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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NYS Health Foundation Grant Supports NewYork Quality Care Roll Out of OpenNotes to 30,000+ Patients

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05/18/2017

... OpenNotes, is funded in part by a grant from the New York State Health Foundation. “We believe in providing ... NewYork Quality Care. “With this grant from the New York State Health Foundation, we will be able...

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

A new report from the Urban Institute tells much of the reason why the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years: Prisoners sentenced to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and...

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Justice Reform

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Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge

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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.

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Immigration

U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

... Envoys. What Message Does that Send? As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson eliminates or shifts dozens of high-level diplomatic positions within the State Department—including the special envoys for climate ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Mayor De Blasio: NYC Will Continue to Support People Who Rely on DACA Even As Trump Axes The Program

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09/06/2017

I have a message for President Trump: Don't mess with your fellow New Yorkers. As a city, we do not take kindly to anything that affronts our people. We don't like it when our neighbors are singled out for who they are.

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Immigration

Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated that state and local officials need to take the reigns and steer ... public sector funding for childcare at the local and state level. 3. Work to raise wages...

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Economic Security

Gender Justice

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A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... and the Opioid Crisis. The epidemic has led every state but Missouri to establish one of these programs, which ...

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Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business

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09/12/2017

... I contacted leaders from various industries to discuss the state of corporate ethics and responsibility. . . Top ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

... Permit Denial Federal regulators have overruled New York state 's denial of a key permit for a pipeline expansion ... Energy Regulatory Commission determined Friday that the state Department of...

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Environment and Climate Change

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... has steadily expanded the city’s interpretation of a state law that bars public disclosure of the personnel ... citing the statute, known by the clause 50-a. A state appellate court this year upheld the de...

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Justice Reform

JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

... a lengthy debate, a majority of the commissioners of the state ’s lobbying and ethics watchdog panel again found on ... New York Civil Liberties Union must disclose donors to its state lobbying efforts. Several...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... gaps in New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the state ’s ability to attract and retain growing businesses. ... are working against the economic vitality of the state and against many employers’...

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Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn

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10/04/2017

... to immediately stop violence in northern Rakhine State , and to promptly and effectively investigate and ... crimes against humanity and we are deeply concerned at the State ’s failure to put an end to these...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug The city and state announced Monday that they entered into an exclusive ... agencies to buy the drug naloxone this year, while the state Department of Health will...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

Despite opposition from conservative and government watchdog groups, the House easily approved a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and...

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

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11/09/2017

... in mathematics, science and engineering. In 2013, Penn State was one of three flagship universities selected by ... of Exemplary Mentoring initiative, which builds on Penn State ’s Bunton-Waller assistantship...

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners

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11/17/2017

Early this year, The J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The J.M. Kaplan Fund sought to identify and celebrate innovation in the fields of heritage conservation, social...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Civic Engagement

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Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults

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03/23/2018

In the study, which was published in Science Translational Medicine , the researchers pooled and analyzed 6 epidemiological studies of mumps vaccine effectiveness conducted over past decades in the United States and Europe.

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