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Markle Foundation Collaborates With LinkedIn, Arizona State and edX to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs

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04/14/2017

... to Address Technology’s Impact on Jobs America needs new tools for the timely measurement and monitoring of ... mainly of economists and computer scientists said in a new report. The panel’s recommendations...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Workforce Development

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IBM Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Solve Poverty, Hunger, and Illiteracy

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06/08/2017

... giant announced the launch of Science for Social Good, a new program that partners IBM researchers with postdoctoral ... to take on societal issues through data. With the new initiative, IBM announced 12...

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Technology

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... expected to transform treatment in the coming years. The new therapy turns a patient’s cells into a “living ... the disease “devastating and deadly” and said the new treatment fills an “unmet need.” . . F.D.A...

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USDA Invests $12.6 Million to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals

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09/06/2017

... by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Agricultural science depends on new ideas and new perspectives,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. ...

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Ms. Foundation to Philanthropy: Grow Local Economies by Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access

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09/08/2017

... Supporting Low Wage Workers and Childcare Access Today, a new study released by the Ms. Foundation for Women validated ... sectors that are made up of up 50% women. 2. Support new and innovative campaigns that...

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Economic Security

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How Much Did These 90 Companies Add to Global Warming and Sea Level Rise?

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09/11/2017

... thermometer be attributed to specific energy companies? A new study attempts to do that, and says that more than a ... to account for their contributions to climate change. The new paper, published last week...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bed-Stuy’s Gentrification, Effects On Residents Analyzed In Comptroller’s Report

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09/20/2017

... and so, too, is its economy and real estate market. A new report released by state Controller Thomas DiNapoli ... its long-time residents. While there has been a surge in new businesses and employment growth,...

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Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

... lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. Actor and playwright Staats’ plays include ... Off-Broadway theatre. Atlantic has also commissioned two new works via its Launch...

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Arts

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Goldman Sachs Brings 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative to Detroit

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12/01/2013

... will direct its lending to small businesses throughout the city . Other local organizations, including Midtown Detroit, ...

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Hunger-Relief Programs Receive Morgan Stanley Support To Feed More Children

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07/09/2014

The Morgan Stanley Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to local food banks and their hunger-relief programs that deliver nutritious meals to children and families in 27 cities and 17 states.

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Children, Youth and Families

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Community Revitalization Works Better When A "Quarterback" Is In Charge

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07/22/2014

The "community quarterback" model can be an effective approach to revitalizing troubled neighborhoods, write Nancy O. Andrews, president and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund, and Brandee McHale, COO at the Citi Foundation, in a post on the SSIR...

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Workforce Development

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Private-Public Partnership Commits $350 Million For Affordable NYC Housing

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07/30/2014

... Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are joining with the city and other banks to provide longtime affordable-housing ...

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Penny Abeywardena Joins the de Blasio Administration as the Head of the Office of International Affairs

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09/16/2014

... be in charge of dealing with the diplomatic community for City Hall. During her time at CGI, she led the growth of ...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Morgan Stanley Foundation Announces $1 Million in Grants to Local Food Banks Across the United States

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05/28/2015

The grants will be distributed in 24 cities across 17 states.

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Six International Parks Selected as Finalists in 2015 Urban Land Institute Urban Open Space Award Competition

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06/08/2015

... Park in Chicago, Illinois; Myriad Gardens in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma; Thousand Lantern Lake Park System in Foshan, ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Children, Youth and Families

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

The foundation looks to address the silence surrounding at-risk girls.

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Gender Justice

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NYTimes Profiles Several PNY Members, Says They’re Aiming High

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11/02/2015

Climate change, inequality and a broken criminal justice system are the issues du jour, and are also, increasingly, the focus of some of the nation’s largest philanthropies.

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Foundation to Take Food-Waste Fight to Davos

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01/21/2016

The Rockefeller Foundation plans to announce at Davos that it is kicking off a $130 million initiative to reduce food waste around the world. The wide-ranging plan will stretch from thrown-out crops to excess food at the dinner table.

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Environment and Climate Change

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