Open Society Awards $8 Million to Physicians for Human Rights
Release Date:
04/19/2017
... over four years, the largest contribution in PHR's thirty- year history will provide a dollar for every two dollars the .....
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SUNY Tuition to Rise $200 for Students not Eligible for Excelsior
Release Date:
06/23/2017
... in April for households who earn less than $100,000 a year . So for those students whose household income is more than $100,000 and who attend four- year colleges, their tuition will grow from $6,470 to $6,670...
Pinkerton Foundation Supports Hofstra Northwell Medical Scholars Pipeline Program Class of 2017
Release Date:
07/06/2017
... students to healthcare professions. Now in its eighth year , the MSPP has welcomed roughly 60 high school students ... students have engaged a four-week course, part of a multi- year program... Pinkerton...
More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers
Release Date:
07/28/2017
Three years ago, just four cities affiliated with 100 Resilient Cities employed a "chief resilience officer." As of late July, there were officially 79 within the initiative’s namesake cohort.
Westchester Community Foundation Funds Criminal Justice Program Series at Libraries
Release Date:
08/18/2017
... (WCF) is funding the series, which will focus on the 200- year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as ...
Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs
Release Date:
08/25/2017
... rum drink. The program accepts applications throughout the year . ... Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU ...
Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge
Release Date:
08/29/2017
A growing number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the country has closed the door on other refugees.
Winning the Lottery: Enrolling in Success Academy Produces Math Gains for Students, New Study Shows
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... the network’s third- and fourth-graders showed about a year to a year and a half of additional learning in math compared to ...
NYPD Expected To Announce Drop In Violent Crime Tuesday
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... record lows. With homicides and shootings down so far this year about 23 percent from 2016, police officials are ... in the city compared with 239 in the same period a year ago, a drop of 23.85 percent, said...
A Top State Education Policymaker Benefited From Integration. Now, He Wants To Bring It Back.
Release Date:
09/06/2017
If Vice Chancellor Andrew Brown had been born a few years earlier, his schooling — and possibly his life — could have been very different.
Review Board Recommends Departmental Charges Against N.Y. Police Officer in Eric Garner Case
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... clash over selling untaxed cigarettes that led to the 43- year -old man’s death in July 2014 has been the subject of a ...
Record Level of Job Openings Doesn’t Mean the Labor Market is Tight
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... openings at the end of July, up by nearly 200,000 from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Openings ...
Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... the field. Health reporter Erin Billups has the story. 16- year -old Scott West got a concussion playing football his freshman year in High School. "I went to go make a tackle and I had a .....
New Data Shows Retirees Are on the Move, But Young Folks Are a Different Story
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... share of Americans who moved to a different residence last year fell to its lowest point in the past decade, according ...
Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 Percent Return
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... earned an 8.1 percent return for its most recent fiscal year . The endowment’s new chief executive, N. P. Narvekar, ... overcome.” That return significantly trails the mean one- year return of 12.7 percent for...
Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... Board of Education Wednesday approved, 8-0, a three- year deal with the Buffalo Council of Supervisors and ...
At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... officers. The issue reached a boiling point last year when the Police Department stopped providing ... known by the clause 50-a. A state appellate court this year upheld the de Blasio administration’s...
Mellon Grant Funds Stanford University Press Pioneering Digital Academic Publishing Program
Release Date:
09/26/2017
... online journals. The idea for the program, launched last year with the help of a $1.2 million grant from the Andrew W. ...
De Blasio’s ‘Homeless Hotels’ Plan Is Way Behind Schedule
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... least 250 units would be operating in 2016 — the first year of the initiative — but didn’t manage to sign the ...
Would a Later School Start Time Increase Student Success?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... How much sleep do you get each night during the school year ? Are you rested in the morning before school? If so, ... be done to ensure you get more sleep during the school year ? In “The Economic Case for...