Ford, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, FB Heron Named to 2016 Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50
Release Date:
08/01/2016
... sustainability and change is why these 50 executives have been selected for the 2016 NPT Power & Influence Top 50. ...
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Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... eager to uncover the genetic basis of autism could now have hundreds of promising new leads thanks to a study by ... on the 65 autism-risk genes currently known. Researchers have recently estimated that 400 to...
New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, have discovered the holy grail of endless youthfulness–at ... a new mixture of supporting molecules, Salk researchers have successfully suspended the cells...
Simons, Gates Foundations, HHMI Announce Faculty Scholars
Release Date:
09/26/2016
... Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the selection of eighty-four faculty scholars, ... early-career scientists at forty-three institutions who have great potential to make...
Survey Supported by Ford Foundation Says Nearly Half of Young Adults Lack Retirement Savings, Pension
Release Date:
10/17/2016
... pack. Forty-eight percent of all Americans aged 18 to 30 have zero in retirement savings and no access to a ... their late 20s. More than 4 in 10 of those aged 25 to 30 have nothing for retirement... Survey...
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
... rock stars. But the largely positive wave of attention may have missed much of the downside participants have experienced. The Rockefeller Foundation paid for PR and ...
Supported by Sloan Foundation, Study Finds New Quantum Liquid Crystals May Play Role in Future of Computers
Release Date:
04/21/2017
... Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal—a new state of matter that may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers of the...
Open Society Foundation Funds Program with Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees
Release Date:
05/09/2017
... Elmo And Big Bird Talking To Refugees Elmo and Big Bird have lots of experience teaching children everything from the ... organizations, trauma experts, academics and others who have worked with refugees. They...
Century Foundation: Why Manufacturing Jobs Are Worth Saving
Release Date:
06/15/2017
... policy, or as pundits from across the political spectrum have complained, is it just a nostalgic bid for middle-class ...
Staten Island Foundation Supports Worker-Owned Co-Op Businesses Starting Up on Staten Island
Release Date:
06/20/2017
... “Exciting because we're going to be our own bosses we have our own business and we're going to run it the way we've decided.” Edith Lopez is one of 6 women who have been working for months to...
Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... states that form the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have done much the same, in a further rebuke to the ...
Syria’s War Created Millions Of Refugees. Some Might Be Forced To Return Home.
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... the pace of returns. At least 5.1 million people have left Syria during the six-year conflict, with most ... economies and deepens political tensions, host governments have discouraged refugees from settling...
More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... in South Asia Floods This Summer More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia this summer, and as ... at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal have been directly affected by...
After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize ‘Dreamers’
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried to pass legislation to shield them from ... starts would already be daunting, but President Trump may have made the odds even longer after he...
One 'Dreamer' Vows to Finish Med School in The Face of DACA Chaos
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... resolve. "In some ways there's a lot of uncertainty, but I have dealt with uncertainty my whole life," she said. "It's a ... much more than our immigration status, that our families have...
Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... describe. Every enrollee in the nation is poised to have at least one coverage option this fall. State regulators have haggled repeatedly to keep premiums from skyrocketing. ...
College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... to the University of Texas at Austin this fall will have twice as much help wrestling with some of the big ... serves and to recommend healthier lifestyle choices. “I have had a little pushback from some very...
Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... from two monster hurricanes that scientists say may have been made more ferocious by warming trends. It also ...
Century Foundation Report: Toward a More Secure Retirement for Domestic Workers
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... even more so for workers in the gig economy, who often have far fewer benefits through their work. Yet domestic ... them even less likely than others in the gig economy to have access to workplace supports...
Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year. Now, a few have crossed the $50,000 threshold. Some parents say they have become resigned to fast-rising bills at elite schools ...