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Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance

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11/30/2015

Doris Duke’s Andrew Bowman to Lead The Land Trust Alliance WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Land ... Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people love by...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Patients with Macular Degeneration Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness)

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02/08/2016

... Show Improvement with High-dose Statin Treatment (Research to Prevent Blindness) Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and ... and improvement in visual acuity, without progression to advanced disease, in high-risk...

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Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing

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02/06/2017

Surdna Foundation Commits $100 Million to Impact Investing The Surdna Foundation today made the ... The Foundation will allocate $100 million of its endowment to impact investing as a way to...

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Is the Help Helpful? Alternatives to Shelter for Families Headed by Domestic Violence Survivors

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01/31/2018

Is the Help Helpful? Alternatives to Shelter for Families Headed by Domestic Violence ... Enterprise Community Partners and New Destiny Housing to call attention to the well-being of children...

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The Weight of Privilege in Crisis

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08/19/2020

... shown up in ways that even the most hardened deniers have to fight to ignore, but/and in acknowledging disparity we are also ... fact, not a meritocracy, but rather a structure designed to...

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New York Foundation’s Mottola Questions the Need for Celebrity Speakers at Philanthropic Conferences

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09/19/2014

... Why would it bother me that Alec Baldwin is going to be the keynote speaker at the Independent Sector ... planning committees and I know you need a big name to entice people to log off email...

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare is Expanding Partnership with Hearst Foundation

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02/24/2015

... expansion of its partnership with the Hearst Foundations to provide scholarships to 20 nurses pursing their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), ... and application of clinical research. According to...

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Sloan Foundation Announces 2016 Research Fellowships

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02/25/2016

... since 1955, the fellowships, which include a $55,000 grant to be used to further a fellow's research, are awarded to early- career scientists and scholars from the...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality

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07/06/2016

... how a plum internship may alter a young person’s career trajectory. While some students take a summer job in food service to pay the bills, others can afford to accept unpaid jobs at high-...

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Workforce Development

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Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars

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09/26/2016

... the selection of eighty-four faculty scholars, early- career scientists at forty-three institutions who have great potential to make unique contributions to their field. The first...

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Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

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10/03/2016

... Cancer Research. The prize of $200,000 per year for up to three years is awarded annually to at least five New York City-based scientists, enabling them to continue to...

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American Cancer Society Honors Dave Hattem of AXA at 54th Annual Gala on Long Island

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10/20/2016

... the company navigate the legal and regulatory environment to achieve its strategic goals. Earlier in his career , Hattem served as a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, where he took great pride in his service...

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New York City’s Top Science And Math Teachers Honored With Prestigious Sloan Awards

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12/07/2016

... love for science and mathematics, often inspiring students to pursue careers in science, math and other STEM fields. The ... a prize of $5,000 and each school will receive $2,500 to strengthen their science or...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

... Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth Graham treated a patient with ... Last year the grant maker committed $1.5 million to communities across the country...

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Opinion: Vacant Lots And Properties Could House New York City’s Homeless

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08/29/2017

... risen a staggering 40 percent since last year, according to the most recent annual count. New York is now home to one out of every seven homeless people in the country. Of ... to homelessness...

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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

... careers on these issues worry about the message being sent to the international community. "On the appearance side, I ... level of attention as other governments." In a letter sent to Sen. Bob Corker...

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Environment and Climate Change

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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

... distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little environmental ... every grant solicitation before it is issued. According to both career...

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After Months of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post

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10/03/2017

... of Searching, De Blasio Promotes Acting Corrections Chief to Permanent Post After considering nearly a dozen candidates ... for the post, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has opted to keep acting Department...

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