2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How We Treat Disease
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of themselves to survive and stay healthy. His initial work, ...
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Women in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Economic Development Program Secure Marriott Deal
Release Date:
10/13/2016
... and agriculture industry on a larger scale. The graduates of the training program through the non-profit, Bloomberg ... their own coffee cooperatives, serving their own brand of coffee at the Q Cafe within the...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Brings More Data to NGOs in Africa
Release Date:
10/19/2016
... in disarray long after the bullets stop flying. NGOs working in these regions attempting to get resources to where they’re needed are often met with a severe lack of data. Meaning, they don’t know who, what,...
Surdna Foundation to Recognize Four Community Development Financial Institutions
Release Date:
10/31/2016
... development financial institutions (CDFIs) are working to help small business owners combat predatory ...
New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities
Release Date:
11/04/2016
... As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts investments in community development continues to ... Placemaking Outcomes, offers insights for the field of "creative placemaking" and...
Simons Foundation Supports Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’s Journey Out of a Cell’s Nucleus
Release Date:
11/10/2016
... Research That Sheds New Light on RNA’s Journey Out of a Cell’s Nucleus Cells secure DNA within their nuclei ... in a vault. However, the tightly controlled borders of the nucleus create a challenge: In order...
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 of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food ... press as rock stars. But the...
Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows
Release Date:
03/21/2017
... Society Foundations is pleased to announce the recipients of the Soros Equality Fellowship, a new initiative to help ... become long-term innovative leaders in the field of racial justice. The seven fellows,...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Mobile Content Guides at New York Botantical Gardens Spring Exhibit
Release Date:
03/28/2017
... bold innovation and experimentation in a variety of media throughout his celebrated career. At a Press Preview ... guests via video from his Studio in Seattle, where he is working with his team in preparation...
Mellon Foundation Gives $1.02 Million to New Critical Theory Initiative
Release Date:
03/30/2017
... to develop a curriculum on critical theory, a stream of philosophy that critiques the ways culture is formed and discussed. German Prof. Peter Fenves, who is one of the collaborators in the project, said...
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Supports Female Playwrights at Centenary Stage Company
Release Date:
04/06/2017
... the 2017 Women Playwrights Series lineup, with the works of playwrights Sholeh Wolpe, Jennifer Fawcett and Michelle ... A fast-paced dramatic comedy about the secrets and cost of happiness, "Shame"...
United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2017
... Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to ... prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems...
Rockefeller Foundation’s Claudia Juech, Associate Vice President & Managing Director, Answers “5 Questions” in PND
Release Date:
05/10/2017
... Answers “5 Questions” in PND Since joining the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2007, Claudia Juech has led ... to bring more diverse voices into the earliest stages of its work, ensure that all early-...
Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California
Release Date:
05/11/2017
... in funds established to support young women and girls of color, one of its first big grants will go to help young women and girls of color involved in the juvenile justice system. The Young...
Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island
Release Date:
06/20/2017
... putting together final details, before the official launch of two new businesses. “Exciting because we're going to be ... to run it the way we've decided.” Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been...
Open Society Foundations: Central Asia at History’s Crossroads
Release Date:
07/17/2017
Generally, when discussions turn to the politics of Central Asia, one hears of authoritarian stagnation, immutable institutions, and ... an uphill climb—but we must not discount those who are working...
Bloomberg, Tiffany Support Ocean Conservation and Climate Change Communications
Release Date:
08/03/2017
Richard Vevers worked in ad agencies for 10 years, then left to become an underwater photographer and ended up founding a not-for-profit organization called The Ocean Agency. His films of coral reefs are spreading the word about climate change...
New Mellon Fellowship Program Explores Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles
Release Date:
08/04/2017
... Cultural Preservation through Long-Term Conservation of Navajo Textiles The Heard Museum has been awarded a ... program centered on care and long-term preservation of Navajo textiles while potentially gaining...
'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Key players in the Trump administration have advised Mr. Trump to wind down the DACA program, and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has informed him he considers it unconstitutional and cannot defend it in court.
Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Growing up in the 1970s and ’80s in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, Halyna Davydyuk was bullied by ... for his beliefs. Today, she said, “there’s not a lot of persecution, but it’s difficult to find...