Revson Foundation Supports Steinem Program to Address Underrepresentation of Women In Media & Technology
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... Nobody is paying.’ There were opportunities I didn’ t take.” Nine years and a few wrong turns later, she is ...
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JPB Foundation Promotes Betsy Krebs to Vice President, Poverty Program
Release Date:
04/22/2016
As of April 18, 2016, Betsy Krebs has been promoted to Vice President, Poverty at the JPB Foundation.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Welcomes New Trustees to its Board
Release Date:
07/15/2016
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has elected several new members to its board of trustees. Jennifer Nolan was elected to the board in March, and she is joined by Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Heather McGhee, Miranda Kaiser, and Wyatt Rockefeller, who were...
Associate, Budgets and Contract Compliance, EducateNYC (United Way of New York City)
Release Date:
08/16/2016
... to : Manager, Budgets and Contract Compliance, Community Schools Duties And Responsibilities Include: Budget ... Vice President of Education and/or Director of Community Schools . Contract Compliance Monitoring...
Mark Zezza Joins NYSHealth as Director of Policy and Research
Release Date:
04/18/2017
In this newly created position, Dr. Zezza will focus on developing the evidence base to support and advance the Foundation's role as a changemaker.
Millions In Grants Have Gone to Teacher Preparation. What's Needed Now?
Release Date:
09/29/2017
It is well known that one of the keys to a high-quality education system are excellent teachers. Research has consistently identified effective teachers as the most important school-related factor influencing student achievement. Recognizing this,...
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... individuals pay fees rather than dues if they don' t want to join the applicable union. A similar case, .....
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards $26 Million in Grants
Release Date:
10/05/2017
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Agoura Hills, California, has announced fourteen third-quarter grants totaling $26 millio n.
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery
Release Date:
10/20/2017
In this Times Picayune Op-ed, Darren Walker highlights the role of innovative partnerships in New Orleans' recovery.
Century Foundation Releases Report on Estimating the Real Cost of Community College
Release Date:
10/24/2017
A group of researchers organized by the Century Foundation is looking to understand the real cost of community college.
While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Release Date:
11/16/2017
The New York Public Library revealed the $317 million master plan that will guide the renovation of the iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/27/2017
The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of sociologist Mario Luis Small to its board of trustees. Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University. He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors of...
New Report Supported By The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Addresses The Future Of Undergraduate Education
Release Date:
12/01/2017
Two years in the making, The Future of Undergraduate Education, The Future of America provides a framework for helping colleges of every type work more efficiently and effectively to deal with pressing issues such as quality, affordability, and...
Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid
Release Date:
01/09/2018
For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...
Novo Foundation Launches New Website and Film Series,The Life Story: Moments of Change
Release Date:
02/01/2018
The stunning new interactive website explores 13 moments when survivors, service providers, funders, advocates and allies can make a difference for girls and women.
Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors
Release Date:
02/22/2018
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough
Release Date:
04/03/2018
The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.
Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Field Study Looks At Chemistry Of Indoor Home Environments
Release Date:
06/18/2018
... about 90% of their time indoors. In homes, workplaces, schools and every indoor environment, people are impacted by ...
Russell Sage Foundation Funded Research Connects Boosting Testosterone Levels To Men Preferring Luxury Goods
Release Date:
07/05/2018
... sufficiently fit to have these handicaps.” One needn’ t look far to find the same patterns in humans. A luxury ...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam
Release Date:
08/23/2018
Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors' offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.