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Russell Sage-Supported Study Explores Effects of Education Level On Genetic Make-Up of US Population

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05/31/2016

While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this trend has not significantly altered the genetic makeup of subsequent generations.

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Rockefeller Family & Brothers Fund, Green Groups Subpoenaed on ‘Coordinated’ Climate Efforts

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08/03/2016

... to comply with subpoenas from the House Committee on Science , Space, and Technology came and went July 27 without ...

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Simons Foundations Awards Grants To UH Mānoa Mathematics Professors

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10/05/2016

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Assistant Professors Sarah Post and Rob Harron were each awarded a collaboration grant for mathematicians from the Simons Foundation.

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Liberal Arts to Fight Climate Change

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10/14/2016

The Mellon Foundation believes that the liberal arts—and more to the point, the liberal arts skillset—have a lot to teach the sciences. In other words, the world needs people who can communicate effectively, think critically, and grasp the nuances...

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State’s Delay on Final Sea-Level Rise Projections Chided

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11/11/2016

... extreme weather. Among the provisions was a rule to set science -based sea-level rise projections for Long Island, New ...

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Pinkerton Foundation, Born of Detective Agency, Prefers to Work Unobserved

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11/17/2016

... intervention, art classes and sports clubs, mentoring in science projects and college research, reaching about 160,000 ...

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Founding Members of Open Research Funders Group Include Three PNY Members

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12/16/2016

... a single voice regarding open access, open data and open science ." Membership in the group is open to any nonprofit .....

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Simons Foundation Releases Statement on Executive Order on Visas and Immigration

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02/14/2017

... people and ideas across national borders, particularly in science , but more generally in all aspects of human endeavor. ...

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Sloan Foundation Supports Study Mapping Space Dust in 3-D

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03/23/2017

... Lab, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the National Science Foundation... Sloan Foundation Supports Study ...

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Legal Aid Society Slams State’s Familial DNA Testing Proposal as Abuse Of Power

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09/13/2017

... abuse of power. In June, the State Commission on Forensic Science voted 9-2 to allow the technique to be used by law ...

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OSF Explores Using Blockchain Technology to Help Migrants

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01/26/2018

... awarded a $100,000 grant to the Center for Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University, which is exploring ...

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Simons Foundation Announces 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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04/02/2018

The Simons Foundation congratulates the 52 outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2018.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The JPB Foundation and Others Fund Brain Circuitry Research

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05/03/2018

Observational learning, offers a major evolutionary advantage, says Kay Tye, an MIT associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a member of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare is Expanding Partnership with Hearst Foundation

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02/24/2015

... scholarships to 20 nurses pursing their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), an advanced-level practice degree that focuses on the clinical aspects of ... day, or roughly 5,000 patients per year. Over 20 years of...

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United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative

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04/28/2017

United Hospital Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems...

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