Overdeck Family Foundation Funded Research on ‘Bedtime Math’ Featured in the Journal Science
Release Date:
10/16/2015
... by three months more than children in a reading control group . Most notably, children of the most math-anxious ...
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Gould Foundation’s Tyre is Author of In-Depth Atlantic Investigative Piece on Math and Low-Income Students
Release Date:
02/12/2016
Peg Tyre, director of strategy at the Edwin Gould Foundation, wrote a deep examination on mathematics whizzes and reaching glory in math competitions. She is also the author of the book, "The Good School: How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the...
Rauschenberg Foundation Partners With Art in America to Launch Pilot Writing Fellowship
Release Date:
02/17/2016
... often not identified as art centers. For the inaugural group of fellows, five writers of diverse backgrounds were ...
Sloan-Supported Study Shows Whales Dine With Their Own Kind
Release Date:
03/03/2016
Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, the Institute of Marine Research in Norway, and NOAA, have found that as multiple species of whales feast on herring, they tend to stick with their own kind.
New Board President Selected to Lead the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation
Release Date:
07/11/2016
... and the Harvard Law School Venture Fund Advisory Group . In 2015, Ms. Butler Plum was selected as one of 50 ...
With Support from the Arcus Foundation, Study of Transgender Preschoolers Assesses Preferences and Identity
Release Date:
04/25/2017
In one of the first examinations of early gender development among transgender preschoolers, a new study has found that these children were just as likely as nontransgender children to have preferences associated with their gender, and to have as...
Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops
Release Date:
08/15/2017
A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments...
Michael R. Bloomberg To Convene Heads Of State And CEOs At Inaugural Global Business Forum
Release Date:
08/22/2017
Bloomberg announced featured speakers for the first-ever Global Business Forum, which will bring heads of state together with global CEOs to discuss opportunities for advancing trade and economic growth, and the related societal challenges - from...
When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... users—some of whom are profiting from it. Last month, a group of shareholders of one distributor strove to bring the ...
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Union Dues Case
Release Date:
09/29/2017
ALBANY — Unions including the New York State United Teachers and the AFL-CIO reacted angrily Thursday to news that the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a case that could decide whether public sector labor groups can collect fees from workers they...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce The Selection Committee For 2017 U.S. Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
11/29/2017
... the winning ideas won't be easy, but I know this group will help us ensure a successful competition," .....
New Study From The Commonwealth Fund Examines State Regulation Coverage Options Outside the Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
03/29/2018
... the ACA marketplaces, leaving them with a smaller, sicker group of enrollees. The problem could be compounded when the ...
New York State Health Foundation Report Finds NY State Premiums Are Among the Highest in the Country
Release Date:
04/02/2018
... , which documented a 35 percent drop in New York’s small- group enrollment, from 1.7 million to 1.1 million, over the ...
ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center
Release Date:
05/10/2018
After year-long project, the 28,000-square-foot facility unveils innovative training program and greater capacity to rehabilitate homeless dogs across the country
Arcus Foundation Funds a New Partnership to Reduce Poverty and to Protect the Endangered Bonobo Population In the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Release Date:
05/21/2018
Village Enterprise and the African Wildlife Foundation announced a new partnership funded by the Arcus Foundation to reduce poverty and to protect the endangered Bonobo population in the biodiverse Lomako region of the Democratic Republic of the...
App Developed at UVA Improving HIV Care, Finds Study Supported By The MAC AIDS Fund
Release Date:
06/12/2018
... adherence. In addition, it features a virtual support group where users can interact anonymously to ask questions, ...
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats
Release Date:
06/25/2018
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms To Flip the House for the Democrats Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind...
Supported by Commonwealth Fund, A New Contracting Tool Launched to Help Health Care Organizations Manage High-Need
Release Date:
07/11/2018
... Care Organizations Manage High-Need The Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) and the Health Care Transformation ...
Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death
Release Date:
10/03/2018
Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed healthy by current guidelines -- increases the risk of premature death by 20 percent,...