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Verizon Foundation: Innovative Learning Program Addresses Lack of Women in STEM Careers

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07/24/2017

Verizon is addressing the need for more women in STEM careers by reaching middle-school girls through a three-week summer learning experience.

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Gender Justice

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

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08/04/2017

... exclude people from entire neighborhoods and their schools ... Check out the recently published report here . ...

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Community Development

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The Century Foundation

Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great

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08/14/2017

If you think your job is more stressful than it should be, you're not alone. Americans work hard, and it takes a physical and mental toll, not to mention that it frequently cuts into personal time, according to a comprehensive survey on working...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Workforce Development

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Opinion: With Or Without DACA, New York Must Step Up For Immigrant Communities

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09/05/2017

Immigrant youth like me are fighting to defend DACA at the national level. But we also need New York lawmakers to step up by passing the Liberty and DREAM Acts.

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Appointments & Transitions

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Immigration

Andrus Family Fund Appoints Edgar Villanueva to Its Board

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09/22/2017

Andrus Family Fund appoints Edgar Villanueva, Vice President of Programs and Advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education, to its board.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy

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09/27/2017

The rates hookworm infection found in Lowndes County, AL—one of the poorest counties in the state, three-quarters of whose residents are African-American (as were all of those tested in the study)—have not improved much from levels a century ago.

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Health

Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC.

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10/02/2017

The growing popularity of fried chicken and pizza in parts of Africa underscores how fast food is changing habits and expanding waistlines.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Food Systems

Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

... American and Pacific Islander students in K-12 schools and on college campuses have not met since President ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

Two new strategies show promise in battling malaria, a disease that kills more than 400,000 people each year, mostly children ages five and under in sub-Saharan Africa.Both new strategies involve making Anopheles mosquitoes more resistant to malaria...

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

New York state’s high school graduation rate may take a hit due to an under-the-radar provision in the new federal education law.

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

Traveling south about an hour from downtown Pittsburgh along Pennsylvania Route 43, visitors roll into Coal Center, home to Intermediate Unit 1, a regional education service agency. Intermediate Unit 1 also serves as home to a Fab Lab — a highly...

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The Heavier Baggage of Immigrating while Black

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10/06/2017

Not only are people of African descent a large part of the immigrant and refugee population, they are disproportionately targeted for removal.

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Immigration

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Partners with Lumina Foundation to Address Racism on College Campuses

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12/11/2017

... on their campuses, and award smaller grants to help schools improve or expand their plans for campuswide ...

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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

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Toshiba America Foundation Announces $110,000 for 11 Innovative Classroom STEM Projects

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01/16/2018

The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) today announced nearly $110,000 in grants for 11 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that suppresses development of malaria parasite, genetic modification that boosts mosquito immune systems

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Health

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Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Tiffany & Co. Is A Vogue "2018 Game Changer"

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03/15/2018

As the woman driving and directing Tiffany & Co.’s global sustainability agenda, Anisa Kamadoli Costa works across the iconic company’s partnerships in both for-profit and non-profit sectors.

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