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With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up

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08/28/2017

... Up While STEM giving is one of the hottest funding areas in higher ed philanthropy, most of the gifts we profile are earmarked for tangible and conventional ... announced a grant of $8 million from the Simons...

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Sustainable Business Model Innovation

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08/30/2017

... not provocative to state the importance of innovation in creating business value from your sustainability efforts. ... the more ambitious the innovation, the bigger the bang. We found that 59% of companies...

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Landing High-Profile Employers Is Nice, But of Little Help to Those Who Need Opportunity The Most

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09/05/2017

... concerns among the dozens of candidates begging for votes in these final days leading up to the primary election on Sept 12. But as we prepare to head to the polls, voters should also realize ... jobs are...

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Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business

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09/12/2017

... Gordon Gecko from the movie Wall Street? Little did we know then how closely life could imitate art when the ... of discussions involving the corporate ecosystem in the United States and abroad. Today, several...

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New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students

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09/20/2017

... such as popcorn chicken and peanut butter and jelly. Back in April, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña told Kramer she was fast-tracking food safety issues. “ We are working on it in an urgent...

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Food Systems

De Blasio Wants To Install 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Stations By 2020

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09/21/2017

... by 2020. The plan, which aims to have one new charging hub in each borough by 2018, is part of a larger effort to have ... “fast-charging” stations, which can power up vehicles in 30 minutes, instead of the...

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Nonprofit Linked To NYCHA Creates Crowdfunding Portal For Sustainability Projects

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09/25/2017

... and services, launched an online platform this week in conjunction with ioby, a crowdfunding website, to enable ... the founding president of the Fund for Public Housing, in an interview with Gotham Gazette. “...

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Housing and Homelessness

Cuomo Says Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If New York Loses $2B In Health Care Funding

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09/26/2017

... Major Budget Changes May Be Needed If New York Loses $2B In Health Care Funding Gov. Cuomo said a special session of ... state Legislature may be needed if more than $2 billion in federal health care cuts to...

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Yahoo Co-Founder Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

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09/27/2017

... Gives $25 Million to San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum In a rare example of high-level cultural philanthropy from ... Asian Art Museum here. It marks the largest financial gift in the history of the museum,...

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Mayor De Blasio Eyes 'Ideal' Queens Site For New Jail As Rikers Shuts Down

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10/03/2017

... Queens Detention Center would be an ideal first step and we have already started to take a hard look at this site to ...

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Albany Charities Find It Hard to Tap Influx of Wealth

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10/03/2017

... mothers and their children, says you can see this shift in increasing ticket prices and sponsorship costs for charity ... director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Albany: "How can we get those people into...

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Children’s Health Care Bill Faces New Obstacles

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10/05/2017

... Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) ripped Schumer’s move. “ We should not jeopardize vulnerable children’s health ... like bailing out insurance companies,” Hatch said in a statement... Children’s Health Care Bill...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds Program to Improve Retention and Graduation Rates for All Students

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04/27/2018

... populations that have been historically disadvantaged in higher education. The grant will build on the successful programs developed in a prior Mellon Foundation grant, which established the Wabash Liberal...

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Jonas Philanthropies Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director

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08/23/2018

... Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director We are delighted to announce that Jonas Nursing & Veterans ... as Associate Director at the Weitzman Institute of CHCI in Connecticut where she provided...

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Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program

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05/15/2019

... Selected for 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional...

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Macquarie Group Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award

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08/27/2019

... Announces Winners of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award We ’re proud to announce the five winners of the Macquarie ... these five winners will each receive $A10 million in funding to deliver their projects...

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Names Amy F. Dinofrio as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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04/11/2022

... named vice president and chief human resources officer. In this role, Dinofrio will be a key member of RWJF’s ... on issues impacting today’s evolving workplaces. “ We are excited to welcome Amy Dinofrio...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is Helping Bring Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Narcissus Garden’ to the Rockaways

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06/18/2018

... made up of 1,500 mirrored stainless steel spheres placed in the imposing confines of Fort Tilden, a former Army base on the beach in Queens. The spheres — about a foot in diameter — will...

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Rockefeller President Cleared After Review Triggered by Employee Complaint

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06/22/2018

... close professional and personal ties to him. Completed in April, the review concluded no wrongdoing occurred, ... was conducted by New York law firm Patterson Belknap. In an interview with the Chronicle on...

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