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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... in this area. The awardees are: Andrew Barton of the University of California, San Diego (Scripps Institution of ... marine microbial morphology. Erin Bertrand of Dalhousie University , who will study the...

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Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences

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05/14/2018

... foundation in 2012, Tschinkel was a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a visiting associate professor at Princeton University , the Gauss chair of mathematics at the University...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Steps Into Political Arena With $50 Million Fund

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10/21/2016

... donor in town. It’s called the Civic Participation Action Fund, and it’s run by a man named Stephen McConnell ... at least three different Democrat-aligned super political action committees this year,...

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States Sue To Block DACA Termination, Citing Trump's 'Racial Animus'

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09/07/2017

... it would phase out the Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. U.S. Attorney General ... said DACA would end in March 2018 unless Congress takes action to salvage it. . ...

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De Blasio Says No Notice Needed from City when Entire Hotels Get Rented to Shelter the Homeless

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10/13/2017

... "It really depends on whether something is a temporary action or a long term action ," de Blasio said at an unrelated Queens press .....

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces Retirement of William B. Petersen, CIO

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01/20/2015

... that William B. Petersen, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, will retire in 2015. Mr. Petersen has served as the Foundation’s first Chief Investment Officer since 1998. He will assist the...

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Reflections from Foundations on the Hill

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03/24/2011

... The sector must have consistent advocates among the sea of voices in order for the importance of our issues to be ... She received her B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University in 2004, and recently...

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Illumination Fund Earmarks New Donation to Help Hospital Staff Through the NYC Health + Hospitals COVID-19 Relief Fund

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04/03/2020

... their families from undue risk. We want to provide as many resources as possible, as quickly as possible so they can ... In an abundance of caution as COVID-19 spreads in our community , and with the increased...

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New York Owes Nonprofits More than a Parade

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10/07/2021

... rely on prompt payments, well-intentioned government resources may never make it to the very communities they are ... pandemic. While we are proud to be able to use some of our resources to help these...

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The Role of Philanthropy and Advocacy in Healthcare Reform Implementation

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02/21/2013

... reform, right? Not at all. Philanthropy New York, New York University ’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and Duke University ’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil ...

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Mellon Foundation Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship

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07/08/2016

... Gives $1M to Launch Iterative Learning Fellowship The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded ... the important role faculty play in the work of a university -based performing arts...

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Philanthropy New York Welcomes New Office and Conference Manager, Angela Romualdez

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05/08/2019

... growth. Angela has BA in Theater Arts from the University of the Philippines and an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from Goldsmiths, University of London. Philanthropy New York Welcomes New ...

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UHF Honors 63 Health Care Quality Improvement Leaders at Tribute to Excellence Today

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07/15/2020

... Covid-19 pandemic. Over 400 health care professionals, community leaders, and supporters registered to view the ... Officer Hackensack Meridian Health , Jersey Shore University Medical Center Noelle M. Aikman...

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17 Foundations Join Forces to Divest Fossil-Fuel Stocks

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01/30/2014

The Educational Foundation of America and the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation are among the 17 foundations who have vowed to divest the fossil fuel stocks in their endowments and invest at least five percent of their assets in clean-energy companies,...

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Rockefeller Foundation Taps Skilled Workforce in Kenya

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02/17/2015

... announced it has received a $2 million Program Related Investment from The Rockefeller Foundation to expand its ... video and audio transcription. The Foundation made the investment under its Digital Jobs...

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Success Metrics Questioned in School Program Funded by Goldman

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11/05/2015

... investors. Goldman Sachs announced last month that its investment in a Utah preschool program had helped 109 ... “at-risk” kindergartners avoid special education. The investment also resulted in a $260,000...

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Novo Foundation Plans to Spend $90M to Improve the Lives of Young Women of Color

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05/23/2016

... son of Warren Buffett, plans to announce the multimillion investment on Wednesday. T he foundation says this will be the largest single investment dedicated solely to addressing inequities faced by ...

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Simons Foundation Releases The Eternal Sky, Part 2: The Hunt for Inflation

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10/05/2017

... Desert in Chile to the sunny beaches neighboring the University of California, San Diego, to the Flatiron ... Observatory project and a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego... Simons...

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Mario Luis Small Joins Russell Sage Foundation Board of Trustees

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11/27/2017

... Small is currently Grafstein Family Professor at Harvard University . He is a contributor to the RSF volume The Colors ... Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard University , he was Dean of the...