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William T. Grant Foundation Announces Two New Grants to Better Relate Research to Action

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04/13/2018

... were studying research itself: how to improve it, how it’ s incentivized, and most importantly, how to “increase routine and beneficial ... young people. The former focuses on a single institution’ s...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn's disease

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04/16/2018

... Awards Critical Path Institute a Grant to Focus on Crohn' s Disease he Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust ... Path Institute (C-Path) a grant to support a Crohn' s disease biomarker pre-...

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

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05/10/2018

... and study of extremely fearful, unadoptable homeless dogs, most of whom are victims of cruelty or neglect. The ASPCA opened this new ...

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The Warhol Foundation Will Award Six Spring 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships

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07/19/2018

... support new scholarship in contemporary art, and curators are selected through a biannual submission and application ... resistance, and how dominant narratives are shaped, and most...

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Arts

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United Way of New York City Names Gina Goodenow as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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08/15/2018

... President and Chief Financial Officer—the organization' s first female to take on this role in its 80-year history. ... in public accounting and non-profit management— most recently working as Controller...

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National Geographic Documentary Films Announces Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Paris to Pittsburgh

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09/13/2018

... premiering on Wednesday, December 12 at 9pm ET/PT in the U. S . and will air globally in 172 countries and 45 languages. ... to life the impassioned efforts of individuals who are battling the most...

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Rockefeller Foundation Names Tariq Khokhar Managing Director and Senior Data Scientist

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09/13/2018

... the Foundation. Mr. Khokhar comes to the Foundation after most recently serving as Senior Data Scientist and Global ... at the World Bank, where he established the World Bank’ s Data Innovation Fund, which...

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Mellon Foundation Renews Support for Open Graduate Education at Brown

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09/17/2018

... million, five-year grant to support the University’ s Open Graduate Education program. Launched in 2011 with ... Andrew G. Campbell, dean of the Graduate School. “We are leading the way in one of the ...

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

... your own name. Still, this task is very difficult for most people. That’ s because it requires the brain to perform a mental transformation that it’ s not familiar with: using what it sees in...

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

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11/09/2018

... Shaw showed that late-stage cancers can trigger AMPK’ s cellular recycling signal to cannibalize pieces of the ... conditions could stop the growth of advanced tumors in the most common type of lung cancer. “...

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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

... and the ecosystems they inhabit. Their conclusions are presented in a paper published in the journal Ecography. ... encounter ‘novel’ climatic conditions. The most likely outcome will be a period of ecological...

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Sloan Foundation Awards Fellowships to Four Georgia Tech, Emory Faculty

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03/12/2019

... scholars whose achievements mark them as among the most promising researchers in their fields. “Sloan Research Fellows are the best young scientists working today,” says Adam F. ... 2007. The new Sloan Fellows...

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With Support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Nature Conservancy Invites Applications for Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator Grant

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06/11/2019

... the use of natural climate solutions through the U. S . Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator program, which is ... trucks from the road. While significant investments are now being made in renewable energy and...

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Charles H. Revson Foundation Appoints Martha King as Senior Program Officer and Meredith Korn as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

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06/17/2020

... has sought opportunities to strengthen New York City' s communities and civic spaces, re-envision public libraries, ... housing, and build local public affairs journalism. Most recently, Martha was the...

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Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos's Education Department

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02/20/2018

Federal Judge Sides With TCF Against DeVos' s Education Department This morning, U. S . District Judge for ... and ABA’ s compliance report, documents that are at the heart...

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Samsher (Sam) Singh Gill Named President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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01/11/2021

... vice president and chief program officer of the John S . and James L. Knight Foundation, has been selected as the ... these roles on April 1, 2021. Announcing the board’ s decision, DDCF Board Chairman William...

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Peterson Poll: Broad Majority Calls for More Focus on Nation's Fiscal Outlook

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10/27/2015

... Poll: Broad Majority Calls for More Focus on Nation' s Fiscal Outlook With important fiscal deadlines looming ... nation’ s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to...

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

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Andy Warhol Foundation Joins Growing Number of Organizations Condemning University of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’s Flag

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07/25/2018

... of Kansas Over Its Removal of Josephine Meckseper’ s Flag The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has joined the growing number of organizations that are condemning the University of Kansas’ s...

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