Rockefeller’s ‘Resilient Cities’ Noted in Article on Climate and Cities
Release Date:
08/17/2017
... or seen as overly-formulaic. The idea: That coordinated efforts to redevelop or build new structures to withstand ...
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Carnegie Grant Helps Princeton Team to Use Virtual Reality to Help With Real-World Arms Control
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... cooperation in traditionally sticky nuclear arms-control efforts . The second part of the project will focus on raising ...
No Room on a Bike Rack? Not a Problem for These Smart Bikes
Release Date:
08/29/2017
It promised a new way of bike riding in New York City — GPS-tracked smart bikes that would rent for as little as $1 and did not have to be picked up or returned to fixed locations.
Opinion: Learning from Harvey and Sandy
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... rising and tens of thousands remain at risk. Recovery efforts are slowly underway and there’s no mistaking that ...
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... are subjected to development instead. As a result, many efforts labeled as “progress” in India—whether ...
Opinion: A Bipartisan Approach to Stabilizing Our Nation’s Health Insurance System
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... a month since failing to move forward with their partisan efforts , Republicans and Democrats in Congress are working ...
Artists Behind ‘Tribute in Light’ 9/11 Memorial Continue to Inspire: ‘People Could Start Looking Up Again’
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... The lights that illuminated Ground Zero during rescue efforts set this plume of smoke aglow, and through it, both ...
These Companies Support Climate Action, So Why Are They Funding Opposition To It?
Release Date:
09/19/2017
A tale of Paris climate agreement supporters, political spending and unintended consequences.
Bloomberg Among Top Donors Who Give Largest Share of Wealth to Charity
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes in third among the three most generous donors (numbered among the 10 richest people in the United States), for giving more than 10 percent of his fortune to charity since 2000.
Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab
Release Date:
09/19/2017
Leading neuroscientists are joining forces to study the brain -- The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched on September 19, combines 21 of the foremost neuroscience laboratories in the United States and Europe into a giant collaboration that will...
Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... industry, after cautiously watching Republican health care efforts for months, came out forcefully on Wednesday against ...
Harlem Women Honored for Leadership by New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
09/22/2017
... Moreno Vega, Maxine Daniels and Melba Wilson, for their efforts in making their Manhattan neighborhoods better places ...
The World's Soaring CO2 Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers
Release Date:
09/22/2017
This unusual animation gives an architectural twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change.
Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer.
What a Corporate Funder Is Doing to Meet Urgent Humanitarian Needs Through Technology
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... be enormously complex. It requires far-flung logistical efforts that involve moving, tracking and delivering huge ...
Is ‘Housing Not Warehousing’ Next?
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... walked neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs—both efforts to count the city’s vacant buildings and lots. For ...
Immigration Agents Arrest Hundreds in Sweep of Sanctuary Cities
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... which has faced several legal challenges in its efforts to mandate cooperation between local law enforcement ...
Nonprofits Help Shift Mayor De Blasio's Opinion On Closing Rikers, Commission Leaders Say
Release Date:
10/05/2017
... in less than a year – thanks in part to the efforts of nonprofits serving on the Independent Commission ...
Wallace Foundation Case Study Examines Arts Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Programming at Boys and Girls Clubs The study explores the efforts of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), a ...
Route Fifty Recognizes Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities at Second Annual Navigator Awards
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... a culture of data-based practices that can sustain those efforts across mayoral administrations.... Route Fifty ...