United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees
Release Date:
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
Release Date:
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.
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's Katy Rubin and Devyn Mañibo on the Importance of Fun in Community Engagement
Release Date:
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.
With Support from Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers at UIC Identify Master Molecule Behind Corneal Inflammation
Release Date:
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.
Macquarie Announces $100,000 Social Innovation Award Recipient
Release Date:
08/11/2017
... new ideas that work to meet pressing community social needs , alleviate disadvantage and promote social inclusion ...
How To Balance Policies And Guidelines To Prompt Different Levels Of Employee Engagement
Release Date:
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...
Opinion: How A Pied-À-Terre Tax Could Help Solve New York City's Housing Crisis
Release Date:
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...
Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common
Release Date:
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.
F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000
Release Date:
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.
Reed: Dreamer Bill Could Be Part Of Broader Border Security Legislation
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... States. “I think there’s recognition that that problem needs to be resolved in a way that is compassionate to those ...
Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial
Release Date:
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.
Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable
Release Date:
09/25/2017
... repeal-and-replace bill by Friday, one issue needs a lot more attention: even last night’s version of ...
Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Vote on Health Bill
Release Date:
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...
New York City Issues Ambitious Climate Action Plan
Release Date:
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.
After White House Issues Demands, Hopes for an Immigration Deal Dim
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... hard-line immigration demands that President Trump said he needs to back protections for young undocumented immigrants ...
Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Johnson & Johnson is joining the Coalition for the American Dream—not only to advocate for the protection of America’s Dreamers and find a bipartisan, long-term solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), but also as an...
William T. Grant Foundation Focuses on Inequality Research
Release Date:
05/04/2018
... reaches the hands of decision makers, responds to their needs , and is used in ways that benefit youth. The foundation ...
The Century Foundation Presents Inclusion and Industry 4.0
Release Date:
06/11/2018
... manufacturing in the Chicago region and support the needs of diverse communities. Hear remarks from Illinois ...
Measuring Staff Diversity at America's Art Museums
Release Date:
06/26/2018
In this short video, Westermann and Ford Foundation President Darren Walker discuss why the effort to survey art museums on the diversity of their employees was critical.
New York Foundation Interns Talk About The Role of Youth in Organizing
Release Date:
09/05/2018
This short film produced by New York Foundation features the stories of four interns placed at grantee organizations this summer