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Podcast: Mellon Foundation Remains a Bulwark for the Humanities

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04/10/2017

... website prominently features an article on why America needs the federal culture bodies. In this edition of the ...

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United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees

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05/02/2017

... and a financially sound health care system, serving the needs of diverse communities and populations throughout the ...

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New York Stem Cell Foundation HQ is a Linchpin for Biotech

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05/05/2017

The New York Stem Cell Foundation's $22 million, 40,000-square-foot headquarters on West 54th Street, which opened last month, represents founder and CEO Susan L. Solomon's grand effort to turn the Far West Side into the city's newest biotech hub.

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Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement

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06/22/2017

In this tag-team PHIL Talk, Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo discuss the importance of fun in engaging communities in social justice work, and the power of "spect-acting" in humanizing policy proposals to elected officials.

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With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation

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07/12/2017

Now, researchers during a University of Illinois during Chicago have identified an enzyme benefaction in a cornea that becomes dramatically upregulated and triggers inflammation during and even after a herpes pathogen infection has cleared.

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Disabilities

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Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient

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08/11/2017

... new ideas that work to meet pressing community social needs , alleviate disadvantage and promote social inclusion ...

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Macquarie Group Foundation

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Technology

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How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement

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08/30/2017

Most see policies and guidelines as bureaucratic inhibitors and constraints. However, used the right way, those same policies and guidelines free people to do their jobs by directing focus. They key is applying the right degrees of freedom to prompt...

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Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis

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08/31/2017

Rent burdens, overcrowding, homelessness and essentially every other indicator of housing stress are at the highest level in modern history and continue to climb. To change these trends, we primarily need to build more homes not just in New York...

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Housing and Homelessness

Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common

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08/31/2017

In the U.S., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too.

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years.

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Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation

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09/13/2017

... States. “I think there’s recognition that that problem needs to be resolved in a way that is compassionate to those ...

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Immigration

Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

Federal regulators have overruled New York state's denial of a key permit for a pipeline expansion fueling a $900 million power plant under construction.

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Environment and Climate Change

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Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable

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09/25/2017

... repeal-and-replace bill by Friday, one issue needs a lot more attention: even last night’s version of ...

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Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill

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09/27/2017

Senate Republicans officially abandoned the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, shelving a showdown vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in their last-gasp drive to fulfill a core promise of President Trump and Republican...

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New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan

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10/06/2017

Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a comprehensive plan outlining how New York City will attempt to comply with the goal of curbing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim

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10/10/2017

... hard-line immigration demands that President Trump said he needs to back protections for young undocumented immigrants ...

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