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Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children

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10/10/2017

... and Disease in Children A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose ... the age of five. Published in Nature Communications, the study is the first to quantify the...

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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Issues Consensus Report On Diabetes In Association With The ADA

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11/22/2017

American Diabetes Association Issues Consensus Report to Standardize Definitions and Outcome Measures Beyond HbA1C for Type 1 Diabetes in Special Diabetes Care Section

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... improve relationships with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In that ... on documentation, according to a UCLA press release on the study ... The Commonwealth...

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As Youth Giving Since 2001 Totals $19M, Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Reiterates the Importance of a Youth-Led Strategy

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12/11/2017

... million since 2001 through youth grantmaking programs, a study from YouthGiving.org, an initiative of Foundation ... should all leverage in our institutions." According to the study , more than eight...

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet

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05/25/2018

... of the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet. The study , published in the journal Cell, is the first to ... physiology in the UCLA College, and senior author of the study . However, there has been no clear...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust and Partners Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S.

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10/11/2018

... the United States. This effort was prompted by a small study published in the December 2017 edition of the Journal ... Science and Technology, by Carter and Heinemann1. The study , which was not initiated or...

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Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program

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12/05/2018

NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Oxford University

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05/12/2019

The University of Oxford has announced a £3 million ($3.9 million) gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in support of the consolidation and expansion of its Late Antique and Byzantine studies program.

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Phillip Brian Harper Named New Program Director for Higher Learning At The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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08/27/2020

The position, effective October 1, 2020, will shape and direct giving on issues surrounding higher education, particularly in the humanities and liberal arts.

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Renowned Scholar and Author Carolyn Dinshaw Joins the Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer for Higher Learning

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02/10/2022

... founded and directed the interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and headed the Gender and ... of Wisconsin Press, 1989)—the first full-length feminist study of Chaucer, and The...

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New York City's Community Foundation Carries Out Charitable Legacies of Brooke Astor and Many Others

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06/07/2017

... Einstein College of Medicine, $141,000 to continue a study of osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that develops most often ... for funder collaborative housed at The Trust, which pools resources to expand access for...

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

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05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s reflections on the unique strengths and enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy.