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Carnegie, Helmsley Release Study On Building a Successful Transfer Program

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05/17/2016

A new 60-page guidebook on effective transfer practices is geared to help two- and four-year institutions better serve students who often get stuck in the quagmire of process and policies.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

How Ford, Rockefeller Supported "Street Orgs" in the 1970s

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06/03/2016

In 1970, the Vice Lords were actually given $275,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation for their organizing work, and the Ford Foundation granted them $130,000.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

“Lois Quam brings to The Commonwealth Fund’s Board a wealth of experience in health care coverage and delivery in both the private and public sectors."

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Rockefeller Exec Outlines Wide Range of Climate Investments

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07/15/2016

The grant maker's plans includes helping finance efforts to develop renewable-energy technogies, deliver clean electricity to rural India, and create insurance products for extreme-weather events in Africa.

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Environment and Climate Change

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U.S. News Article Cites Wallace Report on School Leadership

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08/16/2016

Principals in small districts receive much less support on leadership in teaching and learning than those in larger districts.

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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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Children, Youth and Families

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New York City’s Universal Pre-K Program Wants to Teach Parents, Too

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09/09/2016

This school year, the Department of Education and New York University will launch a new parenting program to help low-income families reinforce classroom lessons at home.

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Open Society Foundations Founder George Soros Writes in WSJ About $500 Million Investment in Migrants

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09/20/2016

I will invest in startups, established companies, social-impact initiatives and businesses founded by migrants and refugees.

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Immigration

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.

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Workforce Development

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Sloan Supports New Study on What Happens When The Brain Is Artificially Stimulated

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09/26/2016

The research marks a step forward in the quest to develop personalized brain stimulation as a treatment for disease.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Joan Minieri Appointed Executive Director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island

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10/06/2016

Joan Minieri has been appointed as the executive director of Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock on Long Island.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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John A. Hartford Foundation Supports Report on Disconnect Between Docs and Patients On Advance Planning

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12/08/2016

While clinicians said talking with patients about end-of-life decisions early was important, patients stated that healthcare providers generally failed to do so effectively, according to a new report from a trio of healthcare foundations.

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Wallace Foundation Hopes New Initiative Will Better Prepare Principals

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12/12/2016

Officials with the foundation say that the five-year program will support dramatic changes to the way principals are trained, specifically in creating partnerships with local colleges and universities to redesign teacher training.

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Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

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01/20/2017

The William T. Grant Foundation's Scholars Program and the Russell Sage Foundation fund a project that asked students to report who they socialized with on a regular basis — both in person and online — and then used the data to identify the most...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

How Do Early Life Experiences Shape Behavior? was presented by Frances Champagne, PhD highlighted the brain’s plasticity and the effects of the environment on the brain’s development through epigenetic variation.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Regional Plan Association Wins Grant From Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to Study Climate's Impact on Wetlands

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04/19/2017

Regional Plan Association has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to study the effects of climate change and sea level rise on wetlands in the New York metropolitan region.

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Environment and Climate Change

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United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees

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05/02/2017

The honorees were recognized for their extraordinary leadership and service to hospitals, nursing homes, and home care organizations throughout the five boroughs of New York City and neighboring Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey.

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Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research

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05/12/2017

Russell Sage Foundation Invites LOIs for Immigration Research

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Surdna Funds Report Analyzing The Social Wellbeing of NYC's Neighborhoods: The Contribution of Culture and the Arts

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05/22/2017

Although culture and the arts contribute to the social well-being of New York City residents and are a bright spot in many disadvantaged neighborhoods, they tend to be unequally distributed across the five boroughs, a report from the University of...

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