Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature
Release Date:
02/17/2017
... and Latinos in high-paying, high-status jobs in finance, science and technology. As those occupations increasingly ...
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NY Women’s Foundation’s Oliveira Offers Blueprint for Investing in Vulnerable Young Girls
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... Young Girls A study released last month in the journal Science found that by age six, girls are already less likely ...
Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive
Release Date:
02/28/2017
The first national study of language learning in 30 years was requested from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by a bipartisan group of members of U.S. Senate & House of Representatives.
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology Request for Applications Opens
Release Date:
04/14/2017
The foundation is particularly interested in applicants with training in different fields who want to apply their experience to understanding the role of microorganisms in shaping ocean processes and vice versa, including applicants with experience...
JPB Foundation Supports Study of New Approach That Makes Cells Resistant to HIV
Release Date:
04/19/2017
Their experiments under lab conditions show that these resistant cells can quickly replace diseased cells, potentially curing the disease in a person with HIV.
Helmsley Charitable Trust and Tiffany & Co. Foundation Support Effort to Untangle a Growing Web of Ocean Conservation Funding
Release Date:
04/26/2017
... with the variety of work happening and the complex science behind the issue. This can leave small or new donors ...
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
William T. Grant Foundation supported research at Stanford which found African-American and Latino students who completed self-affirming writing exercises in middle school took more challenging courses and were more likely to enroll in college,...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-Backed Study Sees Urban Change Via Google Street View
Release Date:
07/06/2017
Study uses computer vision algorithm to study Google Street View images for signs of urban change.
Sloan Foundation Among Funders of World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector That Found A Big Physics Fingerprint
Release Date:
08/08/2017
... Spallation Neutron Source and published in the journal Science , provides compelling evidence for a neutrino ...
Congress Rejects Trump Proposals to Cut Health Research Funds
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... — part of a broad reordering of priorities, away from science and social spending, toward defense and border ...
Are Artists the New Interpreters of Scientific Innovation?
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... about and to have a voice in the world of business and science — and then, when possible, organize exhibitions of ...
Experts Analyze Mayor De Blasio's Jobs Plan
Release Date:
09/21/2017
An expert panel convened at The New School on Wednesday by the Center for An Urban Future delved into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to create 100,000 “good-paying” jobs in the next ten years, discussing the challenges of growing the city’s economy...
MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... behavior. "MetLife Foundation believes that behavioral science can help improve financial well-being around the .....
Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational
Release Date:
10/10/2017
Thaler showed how very human traits, such as lack of self-control, habits, and fear of losing pushed people toward decisions that were not the most advantageous in the long term.
Lots of Men Are Gender-Equality Allies in Private. Why Not in Public?
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... and Megan Tompkins’s research, using the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program at the University of ...
Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Digital Archive Hosts 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse
Release Date:
10/18/2017
... William H. Neukom Institute for Computational Science . The Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia ...
Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing
Release Date:
11/02/2017
... professor at UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, said today in a news release. “You ...
“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit
Release Date:
11/21/2017
How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World?
Simons Investigators Awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize, New Horizons Prize
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Three Simons Investigators were honored at the sixth annual Breakthrough Prizes, which recognize top achievements in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
Rita Allen Foundation Announces Its 2018 Class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Release Date:
07/10/2018
... Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research has the potential to lead to ...