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Research Funded by Zegar Family Foundation Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring

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10/03/2018

... Finds New Genetic Interdependence Between Mothers and Their Offspring A team of biologists has discovered that the ... overlooked dynamic between the genome of mothers and their developing progeny--and one...

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Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes Its Own Limitations

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10/24/2018

Simons and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations Fund Study That Reveals How the Brain Overcomes ... improves overall performance, the researchers report in their study, which appears in the Oct. 24 issue of the ... also an...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grantees Cited in NY Times on Disputed Timeline for When Whites Will Assume Minority Status in US Population

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11/29/2018

... were projected to fall below half the population and lose their majority status. The presentation of the data disturbed ...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... in great detail — but the pathways cells take to reach their destinations have been largely unknown. The study is ...

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Century Foundation Launches New Public Policy Pop Up Think Tank - Next 100

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02/21/2019

... and demanding change on the issues most central to their lives and our collective future, from immigration to ...

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Pursuit Bonds, Funded by Inherent Foundation, Helps Provide Workforce Training for Disadvantaged New Yorkers

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03/15/2019

... nonprofits developing new models for work force training. Their overarching goal is upward mobility for low-income ...

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Research Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation Finds Bonding Exercises Cut Discipline Disparity for Students of Color

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04/04/2019

... to new research. The exercises also sharply reduce their risk of receiving discipline citations years into the future, report researchers. Their research, which appears in the Journal of Personality ... sixth...

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Funding From the Leon Levy Foundation Finds That Artificial Light Makes Birds Fly Into Buildings at Night

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04/05/2019

... send out flight calls that may lure other nearby birds to their death. “Nocturnal flight calls likely evolved to ...

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Research Funded by Simons Foundation Finds New Causes of Autism Found in 'Junk' DNA

Release Date:

05/27/2019

... an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Their team used machine learning to analyze the whole genomes of 1,790 individuals with autism and their unaffected parents and siblings. These...

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Initial Funding From Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust Supports New Council on Criminal Justice

Release Date:

07/23/2019

New justice group aims to provide ‘Center of Gravity’ for reform.

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports UC Berkley Research Findings that Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression

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10/29/2019

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified biomarkers — genes and specific brain circuits in mice — associated with a common symptom of depression: lack of motivation.

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14 Jul 2015

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

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2:45pm to 4:30pm

... social justice and/or advocacy as a tool to further their mission. This program is open to funders of all levels ...

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New York City

Jack Rudin, Son of May and Samuel Rudin Foundation Founders and Patriarch of Real Estate Family, Dies at 92

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12/06/2016

... with his late brother, Lewis, carried on the tradition of their parents, Samuel and May, in business and public ... her husband Michael Dee and their children Stella, Oliver and Nathan; and Eve Schaenen and...

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With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays

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02/05/2018

After nearly a year and a half in exile, Soho Rep has returned to Walker Street, and is kicking off its 43rd season with a typically startling play, Aleshea Harris’s “Is God Is,” which begins previews Feb. 6.

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Report From Century Foundation: English Learners and School Choice: Helping Charter Schools Serve Multilingual Families

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04/30/2019

... have few alternatives to the schools assigned to them by their school districts. The question is, then, considering ...

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Research Funded by William T. Grant Foundation Aims to Show Why Some Veterans Go Hungry

Release Date:

05/30/2019

... experienced hunger or food insecurity at some point after their service, Nipa Kamdar, a postdoctoral fellow at the ... called photo elicitation, she let the veterans explain their challenges through...

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Klarman Family Foundation Among Donors to Boston Public Schools Arts Expanision Initiative

Release Date:

06/25/2019

... School, and Community Academy, will continue to receive their quality arts education programs throughout the ... inspiration to our students, many of whom are showcasing their talents at the festival today,”...

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Brian Byrd, Program Officer at the New York State Health Foundation Joins The 2020 Justice Launch Committee

Release Date:

01/31/2018

... set of institutions that are all too often isolated in their own echo chambers. Until we understand the web of ...

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Social Justice

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation President Lori Bezahler Writes Op-Ed on Activism Led by Young People of Color for The Nation

Release Date:

03/28/2018

... a social movement demanding an end to gun violence. While their leadership and moral authority have undoubtedly taken ... young people of color have been working to end violence in their schools and on...

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David Sandman, President and CEO of the New York State Health Foundation on Strengthening and Adapting New York’s Hospitals

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05/24/2018

... we grappled with back then: How can hospitals best serve their communities and patients? What should we do about ...

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