Gerstner Family Foundation Commits $10 Million to Cancer Research
Release Date:
06/11/2015
... of Broad Institute. “However, many cancer treatments are only temporary. Curing cancer will require solving the ...
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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Sloan Foundation Back Data Science Collaboration
Release Date:
07/08/2015
The $6 million grant will go towards developing interactive, open-source data sharing software.
Simons Foundation Among Backers of $28 Million Autism Treatment Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... improve the way children with autism spectrum disorders are treated. The Yale team will collect data in ...
Palette Fund Helps Launch TRUTH Campaign to Spur Storytelling Movement for Trans Youth
Release Date:
08/05/2015
TRUTH combines public education, guidance for families, support and community-building for young people to address the hostility and stereotypes transgender and gender non-conforming youth often face.
To Boost Job Prospects, Younger Americans Seek Dentures
Release Date:
08/10/2015
... has spurred oral care professionals to respond with new ways to make dentures quickly and inexpensively to help those ...
$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities
Release Date:
09/02/2015
... the humanities,” said Penn President Amy Gutmann. “We are grateful for the Foundation’s partnership as we launch ... of digital and computational technologies that are being applied to scholarship across...
NYTimes Publishes OpEd by Tiffany & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability
Release Date:
11/09/2015
... & Co. Chairman on Environmental Sustainability There are few places in the world more beautiful than the landscape ...
In Chronicle OpEd, JM Kaplan’s Leaders Discuss Innovation Prize
Release Date:
11/12/2015
... for 70 years. So we knew well that talented people are seeking to solve social challenges in creative ways . We also knew that there aren’t nearly enough ...
Nathan Cummings Foundation Touted for Broad and Innovative Support for Climate Change
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Nathan Cummings Foundation lauded as embracing a broader, more pragmatic portfolio of approaches to climate change.
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Shut Down January 1; Profiled in Jerusalem Post
Release Date:
01/07/2016
... foundations. His three favorite (and favourite) cities are mine too. I had the privilege of watching him and his ... and I have tried helping him in my own insignificant ways in that endeavor ever since. . ...
Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)
Release Date:
01/11/2016
... key to how these tumor cells proliferate so quickly --and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for ...
Former NYC Official & Former Philadelphia Mayor Named 'What Works Cities' Senior Fellows (Bloomberg)
Release Date:
02/08/2016
... great track records using data and evidence in creative ways to improve people's lives in cities. The wisdom they .....
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA Establishes New Center to Study Indigenous Art
Release Date:
02/16/2016
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announced a grant of $815,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will be utilized to create a research center for the study of the indigenous art of Australia and the Americas at The...
UJA-Federation Noted in 'Why Metrics Matter In Jewish Philanthropy'
Release Date:
02/18/2016
A rigorous approach to measuring charitable ROI (return on investment) is becoming more popular in the Jewish communal world and UJA-Federation of New York, which will celebrate its centennial next year, is wading into this world of metrics...
Century Foundation NYTimes OpEd: The Secret to School Integration
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... By most measures, America’s public schools are now more racially and socioeconomically segregated than ... where 90 percent to 100 percent of their classmates are racial minorities, up from 42.7 percent in...
Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: Analysis Method Using Data-Driven Mapping
Release Date:
03/29/2016
... value and helped Norfolk prioritize the most effective ways to stay resilient in a natural or manmade disaster. ... systems scientist Robert Jeffers said. The city and region are now taking new approaches to...
NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... a way that masks the true extent of the problem. Veterans are waiting weeks and even months to get routine care, ...
Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... About one-third of U.S. and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with their jobs, recent Commonwealth Fund ...
The Ultimate in Contest Philanthropy: MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Jackpot
Release Date:
06/03/2016
... The money will be paid out in increments as benchmarks are reached and the process for selecting the winner will ...
Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' Goes To Film That Explores Science and Technology
Release Date:
06/07/2016
... engineers and mathematicians in engaging and innovative ways ... Alfred P. Sloan, Time Warner 'Fast Track Grant' .....