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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize

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09/07/2016

... Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Opens Applications for its 2017 Prize The Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance (PSSCRA) will open applications for its 2017 Prize on October 3rd, 2016 . At least...

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Video: Rockefeller Features Jada Pinkett Smith in Latest Insight Dialogues

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10/03/2016

... in providing greater access, opportunity and inclusion for underrepresented communities and young people in the ... Jada joined Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin for the third edition of Insight...

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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NYTimes Examines Role of Ford’s Walker as Pepsi Board Member

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10/31/2016

It seemed discordant to some critics when, this month, Ford's Darren Walker joined the board of PepsiCo, which makes the bulk of its money by selling sugary drinks and fatty snacks.

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PhilTV: Century Foundation Hosts Policing Debate at NYU Wagner

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04/06/2017

After additional incidents of police force, some resulting in death, tensions between police and civilians have galvanized media and public attention. Consensus around the most effective way to keep every community safe and ensure accountability...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces New Board Chair

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06/02/2017

... since 2006, has been elected as chair of the board for a three-year term beginning today. Mr. Kelly succeeds Mr. ... in 2004 and most recently served as the chair of the board for the Foundation for...

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

... the lengths these dads would go to protect and care for their children. The campaign addresses the need for dads - as well as mothers and children - to join SPARK, and to donate their saliva to find answers...

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Ms. Foundation Returns to Martha’s Vineyard

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08/07/2017

... Returns to Martha’s Vineyard The Ms. Foundation for Women, the country’s first women’s fund, returns to Martha’s Vineyard for its fourth annual summer celebration of feminism. This ... individuals passionate...

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Sloan, Skoll Foundations & Carnegie Support PBS NewsHour Exploratiopn of Future of Higher Education

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08/23/2017

PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruffwill air its annual special 5-part “Rethinking College” series, profiling five innovative programs designed to make college more affordable and provide non-traditional students the higher education they need to compete...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Education

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Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities

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09/05/2017

Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities I came to the United States when I ... here to join my parents, who had already been in the U.S. for years, having left our home...

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Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds

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09/12/2017

... Trump released the first draft of his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he asked lawmakers for deep cuts to one of their favorite institutions, the ... a bipartisan bill last week providing $36.1...

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... same way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), ...

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Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony

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09/21/2017

Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/28/2017

... the fact that her children must work and have no time for school. In another family, a teenage son has now been out ...

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Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

... As regional administrator, Lopez will be responsible for the agency's response to such local environmental issues ... Both the EPA and state agencies drew criticism for their initial response to the...

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Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

... birthday in late July. His boss and co-workers joined him for an evening of laughter and selfies, lingering over dinner ...

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Opinion: Tax Reform Has Potential To Unlock Giving

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10/10/2017

... However, the recently released tax reform framework calls for doubling the standard deduction for individuals and couples and eliminating tax deductions ... While a simplified tax code would be a welcome...

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ArtNet News Details Joan Mitchell Foundation 2017 Grant Recipients

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11/15/2017

... unrestricted stipend of $25,000 and made eligible to apply for the Joan Mitchell residency in New Orleans. This year’s ...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

... American Mathematical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons ...

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Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program

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06/07/2018

... Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook Launch Coding for Employment Program The Rockefeller Foundation, ... Microsoft and Facebook have launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit...

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