Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election
Release Date:
11/11/2016
... of backlash on campuses. At the same time, universities are trying to address more generalized fears about the ...
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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre
Release Date:
03/10/2017
Queens Theatre is launching its Winter/Spring 2017 Season with a diverse array of presentations, including the acclaimed Dance Company Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers and a new Queens Theatre production of the...
Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants
Release Date:
03/27/2017
In response to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Governor Cuomo announced an initiative on Friday that offers pro-bono legal services to immigrants regardless of their residency status. Coordinated by the state’s Office for New...
Carnegie Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges
Release Date:
04/14/2017
... Supports Report on Incentives to Attend Private Colleges States could save money and increase college-graduation rates ... public colleges, comes at a time when a growing number of states are...
Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time
Release Date:
07/13/2017
... of Time Despite the enactment of justice reforms in many states , the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped ... to long terms under laws passed in previous decades still are locked up, and there is...
Soviet-Era Program Gives Even Unoppressed Immigrants an Edge
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... Normally, someone seeking better prospects in the United States would wait several years to be admitted. But Ms. ... number of Ukrainians who have streamed into the United States in recent months even as the...
How to Build a Strong Local Food System
Release Date:
08/29/2017
... explains in an article for Strong Towns, agricultural states now grow or raise food that’s sent out of state for ...
A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Release Date:
09/11/2017
... can reduce the overuse of narcotics — but that many states have adopted relatively weak versions. . . A Helpful ...
Top CEOs Place High Value On Corporate Ethics And Social Responsibility To Drive Business
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... involving the corporate ecosystem in the United States and abroad. Today, several studies illustrate the ...
Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Calling schools “the breeding ground” for dangerous gangs like MS-13, Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday announced state police will be going into schools to combat the problem.
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.
At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has steadily expanded the city’s interpretation of a state law that bars public disclosure of the personnel records of police officers, firefighters and corrections officers.
JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors
Release Date:
09/21/2017
... “substantial likelihood” of harm to donors whose names are disclosed on the agency’s website in lobbying ...
Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education
Release Date:
09/29/2017
... recognized that labor skill shortages and demography are working against the economic vitality of the state and ...
Myanmar Rohingya Abuses May Be Crimes Against Humanity, UN Rights Experts Warn
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... cases of violence against women and children. “We are particularly worried about the fate of Rohingya women and ... violations may amount to crimes against humanity and we are deeply concerned at the State’s...
Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces
Release Date:
10/05/2017
Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four ... Lackawanna, Gowanda and Dunkirk... Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces ...
House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package
Release Date:
10/13/2017
... a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of ... federal disaster funds and jump start recovery efforts in states like Florida and Texas and U.S...
Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field
Release Date:
11/09/2017
The Sloan Scholars program, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, provides funding for underrepresented students to pursue doctorates in mathematics, science and engineering.
The J.M. Kaplan Fund Announces 2017 J.M.K. Innovation Prize Winners
Release Date:
11/17/2017
... J.M. Kaplan Fund put out a call to anyone in the United States with a promising solution to a social problem. The ... selected from 1,193 applications representing 49 of 50 states . At a time of profound...
Study Supported by Doris Duke Foundation Reveals Mumps Resurgence Due to Waning Vaccine Protection in Adults
Release Date:
03/23/2018
... effectiveness conducted over past decades in the United States and Europe. The researchers estimated that ... after vaccination, with 25% of individuals in the United States vaccinated losing protection within...