Doris Duke Supports NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award Nominees
Release Date:
09/20/2016
... a cash award of $500, made possible by a generous gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). The grant ...
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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... transformation. The competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the ...
2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... human beings, which could fundamentally change everything from the way we treat dementia disorders to how we eradicate ...
New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities
Release Date:
11/04/2016
... insights for the field of "creative placemaking" and is a working illustration of what can and can't be learned from different impact-measurement approaches. Commissioned by .....
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... Misses Gig Worker Concerns Whether you call it gig working , the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon ... people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... York on January 12, 2017, Chihuly greeted guests via video from his Studio in Seattle, where he is working with his team in preparation for his first major ...
United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2017
... prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems encompassing ... 2016 with $310,000 in UHF funding, data was collected from 31 clinics across nine health...
New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles
Release Date:
08/04/2017
... The Heard Museum has been awarded a $300,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a fellowship ... of Navajo textiles while potentially gaining new insights into conservation techniques. The...
Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... learning about this tech and be ramped and ready to start working as soon as they graduate,” said Will Nicholas, ... senior policy manager at Tesla, who joined officials from Farmingdale and state lawmakers at...
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... harm. More than 200,000 children under 18 were married from 2000 to 2015 in the U.S., according to a report released ... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit organization working to end gender-based...
Manhattan DA Lightens Marijuana Penalties in New Policy
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... that could lead to deportation and comes amid backlash from municipalities and states over President Donald Trump's ... immigrants. Vance announced that his office is also working on a policy, to be...
Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... By 2026, the bill would dramatically reallocate funding from states that expanded Medicaid coverage for their ...
Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... of preserving broadcast television news. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Vanderbilt will host ...
Ford Funds at the Crossroads of Immigration and Artistic Activism
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... for the Arts (NYFA) has received a two-year grant from Ford Foundation to support the expansion of its ...
General Motors Is Going All Electric
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... the American automotive giant announced that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. That ... the age of electricity and promising to move away from gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles...
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
... places. Urban in density but rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City, Brownsville is a high-poverty ... of its residents. NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with...
President of Casey Family Programs on Family Access to Prevention Services to Address Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
02/09/2018
... the city. Unfortunately, too many families have moved away from their extended family are living in communities where ...
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Cities of Service Announces 10 Finalists for Inaugural Engaged Cities Award
Release Date:
04/16/2018
... Cities Award, a new effort to elevate cities that are working creatively to tap the wisdom, talents, and energy of ... with residents, enabling cities around the world to learn from best practices and bring...
Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing
Release Date:
12/03/2018
... support critical writing about contemporary art and range from $15,000 to $50,000. “The foundation’s commitment to ...
United Hospital Fund Names New Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Release Date:
11/30/2020
... microaggressions, and restorative justice. Staff feedback from the workshops resulted in a DEI strategic plan to ... He holds a Bachelor of Science in human development from Binghamton University-SUNY and a...