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Verizon Foundation to Support STEM Programs in 80 Schools

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12/05/2014

... go to underserved public schools, those with large numbers of students who receive free or reduced lunch. The grants, ... for professional development for teachers or to leverage new technologies — like 3D...

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The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care in 2014

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12/23/2014

... than 2014. For health care reformers, the old adage of “be careful what you wish for” comes to mind. Hang on to your hat, happy holidays, and have a great new year.... The Commonwealth Fund Recaps Health Care...

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Commonwealth Fund Explores the Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

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02/13/2015

Commonwealth Fund Explores the Inefficacy of High-Risk Health Insurance Pools As the new Congress convenes and the Supreme Court prepares to hear ...

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What's Next for Community Philanthropy

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02/2015

... Next for Community Philanthropy toolkit includes a series of interactive exercises, conversation starters, and even ... challenge old assumptions, understand the full range of possibilities, and generate creative new approaches and models for the future. According to ...

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Johnson & Johnson Makes $30 Million Commitment to USAID to Fight Tuberculosis

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04/01/2015

... Johnson & Johnson have pledged to donate $30 million worth of the drug Sirturo (bedaquiline) to USAID over the next four ... approval program. Bedaquiline was among the first new classes of...

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Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising

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03/20/2015

Rita Allen Foundation Study Addresses Impact of Political Advertising A new study by Philly Political Media Watch finds that during ... ads dwarfed stories about political issues by a ratio of 45...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Backs Program to Address Patient Safety

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03/23/2015

... Backs Program to Address Patient Safety The University of New England (UNE) has recently received a major grant from ... care. Also, the grant also aims to address shortages of health care...

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North Star Fund Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform

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03/24/2015

... Launches Campaign for NYPD Reform Mayor de Blasio has a new police problem on his hands — only this time from his ... to push for changes in the NYPD — and will hit up many of the mayor’s top donors for its...

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The Commonwealth Fund Ranks Health Care Systems for All 50 States

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03/27/2015

... systems are better than others. Look up rankings of health providers and consider how well you'll be taken care of in your old age wherever you live. The Commonwealth Fund ... in 2014 were Minnesota,...

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Covenant Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls

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04/14/2015

... Foundation-Backed Study Examines the Health and Well-Being of Jewish Teen Girls When Jewish education promotes ... traditional gender roles, and celebrates a diversity of voices, it has the power to help...

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Commonwealth Fund Blasts Digital Data Breaches

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04/15/2015

... make life better for patients and doctors – getting rid of bulky and messy paper files, streamlining delivery of care and organizing medical information so that scientists ... data aren’t safe – and they don’t...

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Century Foundation Report Illustrates How Segregation in U.S. Starts with Preschool

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04/30/2015

... enrolled in the lowest quality programs, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the National ... Action Council, a civil rights organization. “But a lot of programs are not high quality...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust-Backed Research Makes Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine

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05/07/2015

... at the Salk Institute have discovered a novel type of pluripotent stem cell–cells capable of developing into any type of tissue–whose identity is ... May 6, 2015 in Nature, the scientists...

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City & State OpEd Pushes for Coding to Fulfill Language Requirement in Public Schools

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06/29/2015

... is not equipped to fill them. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million new computer science jobs, but only 400,000 computer science ...

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Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017

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06/29/2015

Sloan Foundation Backs Digital Public Library of America's Push to Serve All 50 States by 2017 The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s ... these twin...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... at more than twice the rate that younger adults do, a new study finds. The worry of previous decades—that America’s seniors weren’t ... medications,” says Maust, an assistant professor of...

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Newman's Own Foundation Launches Fellowship Program

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08/04/2015

... Newman's Own Foundation announced its first formal class of Fellows. The innovative Newman's Own Foundation Fellowship ... designed to expand, enhance, and diversify the pipeline of new...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

Release Date:

08/21/2015

... five American children and adolescents -- or 17.1 million of the 74.5 million children under the age of 18, according to the U.S. census -- are affected by ... treatment. The Healthy Brain Network (HBN) is a...

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Immigrants, Their Children Integrate Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds

Release Date:

09/24/2015

... Well into US Society but Not in All Areas, Report Finds As U.S. immigrants and their descendants integrate into ... make more money and learn to speak better English. But a new report found their well-being...

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