Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Transgender Health Discrimination Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... People," written by Sari Reisner of Harvard T .H. Chan School of Public Health and Fenway Health, and .....
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Elmezzi Foundation Increases Funding for Free Queens Programs
Release Date:
07/29/2015
The foundation will also invest in new initiatives like the Summer Law Institute at CUNY School of Law.
Research to Prevent Blindess Finds New Clues to Vision Loss in Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The research sheds light on one of the leading causes of blindness in industrialized countries.
With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine NAFLD Research Center find MRE imaging provides highly accurate, less invasive method to detect disease.
Russell Sage Foundation Study Finds Gaps in Educational Attainment Among Students of Different Incomes
Release Date:
05/04/2016
While the difference in high school graduation rates between high- and low-income students shrunk, inequality may have shifted to higher education, with gaps growing in college attendance and completion.
Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance
Release Date:
05/26/2016
... are tying public college and university funding to the schools ’ ability to retain and graduate students. But a new ...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.
Westchester Community Foundation's Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy Westchester
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Laura Rossi will moderate a gathering on Friday at Pace Law School in White Plains with The Keep Westchester Thriving Coalition to discuss ways to keep the county strong.
Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
The funder recently launched a $47 million initiative to help universities improve their programs for developing principals. Before that was the funder's $85 million Principal Pipeline Initiative, which began in 2011.
Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will push an already swelling population past the 9 million mark in the decade beginning 2030.
The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season
Release Date:
11/03/2016
The Bronfman Fellowship selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years of high school.
Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'
Release Date:
11/30/2016
The winning librarians were recognized for their exceptional contributions to transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong learning.
UJA-Federation of New York Supports $50 Million Arts Campus in Jerusalem
Release Date:
12/21/2016
... space featuring four of Israel’s leading performing arts schools as well as performance venues and an outdoor plaza, ...
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness
Release Date:
02/27/2017
Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute are the first to show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye's retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even...
New App Connects Hungry Children With Restaurants
Release Date:
03/21/2017
An app that helps fellow students in need get an after-school meal is among the finalists in Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow Contest.
Commonwealth Fund Report Predicts a Detrimental Impact of an ACA Repeal on Jobs
Release Date:
08/04/2017
A report by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and the Commonwealth Fund predicts bad news if Congress repeals the ACA. Research shows that the loss of 'ACA tax credits and Medicaid expansion would lead to a...
Bargaining With Cancer Patients About Treatment
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... they had a low-grade version of the illness, they wouldn’ t need immediate treatment, let alone major surgery. . . ...
Here Are 5 Things To Know About The ESSA Plan New York Is Sending To Betsy Devos
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... plan Monday that could reshape the way the state evaluates schools , intervenes in those that are struggling, and several ...