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Study: Giving Leads to Happiness

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09/18/2017

... that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are obvious. Recently, however, a neurological ... on themselves. The other half were instructed to choose a new...

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Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books

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09/19/2017

Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and ... in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its...

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The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.

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09/21/2017

... to find uninsured residents and persuade them to enroll. A new health care bill before the Senate would require every ... in the country to make a similar soup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their...

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7 Biggest Trends to Emerge from Global Goals Week

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09/25/2017

... from Global Goals Week No single story can encapsulate one of the most frenetic and wide-ranging weeks on the global ... might unveil its commitment to use digital payments, just as a minister of...

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The Studio Museum Has a Vision for Its Home. And a Power Player at the Helm.

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09/26/2017

... embraced one another in greeting. Bartenders poured wine as a D.J. spun tunes and a machine spouted popcorn. This ... block party or a family reunion. It was the recent opening of an exhibition at the Studio...

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... guarantee loans to farmers, including owners of CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations). Animal ... it’s what’s for dinner”). They take advantage of taxpayer-funded research at state universities. Prison...

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Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says

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09/28/2017

... leaders would preserve the charitable deduction under a new tax proposal made public Wednesday, a key battle line for ... leaders racing to ensure giving incentives remain intact as lawmakers try to rework the...

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Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation

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09/28/2017

Kathy Halbreich of MoMA to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation Kathy Halbreich’s name has often surfaced over the years as a possible successor to the director of the Museum of ... the...

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Johnson & Johnson Brings Better Sanitation to Homes in India

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10/06/2017

... will introduce sanitation facilities to improve the health of families with young children. For many children in India, ... and development and, in the worst cases, cause death as diarrhea is the third leading...

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Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs

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10/06/2017

... at Boys and Girls Clubs The study explores the efforts of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a federation of more than 4,000 clubhouses ... Three years later, researchers found that...

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No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Will That Slow Its Momentum?

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10/06/2017

... was enacted, speculation swirled that states might use it as a launching pad to use measures of students’ social and emotional competencies to determine ... in its school accountability system. That raises...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly technical maker space ... locate 10 labs where they can serve a diverse population of school-age children, rural...

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In Hurricanes’ Wake, Nonprofits Worry About Fundraising Impact

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10/10/2017

... They continued rehearsals, built sets, and found a new venue for the September 15 premiere of Describe the Night, a political saga set in Russia that had been on the calendar for months. As...

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TED Talk: Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect

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11/14/2017

... Judge Victoria Pratt on How Judges Can Show Respect In a new TED Talk, Judge Victoria Pratt draws on her experience ... Newark Community Solutions to explain the real-life impact of procedural justice. “It’s a...

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Atlantic Philanthropies and Ford Foundation Funded Lynching Memorial and Slavery Museum Sets April Opening

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11/14/2017

... first memorial dedicated to lynching victims and a new museum dedicated to slavery on April 26 in Montgomery. ... have interactive content that confronts visitors with some of the nation's arduous past...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

... A1C (HbA1C) testing, which provides a measurement of a person's mean blood glucose levels over the past three ... beyond HbA1C, and to refine deﬁnitions of outcomes such as hypoglycemia...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grant Helps Create Racial-Justice ETF Backed by the NAACP

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11/28/2017

... Socially conscious investors can look forward to two new exchange-traded funds that aim to direct capital to ... well by minorities and women. Using the values and mission of the National Association for the...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

... for students to learn and to address community issues such as air pollution, water & soil quality, and combatting ... valid field studies. They will also monitor two new organic landscapes that were...

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Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM!

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02/02/2018

Morgan Stanley Announces Creation of Innovative Play Spaces for Children in 14 Cities With KaBOOM! Morgan Stanley today announced the creation of 14 new play spaces for children through a Morgan...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... Philanthropies finds that patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in .....

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