Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
11/27/2017
... honors. His latest book is Someone to Talk To (2017), a study of how people decide whom to approach when seeking ...
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New Research Supported By Simons Foundation Points to Cellular Roots of Autism
Release Date:
12/05/2017
... be a factor contributing to the disorder. In the current study , published online December 8, 2017 in Cell Reports, the ...
With Support from Gerstner and Heckscher Foundations, SUNY Announces Emergency Aid to Support Degree Completion Among Students
Release Date:
12/19/2017
Starting next year, University at Albany students who are at risk of dropping out due to sudden financial hardship or some other emergency situation could be eligible to apply for emergency aid.
Report Funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Finds That California Traffic Fines Prey on Poor
Release Date:
01/08/2018
A recent report by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, funded by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, found that Bay Area sheriffs were four to 16 times more likely to book African Americans and Latinos into...
Michigan State University Uses Mellon Foundation Grant To Build Massive Slave Trade Database
Release Date:
01/09/2018
... brings new digital tools and analytical approaches to the study of African slavery and the Atlantic slave trade,' said .....
Research Funded By The Russell Sage Foundation Shows Why Paid Family Leave Laws Could Hurt SNF Census
Release Date:
01/11/2018
... state’s skilled nursing population, according to a new study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management — ...
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Scholarship Program at Duke Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Graduate Stem Disciplines
Release Date:
01/18/2018
Funded by a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University Center of Exemplary Mentoring program will award 10 scholarships of $40,000 over five years to students who pursue paths in biology, chemistry, civil...
New Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Tackles College Hunger
Release Date:
01/22/2018
... the majority receive financial aid and are working. The study , funded by the William T. Grant Foundation and the ...
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Feb
2018
Pathways to Effective State Funding Strategies - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Monday, February 5, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... They will also drill down and look at one state as a case study to understand how coordinating bodies, intermediaries, ...
Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
... steadies the body if it is thrown off balance. The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral ...
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Mar
2018
Advancing Economic Opportunity for Immigrants and Refuge - A Webinar Hosted by AFN & GCIR
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
... Environmental and Regional Equity and the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration , University of Southern ...
Annie E. Casey Foundation Funded Research Shows Close to Home is Worth Fighting For
Release Date:
03/30/2018
... from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to conduct a case study of C2H, convened their March 16 forum months earlier ...
William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action
Release Date:
04/13/2018
This spring, the William T. Grant Foundation announced two new grant programs focused on getting social research out of the ivory tower and into actual policy and practice.
Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders
Release Date:
04/17/2018
... into neurons. Researchers can then test new drugs and study the development of disease in these lab-grown neurons, ...
ASPCA Opens Permanent, State-of-the-Art Behavioral Rehabilitation Center
Release Date:
05/10/2018
... permanent facility dedicated to the rehabilitation and study of extremely fearful, unadoptable homeless dogs, most ...
Darren Walker to Hamilton Graduates: Lead the Way Forward With Empathy, Courage, Compassion
Release Date:
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.
Ford Foundation Joins Funders To Launch The Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund
Release Date:
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...
With Support From the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, MIT Mathematicians Solve Age-Old Spaghetti Mystery
Release Date:
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 ...
Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown
Release Date:
09/17/2018
... complete a master’s degree in a different field of study . “The Open Graduate Education program is inspired by ...
Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring
Release Date:
10/03/2018
... sometimes hinder adaptation to ecological conditions." The study , the first genetic analysis of a transition from .....