Simons-Supported Research Shows Link Between Non-Coded Portions of Genome and Cancer
Release Date:
09/28/2016
... for proteins. Two big questions facing scientists are: How much of this “non-coding” RNA is actually functional? ...
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Dec
2016
School Discipline, Pushout and Gender Norms
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
As we look at how to improve high school graduation rates and outcomes, ... – suspensions, expulsions, and arrests, among others How school discipline disproportionately affects girls of ... teen parents and LGBT...
Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... on a survey of more than three thousand adults, the brief, How High-Need Patients Experience Health Care in the Unites ...
Hazen Foundation's Bezahler in EdWeek: Are We Criminalizing Our Students?
Release Date:
12/09/2016
... to determine the values and priorities a society embraces. How then should we interpret the extraordinary spending spree ...
09
Mar
2017
Equity, Inclusion, and Connecting with Community in Family Philanthropy - Webinar
Thursday, March 9, 2017 -
12:00pm to 1:30pm
... only.* What does inclusivity mean for family philanthropy? How can we promote diversity, community engagement, and ...
An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools
Release Date:
12/22/2016
... there's been lots of talk about exactly this challenge: How to open up the doors to elite schools that, by some .....
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
... population is expected to be urban by 2050. Figure out how to help the underprivileged in just one of those zones, ...
With Support from the Rockefeller Foundation, This New Orleans Neighborhood Is Fighting Flooding By Welcoming It
Release Date:
03/09/2017
... is that we really have to go back into history and learn how to live with water in a city that is so wet..." With .....
Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia
Release Date:
04/03/2017
... populations, the consortium hopes to better understand how environmental factors affect the disease and begin to ...
Century Foundation Analysis Finds Millions Could Lose Health Benefits If Congress Repeals and States Replace the ACA
Release Date:
04/10/2017
... Title I, it is worth considering this part of the law and how delegating to states might affect health coverage in ...
NY Foundation Releases 'Engage to Change' Video on Henry Street Settlement
Release Date:
04/17/2017
... by the way some of our grantee partners were changing how they saw the people they serve, who are commonly seen as ...
Bloomberg Philanthropies: Six Things Cities Need to Know About the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Release Date:
05/08/2017
... bots, and high-efficiency trucks. The real story is how much Autonomous Vehicles could change the way we live and ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
... woods from those of earlier generations. That’s just how the Army wants it. After the Obama ...
Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing
Release Date:
06/07/2017
... whether or not a low-income family finds housing, or how prosperous a neighborhood will be a decade from now. To ...
New United Hospital Fund Report Finds AHCA Ill-Suited and Destructive for New York
Release Date:
06/08/2017
... its uninsured rate by half, to 5.4 percent—and details how AHCA provisions, uniquely ill-suited for New York’s ...
Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... issues related to higher education in New York, especially how to ensure that more New Yorkers are college-ready and ...
Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign
Release Date:
07/11/2017
... and humorous physical challenges that make clear just how easy it is to donate DNA to SPARK, compared with the very ...
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... equitable neighborhoods and communities — and learning how to turn ideals into outcomes. PLACES Fellows: ▪ Are ...
Sparks For Change: Open Society Fellows Have Tested New Ideas For Baltimore For 20 Years
Release Date:
08/09/2017
... Gregory Carpenter’s small bakery, where he teaches them how to make buttery pastry dough and flaky pie crusts. He ...
Rockefeller Foundation Helping Cities with Novel Financing for Climate Issues
Release Date:
08/16/2017
... in the bonds, which link an investor bonus or penalty to how well the underlying project works. "You take the risk off .....