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Carnegie Corporation Trustee Louise Richardson Named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

Release Date:

05/29/2015

... been characterized by its focus on educational mission, student experience, and development of the university’s ... to advance Oxford’s pre-eminent global position in research , scholarship, and teaching.”...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

New York Life Foundation Supports Path For More Latino Youth to Pursue Higher Education

Release Date:

04/20/2018

... reporting increased motivation for college attendance. " Research shows that Latino youth are at the greatest risk of .....

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Sealaska Heritage Institute Receives Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Launch Totem Pole Trail

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12/20/2021

... the clan, crests and information related to the artwork. Through a separate project, SHI commissioned a massive ... will be raised in the plaza of the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus, which is scheduled to open...

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Arts, Culture, & Media

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Mellon Foundation

20 Jul 2021

Can Knowledge Management Support the Path Towards Racial Equity?

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... areas are reexamining internal functions and practices through a racial equity lens (from program development to consulting and procurement, ...

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Communications

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Transparency

Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D. Resigns as President of Foundation for Child Development

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08/22/2013

... "In partnership with the Board, Deborah has guided FCD through a rigorous year-long strategic planning process that ... her much success as she returns to academia and her own research agenda." Chief...

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Atlantic Awards $14.8 Million to Transform the U. S. Health Care System

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04/06/2015

... help consumer advocates advance a consumer-centered agenda through research and evaluation, investments in advocacy at the state ...

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Health & Human Services

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Ms. Foundation for Women President Amerita Examines Impact of Take Our Daughters to Work Day

Release Date:

04/24/2015

... self-esteem at adolescence, which we had seen in recent research . The day went "viral" before there was such a ... seen and heard, changed many lives, as I've come to know through the years......

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Women & Girls

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

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04/13/2016

... Labor Standards. It will provide information and referrals through two staffers. The division's coordinator would conduct research on the home-care industry and potentially help .....

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Workforce Development

Bessemer Trust Among Experts Tapped by NYTimes for Piece on Social Change Major Gifts

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05/16/2016

... desire for social change, but few, it turns out, follow through . Instead, according to research by the Bridgespan Group, a philanthropic consultant, ...

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New York Community Trust Gives $100K Grant to Encourage Resilient Building Practices in NYC and Beyond

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07/07/2016

... in NYC and Beyond The Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible ... regarding the many benefits of building for resilience. Through the New York Community...

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The New York Community Trust

The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... in the Annals of Internal Medicine. In that research , doctors at UCLA Health and Beth Israel Deaconess ... benefit if they are invited to co-produce medical notes, through OurNotes, with their doctors, rather...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds 20 Years of Sky Observations

Release Date:

05/11/2018

... Telescope to the celestial equator and light went through to the survey's exquisitely sensitive camera. The ... 2.5 meters (8 feet) in diameter, is small by astronomy research telescope standards, but...

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Aetna Foundation Supports Bike Sharing Initiative

Release Date:

10/12/2018

... end by August 2020. The goal is to reach over 4,200 people through the program. The majority of the grant ($30,000) will ... a stipend of $2,500 each to refine, prototype (similar to research and development...

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Aetna Foundation

Championing Colombia’s LGBTI Movement: Latest Report from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Release Date:

02/18/2021

... process initiated in 2012 by President Manuel Santos. Through their participation, LGBTI activists have been able ...

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International/Global Affairs

LGBTQIA+ Communities

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Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

16 Nov 2011

Role Models in the Classroom: Creating Teaching Pipelines for Black and Latino Males

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -

1:30pm to 5:00pm

... nation’s teachers currently are Black or Latino males. Research shows that matching the ethnicity and race of ... the City’s teaching force has become whiter even as the student population increased in...

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NYCT Believes Backing STEM Education is Critical to Building a Strong Workforce

Release Date:

04/28/2015

Patricia Jenny, VP for Grants, discusses the need for tech-focused investments so NYC can stay competitive.

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Education

Technology & Innovation

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The New York Community Trust

12 Jul 2016

Foundation Administrators Network Brown Bag Lunch - Meet Our New FAN Members!

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -

12:30pm to 1:30pm

... meeting in 2013. We also look forward to discussing student loan repayment benefits and the different factors in ... for foundation administration, including human resources and operations. Registration 12:30...