Carnegie Praised for Preserving the Spirit of Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/13/2015
... to the Carnegie Corporation to fund colleges and other schools . Imagine if John D. Rockefeller had not established ...
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Six City Workers Win Sloan Award for Outstanding Public Service
Release Date:
06/02/2015
... who have tackled everything from the taming the city’ s rat problem to creating more healthy school lunches have ...
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Transgender Health Discrimination Study
Release Date:
07/29/2015
... Massachusetts since the 2012 implementation of the state’ s gender identity nondiscrimination law. The study ...
With Support from Atlantic and Hartford, Researchers Develop Novel 3-D Imaging Tool
Release Date:
04/06/2016
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine NAFLD Research Center find MRE imaging provides highly accurate, less invasive method to detect disease.
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments on Disrupting the One-Teacher Standard
Release Date:
09/01/2016
In a perfect world, education experts would shrink class sizes and children would learn from multiple teachers.
Westchester Community Foundation's Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy Westchester
Release Date:
09/30/2016
Westchester Community Foundation' s Rossi Leads Community Brainstorming Session For Healthy ... Community Foundation... Westchester Community Foundation' s Rossi Leads Brainstorming Session for Healthy...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Releases Report Preparing RNs for Enhanced Roles in Primary Care
Release Date:
09/30/2016
... issued a series of recommendations for leaders of nursing schools , primary care practices, and health systems on ... the potential for registered nurses to help meet today’ s urgent needs in primary care.....
Eighth Graders Win $25K In Citi Foundation Entrepreneur Contest
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Baltimore eight graders Anna Doherty and Hope Sacco won the 2016 NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge this week, presented by the Citi Foundation.
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What's It Learning?
Release Date:
11/01/2016
Wallace Foundation Has Been Betting Big on Principals. What' s It Learning? With its education funding Wallace Foundation ... for developing principals. Before that was the funder' s $85 million...
Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises
Release Date:
11/02/2016
Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will push an already swelling population past the 9 million mark in the decade beginning 2030.
The Bronfman Fellowship Announces 31st Application Season
Release Date:
11/03/2016
The Bronfman Fellowship selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars including a free, five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the fellows’ junior and senior years of high school.
Supported by Carnegie, ALA Announces Winners of 2016 'I Love My Librarian Award'
Release Date:
11/30/2016
... from across the country were honored with this year' s I Love My Librarian Award. The winning librarians were .....
Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports GallopNYC Acquisition of Horse Stables in Queens
Release Date:
01/09/2017
... near Forest Park, Queens, operated for many years as Lynne' s Riding School, in Forest Hills, N.Y. The stable will be ... acquisition will allow considerable expansion of GallopNYC' s programs.....
Rita Allen Supports Research That Identifies Source of Opioids’ Side Effects
Release Date:
02/02/2017
A commercially available drug may help drastically reduce two side effects of opioid painkillers — a growing tolerance to them and a paradoxically increased sensitivity to pain — without affecting the drugs’ ability to reduce pain, according to a...
Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Study Shows Zika Virus Can Cause Blindness
Release Date:
02/27/2017
... show that the Zika virus (ZIKV) can replicate in the eye' s retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even .....
Commonwealth Fund Report Predicts a Detrimental Impact of an ACA Repeal on Jobs
Release Date:
08/04/2017
A report by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and the Commonwealth Fund predicts bad news if Congress repeals the ACA. Research shows that the loss of 'ACA tax credits and Medicaid expansion would lead to a...
Beyond a Portal, to Real Patient Engagement
Release Date:
04/10/2017
... from the author, David Sandman, President and CEO, New York State Health Foundation A few weeks ago, I read an ... was essentially that an engaged patient is someone who’ s used an online...
JPMorgan Expands ‘The Fellowship Initiative’ To Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Get Into Top Colleges
Release Date:
06/21/2014
... and Los Angeles. The expanision is due to the program' s success so far in NYC. The program has 120 minority ... and outside the classroom,” said Jamie Dimon, the bank' s ceo and president. The...
Gap CEO: Giving Young People Their First Jobs is A Double Bottom Line Investment For Companies
Release Date:
03/28/2016
... houses and as a grocery store clerk. One of John’ s first jobs was in a summer camp in a high-needs community ... young Americans who are out of school and work. Here’ s the thing: one of the main things...
Five Questions for Pamela Shifman, Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Release Date:
04/01/2016
... Jennifer and Peter Buffett that has long worked in the U. S . and Global South, last week announced a $90 million ... movement for girls and young women of color here in the U. S . The day after the announcement...