and health leaders with ... quality of life and longevity. These factors can combine to create a community where...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations
Release Date:
05/11/2018
... the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), which has gone on to create by far the largest three-dimensional map of the ... and engineers pointed the Sloan Foundation Telescope to the celestial equator and light went...
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... a study that shows that facilitated classroom visits to an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of ... of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum; and, close to Central Penn., the Walters Art...
Major Data Release From Sloan Digital Sky Survey Includes Galaxy Maps, New Data Access and Visualization Tools, and a Huge 'Stellar Library'
Release Date:
01/29/2019
... MaNGA uses a technique called resolved spectroscopy to study galaxies in much greater detail than previous ...
Service Through Philanthropy Dr. Starita Boyce Ansari
Release Date:
04/15/2014
... and program design and evaluation. She is also working to empower the next generation of philanthropist. Over the ... for the American Bible Society. This work continues to be a leading national program at the...
Russell Sage Foundation Calls for Articles on Women and the Economy
Release Date:
05/29/2014
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue on the changing roles and status of women and the effects on society and the economy. The special issue will consider both the...
NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams
Release Date:
06/17/2014
NYC Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña plans to preserve the hallmarks of New York City’s gifted ... interview this week covering a variety of...
Simons Grantees Win Top Mathematics Honors
Release Date:
08/13/2014
... Medals and the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize have been awarded to Simons Foundation grantees Manjul Bhargava, Maryam ... the promise of future achievement. Medalists are early- to mid-career mathematicians 40 years...
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Backs Community Development in Baltimore
Release Date:
05/11/2015
... and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has announced grants to thirty-one Baltimore nonprofits as part of a joint $1.5 ... Baltimore, the Weinberg Foundation created the initiative to create high-quality summer...
Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models
Release Date:
08/14/2015
... York-based not-for-profit “private foundation that aims to promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves ...
MetLife Releases 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report
Release Date:
09/23/2015
MetLife Foundation provided more than $27 million in financial inclusion grants in year two of its $200 million, five-year commitment.
Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman
Release Date:
11/05/2015
A preschool program funded by Goldman Sachs is under scrutiny for its methods of measuring success for the students.
Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... since 1955, the fellowships, which include a $55,000 grant to be used to further a fellow's research, are awarded to early-career scientists and scholars from the United .....
Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... (including three joint fellowships) were awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists representing fifty ...
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Release Date:
04/13/2016
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network Success Academy, ... Success said that Mr. Robertson’s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools,...
Council on Economic Education Seeks Applications for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Teaching Champion Award
Release Date:
05/12/2016
... Teaching Champion Award. The award program is designed to promote economic education at the K–12 level by ... this important content in and out of their classrooms and achieve results. To...