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Peter G. Peterson Foundation-Sponsored Team Wins Competition

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04/12/2016

... Team Wins Competition that Raises Awareness About U. S . Fiscal Challenges The fiscal future of our generation is ... and Mary has made its mission to uphold. The College’ s team won the fourth annual Up to Us...

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Arabella Advisors Director to Speak at 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit

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04/18/2016

Food Tank, in partnership with American University, is hosting the 2nd Annual Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C. on April 20–21, 2016.

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Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes

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04/21/2016

Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’ s Largest Study on Autism and Genes Scientists funded by the ... than 21 medical institutions, including Boston Children’ s Hospital, the University of North Carolina-...

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Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes

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05/17/2016

... have significantly different estimates for the patient’ s survival than their doctor—but that’ s not only because of a misunderstanding, University of ... School of Medicine researchers report in today’...

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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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Scientists Supported by Simons Foundation Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights

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08/12/2016

... energy expenditure when flying over long distances. It’ s a behavior known as thermal soaring that requires complex ...

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Century Foundation Expert Says Tuition-Free College Wouldn’t Admit More Low-Income Students

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08/18/2016

... often required to help such students succeed. That’ s money, Kahlenberg says, “not spent on reducing class ...

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Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika

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08/19/2016

Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers at the Rockefeller University and the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology report in Cell Stem Cell.

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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- 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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Mellon Foundation and NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel

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11/29/2016

... NEH Recognize College Professor for Book on Israel Gary S . Schiff’ s first book, “Tradition and Politics: The Religious ...

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Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy

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11/30/2016

... Big Bet Philanthropy For the superrich and the biggest U. S . charitable foundations, donating to universities, ...

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

The MasterCard Foundation’s scholarship program funds high school and higher education for thousands of students from Africa.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

... Series continued on Feb. 8 at Columbia University’ s Faculty House in Morningside Heights. How Do Early Life ... by Frances Champagne, PhD highlighted the brain’ s plasticity and the effects of the environment...

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Newman's Own Foundation Names Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to Advisory Board

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04/11/2017

Newman' s Own Foundation Names Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to Advisory Board Newman' s Own announced that Dr. Lynn Pasquerella has been appointed to the Newman' s Own Advisory Board...

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With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation

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07/12/2017

Now, researchers during a University of Illinois during Chicago have identified an enzyme benefaction in a cornea that becomes dramatically upregulated and triggers inflammation during and even after a herpes pathogen infection has cleared.

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As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check

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08/28/2017

Successful schools, analysts say, will increasingly be the ones that expand their programs to suit the changing needs of employers.

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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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Foundation Presidents Defend Donor-Advised Funds—Is That the Best They Can Do?

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09/14/2017

Earlier this month, a coalition of philanthropic trade associations—namely, the Council of Foundations, Independent Sector, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Columbus Foundation (on behalf of community foundations)—wrote a letter (which...

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