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Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders

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04/17/2018

... into neurons. Researchers can then test new drugs and study the development of disease in these lab-grown neurons, ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center

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05/10/2018

... permanent facility dedicated to the rehabilitation and study of extremely fearful, unadoptable homeless dogs, most ...

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Animal Welfare

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Darren Walker to Hamilton Graduates: Lead the Way Forward With Empathy, Courage, Compassion

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05/21/2018

In his address at Hamilton’s commencement, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker urged graduates to embrace history – good and bad – and lead the way forward with empathy, courage, and compassion.

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Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund

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08/13/2018

The Ford and W.K. Kellogg foundations recently teamed up with Borealis Philanthropy to launch the Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund. The fund just released its first round of grants, totaling $14 million, which will go to advancing racial equity...

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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

... to break in two? The answer, according to a new MIT study , is yes — with a twist. In a paper published this ...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown

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09/17/2018

... complete a master’s degree in a different field of study . “The Open Graduate Education program is inspired by ...

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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... sometimes hinder adaptation to ecological conditions." The study , the first genetic analysis of a transition from .....

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

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11/09/2018

... tumors in the most common type of lung cancer. “Our study shows that the same dysfunction in a genetic circuit ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Research Funded by Leon Levy Foundation Finds Climate Change Is Leading to Unpredictable Ecosystem Disruption for Migratory Birds

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03/06/2019

... in the subtropics–the southern half of the U.S. The study authors conclude that by the middle of the next century ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Helps Fund Research to Find Personalized Treatment for Crohn's Disease

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05/03/2019

... diseases and colorectal cancer. In 2018, Kim led the first study to determine how an intestinal disease develops using ...

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Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

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05/27/2019

... in so-called ‘junk’ DNA can cause autism. The study , published May 27 in Nature Genetics , is the first to ...

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The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards Second Round of Grants Through Sickle Cell Disease/Advancing Cures Program

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09/10/2019

... of the researchers who won support for their projects will study aspects of gene editing that could improve its ...

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Lukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer, Research Supported by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award

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09/20/2019

... Sciences at University of California San Diego. In the study , published September 20, 2019 in PLOS One, the team ...

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Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak Receives Grant from Westchester Community Foundation to Expand Saw Mill River Restoration Efforts

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12/16/2019

A new grant has been given to the Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak so that it can expand its studies of water quality issues plaguing the Saw Mill River.

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