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Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research

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03/21/2017

The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.

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Statement on the Passing of David Rockefeller

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03/21/2017

... He said often, ‘Love is the most important thing.’ We are grateful for his vision of the David Rockefeller Fund as ...

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JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV

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04/19/2017

Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... counter with resistance and imagination, seeking new ways of seeing, thinking and re-imagining the relationship of ...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... students exposure to strategies, skills and programs that are being successfully implemented in settings they are likely to encounter in the field. With the CiA ... best practices that will address workforce...

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Rockefeller-Backed FarmerLink Helps Philippine Planters Milk the Coconut Boom

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05/10/2017

... pests, and how to better manage her finances. The messages are part of FarmerLink, a pilot project set up by a ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... Education in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state mandated for K-12, and according to the New Jersey ... during their school years and beyond and the standards are a way to break down those...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Bloomberg Writes on His Philanthropy's Public Health Projects

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06/01/2017

... fascinating occurred, a reminder that for all the ways in which we seem to be sliding backward, we’re ...

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Carnegie Supports a Roadmap for Storing Spent Nuclear Fuel

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06/12/2017

... solutions to their highly radioactive used fuel. In what ways should countries be incentivized to articulate and ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... cost.” That scene — and the general message — are from a new documentary, “From the Ashes,” the first ... globe, it also makes its presence known in more-targeted ways . . . Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View

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07/06/2017

... Nikhil Naik, Scott Duke Kominers, and their collaborators are hoping to transform the way scientists study urban ... images in an effort to measure whether and how urban areas are changing. In addition to...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation

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07/20/2017

... of The New York Women’s Foundation for 24 years and we are thrilled to be showcased on their iconic billboards at ... approach to corporate philanthropy and finding dynamic ways to support and highlight...

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The Mertz Gilmore Foundation Funds Contemporary Dance

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08/11/2017

... in June. The performance actively engages its audience in ways that are delightful to audiences new to contemporary dance and ...

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Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities

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08/17/2017

... employed by critics of green building projects that are expensive or seen as overly-formulaic. The idea: That ...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when they’re not doing the job for which ... the organization was 50 percent more likely to part ways with the executive than others...

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Labor Day: New York Lawmakers on The State of Labor In 2017

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08/30/2017

... labor contracts. Looking ahead, city and state lawmakers are expressing optimism that they’ll be able to advance ...

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Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

For years, Republicans successfully battered Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act.

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Opinion: The Urban Revival Is Over

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09/05/2017

... — and the ethnic, racial and sexual diversity — that are emblematic of cities. Established corporations and ... even engendered a new crisis of success, whose symptoms are runaway gentrification, soaring...

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Opinion: A Bipartisan Approach to Stabilizing Our Nation’s Health Insurance System

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09/11/2017

... partisan efforts, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are working together on something all sides can agree upon: ... is an obvious place to start. Nearly 22 million Americans are caught up in the volatility...

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