Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program
Release Date:
12/05/2018
... training initiatives. She served on the faculty of the University at Albany (State University of New York) with affiliations in the policy, ...
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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Release Date:
01/29/2019
... Age-Related Macular Degeneration Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of ... and Visual Sciences , along with collaborators from the University of Iowa, have discovered a genetic...
Chris Ransom Joins Arcus’ Great Apes and Gibbons Program as Program Officer
Release Date:
03/06/2019
... (with joint honors) in Biology and Geography from Bristol University and a Master’s Degree in Conservation Biology (with distinction) from the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and ...
Unions, Reform Groups Gird for California-Inspired Lawsuit
Release Date:
06/17/2014
... reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state’s tenure laws and ...
Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU
Release Date:
11/07/2014
... activity. The ACLU has earmarked the gift for legislative action and public education, with a goal to halve the number ...
Pershing Square Foundation Backs Initiative to Provide Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... five thousand undocumented immigrants with DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals) status. Commitments of $15 ...
Markle Foundation President Calls for Revamp of U.S. Higher Education System
Release Date:
06/03/2015
... a hundred years. The country is crying out for a plan of action . The loss of optimism points at the defining ...
Michelle Alexander Joins Ford Foundation as Senior Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... in the Age of Colorblindness , has spurred debate and action nationwide. In her role at Ford, Michelle will ...
Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Creating Effective School Principals
Release Date:
10/07/2015
... of three sets of considerations for those who want to take action ," the report reads.... Wallace Foundation Releases .....
Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness
Release Date:
02/22/2016
Researchers find that the most effective interventions, such as use of sobriety checkpoints and ignition interlocks, are rarely used in industry-sponsored programs.
Carnegie and MacArthur Give $25 Million for Nuclear-Security Work
Release Date:
03/30/2016
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation have prepared a $25-million "gift basket" to welcome foreign officials who will begin streaming into Washington for high-level nuclear-security talks.
Rockefeller Foundation Spearheads Resilience Strategy in Colorado
Release Date:
04/29/2016
... are opportunities to leverage dollars spent on climate action plans to have other net benefits—like public ...
Rockefeller Assists Global Resilience Partnership With New Ideas In Flood Risk Management
Release Date:
05/24/2016
To encourage new ideas and actions in flood risk management, Zurich Insurance Group has teamed up with the Global Resilience Partnership, a public-private initiative spearheaded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Agency for...
Century Foundation's Richard Kahlenberg Writes About School Integration in The Atlantic
Release Date:
04/06/2017
... program, Philip Tegeler of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council told Patrick Wall in an Atlantic article ...
More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers
Release Date:
07/28/2017
... hundreds of cities — of all sizes — to pledge action ... More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient ...
'Dreamer’ Plan That Aided 800,000 Immigrants Is Threatened
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... in a showdown over a five-year-old initiative, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which has granted ...
Editorial: States Dare to Think Big on Climate Change
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... the determination of a number of state governments to take action on their own. California, as usual, has commanded the ...
Here Are 3 Ways Negotiation Skills Keep Advancing Gender Equality
Release Date:
08/29/2017
While women continue to advance in unprecedented ways, the journey towards full equality is still evolving. The history of that journey is also surprisingly young.
F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics
Release Date:
08/31/2017
The Food and Drug Administration announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics on Monday, while at the same time pledging to ease the path to approval for companies and doctors with legitimate treatments in the growing field.
Cuomo, Schneiderman Say They'll Sue to Protect "Dreamers"
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... sue to protect those who are currently under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy if President ...