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Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain

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07/13/2016

... the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’ s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain People with Alzheimer’ s disease don’t perceive pain as readily as healthy older ... detection may be one reason...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study

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09/15/2016

The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Research to Prevent Blindness- Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss

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09/29/2016

... Backed Study Uncovers Major Cause of Vision Loss The eye’ s retina works like film in a camera. The retina’ s rods sense dim light, while cone cells detect colors, ...

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Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension

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10/17/2016

Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a traditional pension.

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Gap Inc. Connects Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

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11/04/2016

... Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores. Across the U. S ., nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from ...

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Results from The Moody's Foundation-sponsored National Survey of America's Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic Success

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04/05/2017

Results from The Moody' s Foundation-sponsored National Survey of America' s Top Math Students Provides Glimpse into their Academic ... Success According to the survey, sponsored by The Moody'...

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PIMCO Foundation Supports Skating to Success in Harlem

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04/18/2017

... Skating to Success in Harlem One of the PIMCO Foundation’ s philanthropic focus areas is gender equality, which ... in order to unlock their transformational potential, it’ s imperative that we close the...

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Gender Justice

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Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women's Colleges

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09/05/2017

Transgender Students Find Open Door at More Women' s Colleges Until last year, Ninotska Love would have been barred from attending Wellesley College. She' s an accomplished student who has persevered...

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College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!

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09/07/2017

Students across the U.S. are making some very precise demands of school chefs and dining halls, including a churrascaria, a gelateria and a sushi bar.

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Food Systems

Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

Concussions among young people are seen as a silent epidemic. As student athletes begin the next season of activities, experts say parents should get their children tested for brain injury before they even step on the field. Health reporter Erin...

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Billionaires, Bruised Egos and the Death of a Grand Project

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09/25/2017

... plan the programming, provided an overview of the pier’ s dazzling design, the ambitious performances they envisioned and their outreach to local schools . But, Mr. Diller said, their grand vision was met by ...

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More Than 1 Million People Uprooted From Their Homes By Lingering Violence In Kasai, DRC

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09/26/2017

... and villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’ s (DRC’ s ) conflict-hit Kasai region. More than 1 million people have ... destruction and looting of homes, health centres and schools...

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9 Million Kids Get Health Insurance Under CHIP. Congress Just Let It Expire.

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10/02/2017

... Just Let It Expire. Congress just allowed the Children’ s Health Insurance Program, which provided low-cost health ... to restore the funding, the effects will become obvious in schools across the country,...

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/03/2017

... and Asian American and Pacific Islander students in K-12 schools and on college campuses have not met since President ...

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

Steve and Connie Ballmer are giving $60 million over six years to a program created by StriveTogether, a national nonprofit that seeks to improve education for low-income children.

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IRS Audit Guides Inform Nonprofits about Review Criteria

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10/13/2017

... are almost 30 guides available on everything from charter schools and public interest law firms to apostolic ...

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Century Foundation Fellow Addresses How this Higher Education Bill Will Only Increase Inequality

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12/12/2017

... argue the bill, passed in the waning days of this year' s legislative session and now on Cuomo' s desk, doesn’t weed out the significant number of ... “This bill only does one thing: It helps for-...

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In Response to TCF Lawsuit, DeVos Begins to Release ACICS and ABA Documents

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02/22/2018

... to a lawsuit filed by The Century Foundation, the U. S . Department of Education has started to release documents ... the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and the American Bar...

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