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Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump's Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed

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11/11/2016

Century Foundation Fellow Asks If Trump' s Victory the Jump-Start Civics Education Needed The 2016 ... of his own party described as a classic authoritarian. How is it possible that tens of millions of...

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Russell Sage Fellow in NYTimes on The End of Identity Liberalism

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11/18/2016

... better than any European or Asian nation today. It’ s an extraordinary success story. But how should this diversity shape our politics? The standard ... gender and sexual identity that has distorted liberalism...

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An Analysis of Bloomberg Philanthropies Boost for Disadvantaged Students at Top Schools

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12/22/2016

... but fewer focus on ensuring such access to the nation’ s top institutions of higher education. Of course, there' s been lots of talk about exactly this challenge: How to open up the...

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A New MIT-Led Simons Foundation Collaboration Aims to Understand Basic Principles and Laws of Microbial Ecosystems

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05/30/2017

... Ecosystems Model microorganisms grown in pure cultures have been the basis of biological research for many decades ... and these communities play fundamental roles in earth’ s ecosystems. Despite their...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Looks to Move the Needle on Affordable Housing

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06/07/2017

... bank isn’t the flashiest of grants. But this funding can have major repercussions, including whether or not a low-income family finds housing, or how prosperous a neighborhood will be a decade from now. To...

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Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!

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07/19/2017

... equitable neighborhoods and communities — and learning how to turn ideals into outcomes. PLACES Fellows: ▪ Are ... peer relationships with other leaders in philanthropy. ▪ Have a broad range of philanthropic...

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Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’s Green City Force

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09/14/2017

Sustainability Starts Within: Meet NYC’ s Green City Force Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Edna McKay never expected she would one day have a full-time job in the sustainable energy industry. She ... eight-...

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The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast

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10/03/2017

... for kids “Wow in the World” debuted in May, he’ s listened to every episode three times. “It’ s a little ... summer for a live taping of his podcast for grown-ups, “ How I Built This,” James...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Finds Bacteria Play Critical Role In Driving Colon Cancers

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02/02/2018

... encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of ... by the same researchers shows a possible mechanism behind how one of these species spurs...

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

... research firm to influence the outcome of the 2016 U. S . presidential election. Many were left wondering how data accessed by established researchers could have been used inappropriately and...

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Gives Stem Programs Over $5 Million

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09/13/2018

... The grants are up to $250,000 each. "This is going to have a tremendous impact by allowing us to evolve our program ... of the Buffalo Maritime Center, which teaches youth how to build wooden boats as a...

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18 Aug 2020

#PoliceFreeSchools Funders Briefing with the Schott Foundation

Tuesday, August 18, 2020 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

... protests against police violence and white supremacy have garnered new levels of public attention and strengthened ... these and other allied partners in the Schott Foundation’ s National Opportunity to Learn...

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United Way of NYC President & CEO Gordon Campbell to Step Down

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04/02/2012

... 2012. Campbell will be joining New York University’ s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as a ... I know in improving education, income stability, and health , and strengthening the capacity of...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

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10/28/2014

... of Texas System, consisting of nine universities and six health institutions. He assumed the position in 2009 and as a ... appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’ s Committee on the National...

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05 Oct 2016

Urban Agriculture & Social Justice Activism

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 -

5:30pm to 7:30pm

... focused explicitly on dismantling oppressive systems have the greatest potential to achieve substantive social ... Cohen, Author, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health Kristin Reynolds, Lecturer,...

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Report Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds That Post-Ebola Cataract Surgery Can Safely Restore Vision

Release Date:

04/04/2018

... An estimated 13 to 34 percent of Ebola survivors have developed uveitis with varying degrees of severity ... procedures on Ebola survivors possibly pose a risk to health care workers and other close contacts...

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Ed Henry to Step Down from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation at Year End

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02/12/2020

... and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. “Ed’ s leadership, imagination and energy have served the foundation and grantees with extraordinary ... children and those in native communities. The African...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge

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01/11/2021

... will select 50 finalists that represent the world’ s leading urban innovations to emerge from the pandemic. ... And as they continue to manage this unprecedented public health crisis, city leaders are finding...

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05 Apr 2022

NYC Speaks: NYC Philanthropy & Co-Governance in the New Mayoral Administration

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 -

10:30am to 12:00pm

With a new mayoral administration in America’ s largest city taking on a one-of-a-kind effort towards ... learn about the ways the Adams administration is building out civic infrastructure throughout government,...

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Mastercard and Rockefeller Foundation Announce Data.org: A Platform for Data Science Partnerships

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01/23/2020

... model for philanthropy. As part of today’ s announcement, data.org launched a new $10 million ... of Mastercard. “We must make sure that even as people have unprecedented access to technology, we don’t allow a...

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