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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

... to handle the increased flow has contributed greatly to human misery and political instability—both in countries ...

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Immigration

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With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits

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11/02/2016

... Further, they demonstrated the ability of recombinant human Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 (rhIGF1) and bumetanide ...

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Science

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Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust

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11/22/2016

... the role chronic inflammation plays in driving human disease. The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board

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01/30/2017

... , Program Director, Promising Futures, Education and Human Justice, The New York Community Trust Evan Bacalao , ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture Series Continues

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02/10/2017

... of the biology of the mind and the complexity of human behavior, the lectures are hosted by Columbia’s ...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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Geraldine R. Dodge and Silicon Valley Community Foundations Accepted to Knight Community Information Lab

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02/14/2017

... Lab, an 18-month process to apply the essentials of human -centered design training to better understand ...

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

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Communications/Media

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Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges

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04/14/2017

States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Education

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Supports Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities

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04/18/2017

... Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the nonprofit Penn-Mar Human Services , an Employment First provider, will be able ...

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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Community Development

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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

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06/22/2017

In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.

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PhilTalks

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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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Workforce Development

Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

... child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too. In ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Sustainable Innovation: 5 Questions Every Company Should Ask Itself

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09/25/2017

... required to reach this sweet spot design thinking: “A human -centered approach to innovation that draws from the ...

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Robots Are Replacing Fast Food Workers At New Shake Shack

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10/03/2017

Robots will replace humans and cash won’t be accepted at a soon-to-open Shake Shack in the East Village, reps for the popular burger chain said Monday.

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Workforce Development

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

... to accurately monitor absenteeism data at all. “It’s human nature, when the stakes rise, to want to game the ...

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Former Microsoft CEO and Wife Pledge $60 Million to Fight Social Inequality

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10/05/2017

... service organizations, and other groups that provide human services to needy families... Former Microsoft CEO and ...

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Economic Security

Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

Johnson & Johnson is joining the Coalition for the American Dream—not only to advocate for the protection of America’s Dreamers and find a bipartisan, long-term solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), but also as an...

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Immigration

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Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment

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02/16/2018

A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space.

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Education

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports Research to Diagnose Hypoglycemia

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05/25/2018

... GPCRs are the most abundant receptor family encoded by the human genome and one of the most popular drug targets for ...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Grants $1.25 million to Support Aging-in-Place Services

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07/23/2018

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation today announced a gift of $1.25 million to Habitat for Humanity to support aging-in-place services for low-income older adults.

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Aging