Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management
Release Date:
05/24/2016
... 250 million people each year, causing more economic and human losses than any other kind of natural hazard. The ...
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Simons Foundation Researchers Flag Hundreds of New Genes That Could Contribute to Autism
Release Date:
08/10/2016
... a machine-learning program that scoured the whole human genome to predict which genes may contribute to autism ...
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
... has any short or long-term effects in the rodents. Most human adults don’t show symptoms when infected with Zika, ...
New Developments in Kidney Stem Cell Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
08/26/2016
... youthfulness–at least when it comes to one type of human kidney precursor cell. Previous attempts to maintain ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Was Key Supporter of Zika Study
Release Date:
09/15/2016
The Zika study, published in the prestigious journal Cell Reports , describes a mouse model developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that shows that the Zika virus is detectable in tears.
With Support From Simons Foundation, Rett Syndrome Study Finds Mechanisms Underlying Its Visual Deficits
Release Date:
11/02/2016
... Further, they demonstrated the ability of recombinant human Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 (rhIGF1) and bumetanide ...
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
... the role chronic inflammation plays in driving human disease. The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. ...
Three PNY Members Join GCIR Board
Release Date:
01/30/2017
... , Program Director, Promising Futures, Education and Human Justice, The New York Community Trust Evan Bacalao , ...
Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges
Release Date:
04/14/2017
States could save money and increase college-graduation rates by providing modest financial incentives for students to choose private colleges over comparable public ones, according to a report released this week.
As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Successful schools, analysts say, will increasingly be the ones that expand their programs to suit the changing needs of employers.
Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common
Release Date:
08/31/2017
... child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too. In ...
Patrick Gaspard, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, to Serve as Acting Leader at Open Society Foundations
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... founded the global philanthropy network to promote human rights. Mr. Soros is a major donor to liberal causes ...
Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... to accurately monitor absenteeism data at all. “It’s human nature, when the stakes rise, to want to game the ...
A Green Bond Primer: Overview of a Rapidly Evolving Market
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... generate sustainable returns and better manage risk. On a human level, it means incorporating the desire to make a ...
The Heumann Perspective: Ford Foundation
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Ford Foundation Senior Fellow and human & disability rights advocate Judy Heumann investigates ...
Toshiba America Foundation Awards High School Students Grant to Support Yeast Experiment
Release Date:
02/16/2018
A science experiment by Stamford High School students is getting ready to launch into space.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports Research to Diagnose Hypoglycemia
Release Date:
05/25/2018
... GPCRs are the most abundant receptor family encoded by the human genome and one of the most popular drug targets for ...
The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over
Release Date:
07/06/2018
... and the Exodus saga, PASS OVER exposes the unquestionable human spirit of young black men who dream about a promised ...
Finding the Courage to Break the Silence
Release Date:
11/17/2023
In the last month, Philanthropy New York has witnessed and participated in a deafening silence within our sector around the atrocities in Palestine and Israel. As PNY staff, we’ve experienced this silence during meetings and programs with members...
PNY Core: Philanthropy 101
Philanthropy 101 is a five-part series that helps all staff new to philanthropy better understand the sector. It is for PNY members only. The curriculum was developed in partnership with the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy's Grantmaking...