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Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

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08/09/2017

... and fellowships as well as conferences and symposia that are incubators of the newest ideas in anthropology. ... a space for conversation among anthropologists trained in different epistemological traditions...

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Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body

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02/06/2018

... Decades of research has shown that multiple brain regions are involved in different aspects of balance. But which regions were involved ...

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Science

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Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown

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09/17/2018

... to simultaneously complete a master’s degree in a different field of study. “The Open Graduate Education ... Andrew G. Campbell, dean of the Graduate School. “We are leading the way in one of the most notable...

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New Study Funded in Part by Simons Foundation Study Hopes to Predict Autism Behaviors

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11/26/2018

... could be a big step for the field because it is a truly different way of coming at what is a big problem,” Dr. ... people where you did not know it was coming, and these are big, serious behaviors; people can...

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Zegar Family Foundation Supported Research Uncovers Genome-Wide Responses That Limit Crop Growth

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03/26/2019

... in the journal Nature Communications, potentially point to ways to engineer crops in soils around the world that are currently too dry or lack the nutrients needed to sustain ... nitrogen and water conditions...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Science

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Michigan State University Awarded Grant From Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Less Commonly Taught Languages

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07/23/2019

... initiative seeks to transform the way LCTLs are taught by leveraging cutting-edge research and advances ... with higher levels of proficiency in languages that are less commonly taught and more difficult to...

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Kristen M. Ruff

... aid programs at MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization. She holds a B.A. in Women’s Studies ...

A Quick Word With…Michael Hamill Remaley

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02/12/2014

... Network. What is an interesting communications project you are engaged in right now or a recent communications success you are particularly proud of? In the first half of 2014, ...

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Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli "Forward Thinking" Award

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11/03/2014

... in public schools and higher education, and on labor rights .... Century Foundation Announces Janice Nittoli ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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From the Ground Up

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09/08/2017

... frequently, fail to reflect the real, micro-level needs of communities . What’s more, people rarely get to choose the ... and programs that land in their backyards; too often, they are subjected to development...

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De Blasio Fails To Give Public School Teachers Maternity Leave

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09/13/2017

... New York City schoolteachers. “Public school teachers are our everyday heroes,” said Tong. “Paid maternity ... for unionized city teachers is essential for women and our communities . As a mother who recognizes...

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State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

... to ensuring that consumers have enrollment assistance in communities throughout the state.” NY State of Health is ...

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Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

... seems like a strange question. After all, public libraries are free, right? Not so fast, says the New York City-based ...

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Carolina Espinal Elected Schott Foundation Board Chair

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07/13/2020

... & inclusion. Carolina began her career as a civil rights advocate working on behalf of communities of color at Unidos US and later leading the ...

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The Schott Foundation for Public Education

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United Hospital Fund Elects Five New Board Members with Medical, Consulting, and Public Health Expertise

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07/16/2020

... current programs and develop new initiatives. “We are excited to welcome these accomplished individuals to UHF ... Interfaith Neighbors, and the Center for Constitutional Rights . He specializes in...

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The Largest Philanthropy Network Has a New Name: United Philanthropy Forum

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07/19/2017

... of philanthropic network that we’re creating, where we are working together better and smarter to advance, inform ...

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Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers

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Long-Term Consequences of Delinquency: A Presentation by New York State Office of Children and Family Services' Dr. Rebecca Colman

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11:30am to 2:00pm

... lunch will be served. What happens over time after youth are released from juvenile correctional facilities/programs ... how girls end up being a key to change in the juvenile justice and welfare systems. The...

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William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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06/01/2020

... a team of researchers in Drexel University’ Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab with the National Council of ... for young people caught in the juvenile and criminal justice systems. The Foundation will...

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Adam Sweidan Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors

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12/08/2022

... committed tremendous resources and time to environmental justice and conservation causes, always integrating into his philanthropy social justice imperatives, centering locally-led initiatives, and ... be a...

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