Carnegie-Funded Commission Finds Most People Want A College Degree, But That Goal Remains A Challenge
Release Date:
09/22/2016
... on the Future of Undergraduate Education: In addition to improving retention and graduation rates, colleges must ...
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A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools
Release Date:
12/02/2016
This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make better-informed decisions about their health care.
NYSHealth Invests in Veterans' Health
Release Date:
02/01/2017
NYSHealth is committed to working with a broad set of partners to meet our common goal: ensuring that veterans have access to high-quality care and choices about where they get that care.
Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem
Release Date:
02/16/2017
Early in his career as a cardiologist, Garth Graham treated a patient with acute cardiovascular disease whose case helped drive home the point that good health starts well beyond the four walls of an examination room.
Russell Sage Foundation Celebrates 110th Anniversary
Release Date:
04/20/2017
April 19, 2017, marks the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Russell Sage Foundation by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), the widow of railroad magnate and financier Russell Sage.
Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities
Release Date:
04/20/2017
Changing Americans’ access to healthy nutrition and replacing those food deserts with well-stocked stores starts at the local level, says Dr. Garth Graham, president of the nonprofit Aetna Foundation, which each year provides funding to local...
United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2017
United Hospital Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems...
The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism
Release Date:
08/11/2017
The Overbrook Foundation has worked during the past few years to improve an underperforming U.S. environmental movement.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need to...
NYSHealth 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available
Release Date:
09/11/2017
The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available. Applicants must submit an online inquiry form to determine whether a proposed project fits the funding criteria.
New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to ...
New York Developer Raises Fund for Affordable Housing
Release Date:
09/12/2017
New York developer Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder and president of Jonathan Rose Cos. has raised a $233 million real-estate fund dedicated to affordable housing, the company’s largest such fund in a sector drawing more attention from investors.
Education Coalition Promises To Continue ‘Opt-Outs’
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Claiming the Next Generation standards approved this week by the Board of Regents are “little more than a rebranding” of Common Core, a coalition of parent and teacher groups is vowing to continue boycotting New York’s standardized tests.
Mayor Targets 14,500 Buildings to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Release Date:
09/15/2017
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a mandate Thursday that would force some of the city's most inefficient buildings to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.
A Baseline for Success: Creating Sustainable PPPs
Release Date:
09/22/2017
To develop and sustain successful public-private partnerships, companies must ensure long-term sustainability.
Charter-School Operators, Feeling Pressured, Seek New Direction at Symposium
Release Date:
09/25/2017
Independent charter schools view themselves as scrappy upstarts with good ideas to shake up the U.S. education system one school at a time. But some backers of the model say they have “lost the narrative” to bigger networks.
Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The latest effort, Graham-Cassidy, is by far the worst for New York: it completely eliminates the Basic Health Plan (renamed the Essential Plan in New York), which offers excellent coverage for $46 or less to 700,000 New Yorkers.
Minorities and Americans Without College Degrees Showed Greatest Gains In Wealth Since 2013, New Data Shows
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Americans who were left behind as the country pulled out of the Great Recession — African Americans, Hispanics and people without college degrees — saw large gains in net worth over the past three years, the Federal Reserve reported.
What Business Can Learn From Buddhism
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Millennials, we are told, have a different attitude to work than their elders. They want to work for organisations committed to values and ethics, where there is a higher purpose than simply making a profit.
Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The News Integrity Initiative at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism announced $1.8 million in grants that aim to improve people’s lives by fostering trust between newsrooms and the public and nurturing constructive, inclusive community...