Mellon Backs Creation of Newly Created Role at GWU Musuem and Textile Museum
Release Date:
09/28/2016
... she served as executive director of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, a membership organization of libraries, ...
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Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... state capital of Montgomery devoted to 4,075 blacks its research shows were killed by lynching in the U.S. from 1877 ...
With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species
Release Date:
02/28/2017
Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Is Major Funder in the Fight Against Blindness
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... George Gund in 1971—has raised over $600 million to fund research advances to prevent and cure retinal degenerative ...
Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard
Release Date:
03/16/2017
The Affordable Care Act has led to better healthcare outcomes nationwide and states like New Jersey that chose to embrace the federal law have seen greater improvements than those that did not, according to a national ranking released Thursday.
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... rate, currently at 4.3 percent, is a misleading snapshot. Research shows that 46 percent of Americans consider ...
Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... arising in a liquid crystal drop that is drying. The research , carried out in collaboration with scientists at ...
Investing in Young Scientific Talent: How (and Why) Rita Allen Foundation Does It
Release Date:
06/14/2017
... exceptional talent and promise in the field of biomedical research —investigators looking for breakthroughs to the ...
Sloan Foundation Supported Survey: Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great
Release Date:
08/14/2017
If you think your job is more stressful than it should be, you're not alone. Americans work hard, and it takes a physical and mental toll, not to mention that it frequently cuts into personal time, according to a comprehensive survey on working...
Scientist Asked To Remove ‘Climate Change’ From Grant Blames ‘The Ongoing Politicization Of Science’
Release Date:
08/29/2017
A Northeastern University researcher who was asked to remove any reference to climate change from her Energy Department grant proposal said Monday that she had posted the letter publicly “because I found it to be a stark reminder of the ongoing...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $55 Million to a Mid-Manhattan Library
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... building across Fifth Avenue that houses its world-class research collection. The work began this summer. And now the ...
Russell Sage Foundation Quoted in Article on Men’s Salaries in Decline
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... of the Russell Sage Foundation, which focuses on poverty research . "Women's earnings are substantially higher, but .....
The Return Of Hookworm And The Limits Of Public Health Philanthropy
Release Date:
09/27/2017
The rates hookworm infection found in Lowndes County, AL—one of the poorest counties in the state, three-quarters of whose residents are African-American (as were all of those tested in the study)—have not improved much from levels a century ago.
Giving Could Plunge $13 Billion Under Tax Plan, Nonprofit Leader Says
Release Date:
09/28/2017
... deduction as a tax incentive and depress giving, some research shows. The Trump White House and congressional ...
MetLife Foundation Seeks to Increase Financial Well-Being
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... MetLife Foundation supports Common Cents Lab, a financial research lab at Duke University that collaborates with chosen ...
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
The digital Lanciani archive project is just one part of a larger scholarly collaboration called “Mapping Rome,” for which Camerlenghi is a principal investigator, along with scholars from Oregon, Stanford, and Italy.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Duke University $3M to Grow Liberal Arts Colleges and HBCU Visiting Faculty
Release Date:
05/07/2018
... followed by a second funded year teaching and continuing research at their home campuses, says Weisenfeld... Andrew W. ...
Yuri Tschinkel of The Simons Foundation, Elected to German National Academy of Sciences
Release Date:
05/14/2018
... Darwin, Albert Einstein and Max Planck. Tschinkel’s research centers on the study of rational points and rational ...
Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
Release Date:
07/24/2018
Hundreds of changemakers working to solve pressing inequality issues around the world.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning
Release Date:
09/28/2018
... Titled the “Impact of Art Museum Programs on Students Research Study,” the results demonstrate that there are a ...