2017 Macy Faculty Scholars Named
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... the way for health professions education reform and we look forward to seeing the impact they will have both locally ...
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NY Women's Foundation's Oliveira Discusses Women and Rikers in NYN Media Insights Podcast
Release Date:
06/30/2017
Ana Oliveira, president and CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation and member of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform, joins NYN Media Podcast to talk about what led to - and came out of - a report on...
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation-Supported Study Finds Babies Born Big More Likely to Become Obese Children
Release Date:
07/12/2017
The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings.
Morgan Stanley Lights Up Times Square for the New York Women’s Foundation
Release Date:
07/20/2017
... Foundation is giving New Yorkers and tourists something to look up to in Times Square. Thanks to Morgan Stanley’s ...
NoVo’s Radical Hope Fund a Result of Radical Listening
Release Date:
08/17/2017
Radical hope is one of NoVo’s core values. The Radical Hope Fund will award $20 million over four years, and the minimum award amount will be $250,000 for one to four years, reflecting NoVo’s commitment to supporting big ideas.
Milbank Memorial Fund Releases Report on Telehealth Private Payer Laws
Release Date:
08/23/2017
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from that of the provider—as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. State...
The Fall’s Most Fascinating Art Show? The Met Trying to Fix Itself
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... eight years, with their achievements and their stumbles, look like an inevitable interregnum. The 31-year tenure of ...
Mexican-Born Artist To Build Wall In New York Park
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... want to leave the wall up too long, because it would look more like a work of art than a political piece.” Much ...
BoardSource 2017 Finds a New Platform for Action in the Face of Declining Diversity
Release Date:
09/06/2017
... these pieces to further both exploration and action, so look for our webinar series that will launch next week in ...
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.
A Brooklyn Food Festival Dishes Out Extra Helpings of Culinary Theory
Release Date:
09/11/2017
During the course of the year, New Yorkers have no shortage of food events to attend. But Taste Talks, a culinary showcase that wrapped up its fifth annual edition this past weekend, aims to be something different, organizers say.
High-Profile Philanthropy Contests Take Hold, Raise Concerns
Release Date:
09/14/2017
When the corporate foundation at German engineering giant Siemens went looking for simple technologies that could help people in developing countries, it didn’t ask for grant applications. Instead, it used a hot new format for foundations: a prize...
The Future Of New York City Transit in Every Borough
Release Date:
09/19/2017
... at best.) So what could the future of NYC transportation look like? . . . The Future Of New York City Transit in ...
Twenty Years After Suffragists Statue Victory, The Quest Continues For A National Women's History Museum
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Earlier this year, a bill was introduced in the House by Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.) to create "a comprehensive women's history museum" within the Smithsonian. The group is trying to get support for a companion...
Disparities in Health of NYC Latino Populations
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... groups to help set health priorities. This is the first look at the city’s roughly 2.4 million Latino residents, ...
Schools’ Response to Bullying Is Questioned After Fatal School Stabbing
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Details are still emerging about what led Cedeno to allegedly draw a switchblade and plunge it into two of his classmates, but he had faced persistent bullying in a school that some parents say struggled to maintain order.
Home Health Workers: All the Work, Half the Pay
Release Date:
10/02/2017
Home care workers do not get paid for every hour of their 24-hour shifts. Recent court rulings could change that fact, and upend an industry
The New Bedtime Story Is a Podcast
Release Date:
10/03/2017
... Raz sign the back of his NPR T-shirt. As podcast makers look to expand their audience — just under a quarter of ...
Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City alleges the city is violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
Rockefeller Foundation Research Shows Connection Between Watershed Quality and Disease in Children
Release Date:
10/10/2017
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.