Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2016 Fellows
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... and seventy-one academic institutions; sixty-seven fellows have no academic affiliation or hold an adjunct or part-time ...
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With Help from Mellon Foundation, the National Gallery Celebrates 75 Years
Release Date:
04/08/2016
... The gallery is such a fixture in Washington that it’ s hard to remember that it didn’t open until 1941, thanks to the vision of one man. “Andrew Mellon’ s idea was an American idea,” said Earl “Rusty” Powell...
Inside Higher Ed Profiles Teagle Foundation Gathering on Liberal Arts and Online Education
Release Date:
04/12/2016
... many of which won’t conclude until 2017 and 2018, have attracted participation from more than 110 faculty ...
Bangladeshi Law Student Receives Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Release Date:
04/19/2016
... for college juniors who show leadership potential and have an interest in government or public sector service. And he’ s also one of 30 recipients of the Paul and Daisy Soros ...
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’s Largest Study on Autism and Genes
Release Date:
04/21/2016
Simons Foundation Initiative Includes World’ s Largest Study on Autism and Genes Scientists funded by the ... be a mix of environmental and genetic factors, scientists have identified some 50 to 70 genes that may...
Bloomberg Philanthropies Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Power Plan
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... and Wisconsin. In each of these states, attorneys general have sued the U. S . Environmental Protection Agency to block the CPP from ... at the United Nations in New York, and after a divided U. S...
Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students
Release Date:
05/02/2016
... is the practice of providing qualifying students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an ...
Doris Duke Study Finds Promoting Abstinence, Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective
Release Date:
05/03/2016
... Fidelity for HIV Prevention Is Ineffective The U. S . government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention ... fidelity, but there is no evidence that these programs have been effective at changing sexual...
JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security
Release Date:
05/16/2016
... effort to identify consumer finance issues that have widespread, mainstream import but are unexplored ... to their consequences for millions of Americans. EPIC' s work is supported by JP Morgan Chase...
Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... and friends making decisions for critically ill patients have significantly different estimates for the patient’ s survival than their doctor—but that’ s not only because of a...
Tow Foundation, Columbia University Arts Announce Winners of Play Reading Series
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... Theatre Company and Columbia University School of the Arts have announced the winners of Columbia@Roundabout' s New Play Reading Series. As part of the previously ... with a cash prize as well as two...
Morgan Stanley/ANHD Community Development Fellowship Graduate Class Selected
Release Date:
05/23/2016
... is designed to increase the capacity of New York City' s community development organizations and to create a ... pairs them with nine community -based organizations that have an especially compelling...
Helmsley-Supported Research Discovers Protein That Controls Strength of Body’s Circadian Rhythms
Release Date:
05/27/2016
... Discovers Protein That Controls Strength of Body’ s Circadian Rhythms At noon every day, levels of genes and ... of physiological activity are why jet lag or a bad night’ s sleep can alter your appetite and...
Jonas Scholar Finds First Zika Case in the U.S.
Release Date:
06/02/2016
Jonas Scholar Finds First Zika Case in the U. S . When Dyan Summers’ patient suggested he might have a disease called “Zika Fever” in 2013, she was ... larva migrans—a thread-like worm lodged in a patient’ ...
Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge
Release Date:
06/20/2016
... that solve urban challenges and improve city life – and have potential to spread. The finalists, hailing from 10 ...
Stonewall Community Foundation’s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads
Release Date:
06/20/2016
Stonewall Community Foundation’ s ‘Dad Fund’ Changes Perceptions of Gay Dads Alexander ... long called itself ‘family’—as in, ‘Oh, him, he’ s family,” he says. “It’ s camaraderie, safety. It’...
Century Foundation Fellow Comments On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action
Release Date:
06/24/2016
... On Supreme Court Ruling On Affirmative Action Thursday’ s Supreme Court decision upholding race as a factor in the ... supporters. After decades of challenges, colleges that have significant competition in the...
Arcus Foundation Launches Fourth New York Pride Photo Book
Release Date:
06/29/2016
... Fourth New York Pride Photo Book More than forty years have passed since members of the LGBTQ community took to the ... first anniversary of the Stonewall riots for the world’ s first march for gay rights...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform
Release Date:
06/30/2016
... Discipline Reform The allegations sound like a parent’ s nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City ... to a recent class-action lawsuit. “The data we have seen shows a clear and undeniable...
David Di Martino Elected to The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/14/2016
... the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and in the U. S . Senate and U. S . House of Representatives... David Di Martino Elected to ...