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With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery

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08/15/2018

... for why the sticks refused to snap in two. Feynman’ s kitchen experiment remained unresolved until 2005, when ... won the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize , seemed to solve Feynman’ s puzzle. But a question remained: Could...

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Open Society Foundations Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’s Rights Program

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08/16/2018

... Appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as Director of the Women’ s Rights Program The Open Society Foundations are ... of Kavita N. Ramdas as director of the Women’ s Rights Program, effective September 25. Ramdas is a...

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Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Grants for US 2050 Initiative

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08/21/2018

... wave of foreseeable demographic changes will create a new American tapestry. Social, economic, and technological ... reshape the domestic and global economy, and the nation' s fiscal condition will face...

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Rockefeller Foundation To Invest $20M To Electrify Rural India

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08/21/2018

... three years to increase energy access in the country’ s rural areas, according to Vice President Christine Heenan. The U. S .-based foundation has raised an additional $32 million in ... for last-mile...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust And The AHA Announce $6.5M Commitment To Expand And Enhance Stroke Care In Nebraska

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08/21/2018

... enhance stroke care in Nebraska. The foundation of this new initiative is a three-year grant of $5.35 million from ... the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association' s community-based...

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Zegar Family Foundation Funded Research Shows Urgent Need To Prepare Next Generation of Farmers for Climate Change

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09/10/2018

... of Farmers for Climate Change Many of the world' s future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as ... its expansion as the fastest growing food sector. New research shows that in order for this next...

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Inside Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’s Big Investment in City Parks

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10/30/2018

... Philanthropy Covers Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation’ s Big Investment in City Parks The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. ... regions, giving $1.2 billion in 20 years? (Well, it’ s more money than that, given investment...

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NoVo Foundation Announce Support for Grassroots Organizations to Address Key Gaps in Local Communities' Responses to Human Trafficking

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11/05/2018

... The Partnership for Freedom today announced recipients of new grants to address labor and sexual exploitation at the ...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Funded Research Solves Genetic ‘Whodunnit’ for Cancer Gene

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11/09/2018

... Shaw showed that late-stage cancers can trigger AMPK’ s cellular recycling signal to cannibalize pieces of the ... Shaw, director of the Salk Cancer Center and the paper’ s senior author. “It’ s...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Leticia Peguero, Vice President of Programs

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11/27/2018

... of social and racial justice and the arts. In her new role, she joins the Foundation’ s leadership team as it revisits traditional structures and ... partner to the CEO and the board in achieving NCF’ ...

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A Decade of Impact: Bloomberg LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45%

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04/11/2019

... LP Improves Energy Efficiency by 45% Bloomberg LP’ s sustainable business practices have improved the company’ s energy efficiency by 45% since 2008, avoiding more than 1 ... his letter here . In 2018,...

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $4.3 Million to Develop Tools for the Clinical Testing of Anti-fibrotic Treatments for Crohn’s Disease Patients

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04/15/2019

... Clinical Testing of Anti-fibrotic Treatments for Crohn’ s Disease Patients The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley ... outcome tools that will enable the clinical testing of new anti-fibrotic therapies for Crohn’...

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Pennsylvania Joins Skillful State Network, Initiative of the Markle Foundation

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04/18/2019

... economy. “Pennsylvania businesses are hiring, and new and growing industries cannot find enough skilled ... “To meet that demand, we’re combining Pennsylvania’ s amazing workforce, advanced technologies and...

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Bloomberg Launches Beyond Carbon Campaign

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06/10/2019

... percent clean energy economy. Announced during Bloomberg' s commencement address at the Massachusetts Institute of ... coal plant closures, and a stop to the building of new gas plants, as well as the...

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Open Society Foundation Partners with Charles Koch Foundation to Launch Foreign Policy Think Tank

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07/04/2019

... teamed up to launch a think tank focused on shifting U. S . foreign policy away from "forever war," the Boston Globe ... think tank that [lays] the foundation for a new foreign policy centered on...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative

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07/08/2019

... and institutions with concrete examples of how this new form of scholarly communication can be adopted as part of ...

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Burgess Health Center Receives eCARE Emergency Funding From Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Rural Health Program

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08/05/2019

... will soon have access to these services, thanks to a new eCARE Emergency telemedicine program funded through a ... and training to connect with Avera Health in Sioux Falls, S .D., where emergency staff will be...

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Rockefeller Foundation Designates Atlanta As Newest City in Opportunity Zones Initiative

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07/31/2019

... second city to participate in The Rockefeller Foundation' s Opportunity Zone Community Capacity Building Initiative. ... The initiative, which launched in May 2019, aims to help U. S . cities attract...

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Study Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Pay, Flexibility, Advancement All Matter for Workers' Health and Safety

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09/26/2019

... as your risk of being injured on the job, according to new research from the University of Washington. The analysis ...

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17 Oct 2019

Exiting Responsibly: Making Wise Choices As You Wrap Up - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, October 17, 2019 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

... and honor. The path to engaging and furthering a family’ s philanthropy is a special experience—but it can also be ... the process of exiting their long-time roles alongside two new CEOs just entering this...