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Simons Foundation Supports Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’s Journey Out of a Cell’s Nucleus

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11/10/2016

... borders of the nucleus create a challenge: In order for the cell to produce essential proteins, messages derived ... form of RNA molecules. New work by a team of researchers based at The Rockefeller University...

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Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning

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11/14/2016

Gap Foundation Supports Advancements in New Ecosystems for Learning Collective Shift, an organization dedicated to redesigning social systems for the connected age and creator of the LRNG learning ... announced a...

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Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... to identify and assess new, large-scale opportunities for impact across the foundation's priority areas and ... of its work, ensure that all early-stage decisions are based on the best available evidence...

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Tesla, Farmingdale State Announce Student Job Training Plan

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08/30/2017

... college in the state university system and the California- based automaker hoping to open new sites in New York, company executives said. “This is a new paradigm for the automotive industry and so we are...

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Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children

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08/30/2017

... by the Tahirih Justice Center, a nonprofit organization working to end gender- based violence. The vast majority were underage girls who ...

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Mellon Supports Vanderbilt University's Workshop on TV News Preservation

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09/28/2017

... the two-day “Sustaining Television News Preservation for the Next Generation” workshop, with the goal of developing new strategies for sustaining library- based broadcast preservation. The...

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Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing

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12/03/2018

Andy Warhol Foundation Awards Grants for Arts Writing The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts announced today the twenty-one recipients ... a total of $725,000. Administered by the New York– based...

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Century Foundation Releases 9 Steps to Revitalize America's Manufactring Communities

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05/08/2019

... 9 Steps to Revitalize America's Manufactring Communities For the past year, experts and stakeholders across the ... gives policymakers quick access to the nine best actions for bringing this...

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William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program

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06/05/2019

William T. Grant Invites Applications for Scholars Program The New York City- based William T. Grant Foundation supports research aimed at ... To that end, the foundation is inviting applications for...

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17 Feb 2016

Legal Series - Making Grants to Individuals

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... Explore Learn about the legal and regulatory requirements for programs that award grants to individuals Understand how ... Directors of small foundations, Grant Managers, and funders who fund scholarships/...

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16 Feb 2017

Legal Series - London’s Calling! So is Syria, Sudan, North Korea… Best Practices in International Grantmaking

Thursday, February 16, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

... not required) Explore Equivalency determinations for non-US entities Expenditure responsibility rules ... Corporation of New York Designed for All interested funders . Registration 8:45 - 9:00...

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Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award

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07/31/2015

Carnegie and American Library Association Seek Nominees for I Love My Librarian Award The Carnegie Corporation of New ... by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education ...

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With Support from Carnegie, New Science Standards Deliver Students from Textbooks to ‘Real-World' Applications

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05/19/2017

... big-picture concepts. Adopted by the New Jersey Board of Education in 2014, the Next Generation Science Standards are state mandated for K-12, and according to the New Jersey Department of Education...

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Design Thinking for Advocates: Don’t Knock it Till You Try It

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02/23/2016

... equity in the City’s cultural sector. Facilitators shared their creative compass , asking users to: 1) make ... negotiating differences among this large, representative group is hard. The challenge: Setting...

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Laura Wolff Named Acting Director of Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

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06/03/2013

... of the Foundation, who after 38 years of extraordinary service will be retiring on July 1, 2013. Ayers will continue ... Foundation in a consulting capacity through February 2014. For the past 24 years, Ms...

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Schendler & Haynes: Finally, ski resorts wake up to warming

Release Date:

09/05/2013

... Alta, Snowbird and Jackson Hole, which offer a shared lift pass called the Mountain Collective, announced a partnership with the advocacy group Protect Our Winters. Its mission is to create the ... will to...

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At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities

Release Date:

10/15/2014

... with challenges of congestion, infrastructure, service delivery, security, vulnerability and growth of slums. 100 Resilient Cities is an opportunity for Africans to rethink cities, not just in terms of urban...

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Daphne Foundation President Highlighted as one of "Seven Women Who Change Their Worlds"

Release Date:

11/05/2014

... to philanthropy focuses on supporting what women "could do for themselves," an outlook shared by those involved with The New York Women's ... with women after they are released from treatment...