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Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford Steps Into New Role as President of Wenner-Gren Foundation

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08/09/2017

... subdisciplines,” Sciarra added. “Her innovative spirit will help the foundation make a powerful case for the ongoing ... As Wenner-Gren marks its 75th anniversary, Rutherford will create a new strategic plan...

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Ex-Googlers Stir Up Controversy With Bodega Pantry Concept

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09/18/2017

... than 1,000 units and go national. “The vision here is much bigger than the box itself,” McDonald told Fast ... shopping locations won’t be necessary, because there will be 100,000 Bodegas spread out, with one...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 5 Winners of Annual Spark Prize

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01/11/2018

... social justice. Each of the five Spark Prize recipients will be awarded $100,000 in general operating support from ... of these five powerful organizations, but also attracts much needed attention and...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Maintains A World Class Art Collection In a Westchester Basement

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02/05/2018

... Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it 's all inside the lower level of Kykuit , also known as ... for Rockefeller and his family in 1913 and is very much an ode to an artist’s heart...

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Patrina Foundation Supports Adaptive Sports Foundation’s 2018 Warriors in Motion Program

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06/15/2018

... in Windham announces the businesses and foundations that will join the family of companies and donors providing ... years. ASF went from being a sports outlet to something much deeper as the number of men and...

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Open Society Pledges Support for African Cultural Heritage Restitution

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11/12/2019

... the African continent. Over four years, the initiative will support networks and organizations working to return ... and in Namibia and Nigeria, among many others. “With so much of Africa’s precolonial...

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After-School All-Stars Receives $4 Million Grant From New York Life Foundation

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03/08/2014

... to middle school youth in six U.S. cities. The grant will enable ASAS to introduce its afterschool model in ... The model includes a variety of academic, enrichment, and health and fitness activities delivered...

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CDC: Measles cases in USA hit 20-year high

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05/30/2014

... actual count is 166 as of Thursday, according to the state Health Department. The nationwide total is the highest for ... since 1994, when 764 cases were reported, the CDC says. It surpasses the 220 cases...

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NYC Green Carts Expanding Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods

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06/11/2014

... Office of Food Policy and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in partnership with the Laurie M. ...

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Noyes Foundation's Zigbi Selected as Loeb Fellow

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07/17/2014

... Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and the Eat for Health initiative at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, has ... unique perspectives.” After the year in residence, Zigbi will join “a worldwide alumni...

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Advisory Board Picked to Help Move Community Schools Plan Forward

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07/17/2014

... plan. "Community schools are one of the thrusts that will have potentially the biggest impact," de Blasio said, ... attend to the needs of children with physical and mental health issues, and help...

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Michael Bloomberg to Return to Lead Bloomberg L.P.

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09/03/2014

... — on issues like gun control, immigration and public health But in recent months, Mr. Bloomberg — who still ...

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Water.org Receives $2.9M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation in East Africa

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10/22/2014

... Charitable Trust and the work of Water.org, 16,000 people will gain access to safe water and improved sanitation in Kenya. In addition, Water.org's health and hygiene education programs will...

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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

... schools in the city by linking services such as mental health counseling and food programs to more traditional ... like extended school days and teacher development, it must have been music to the ears of at...

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Data is Needed to Address Worldwide Women's Issues

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12/16/2014

... and to promote a joint effort to gather more data on their health , workplace roles, childbirth and other facets of their ...

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New Report Offers Framework to Analyze Effects of Potential Changes to the US Food System

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01/14/2015

... Research Council offers a framework for assessing the health , environmental, social, and economic effects of ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Backs Innovative Glaucoma Research

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04/10/2015

... there is no cure for the disease, and once vision is lost, it cannot be regained. However, Robert. W. Williams, PhD, ... Genomics and Informatics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC),...

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Ford’s Push for the Reproductive Rights of Young Women in the Niger Delta

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04/13/2015

... in empowering women by expanding reproductive rights. But it 's particularly attuned to the sexual and reproductive ... grant for a project that addresses the reproductive health needs of young, out-of-...

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Pershing Square Foundation Establishes $10 Million Endowment To Support Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Life Science Research

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06/02/2015

... projects and game-changing discoveries to improve human health . We are grateful to have Bill and Karen Ackman and The ...

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Prudential Seeks New York's Top Youth Volunteers of 2016

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09/09/2015

... high school students for helping people in need, promoting health and safety, protecting the environment, or ...

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