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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018
Although mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their batteries must still be charged by plugging them into an outlet. But engineers at the University of Washington have for the...
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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018
The researchers found that workers displaced in Washington during the Great Recession suffered earnings losses similar to those in Pennsylvania during the 1980s, in Connecticut during 2000-2001, and in the United States nationally between 1980 and...
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08 Jul 2021

Disaster Philanthropy and Native Americans: Practical Tips for Funding On and Off Reservations - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 2:00pm
In this webinar, learn more about how funders can increase their funding to Native causes and groups after a disaster. The speakers will discuss different ways of being in relationship with Indigenous communities to build the trust needed for a...
01 May 2023

Elevating and Preserving Black, Indigenous, and Immigrant Foodways through Arts and Humanities Funding - A Briefing Hosted by Community Food Funders

Monday, May 1, 2023 -
2:30pm to 4:00pm
Join us for a briefing in which Mellon program officers and two of the Foundation’s grantees will discuss what food grants in the humanities look like and why it is important to integrate this work into food funder strategies.

After Cuts in Funding from DoE, Learning Leaders Shuts Down Despite Support from Funders Like NYCT, Pinkerton

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02/17/2017
Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to work in hundreds of low-income schools across the city, will shut down next month because of difficulty obtaining enough money from the city Department of Education, the organization announced...

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