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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth Irene Kinyanguli, a ... University, comes from Tanzania, where her father works in a gas station and her mother is a...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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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...

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Bank of America [Corporate]

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Carnegie, Ford Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants

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03/27/2017

... Give $1M to Free Legal Services Project for Immigrants In response to the Trump administration’s immigration ... 14 law schools, 21 law schools and 14 bar associations. In a partnership with the New York State...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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NYS Health Foundation Grant Supports NewYork Quality Care Roll Out of OpenNotes to 30,000+ Patients

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05/18/2017

... to 30,000+ Patients Some 30,000 patients enrolled in NewYork Quality Care, the Accountable Care Organization ... now be able to view their physician’s appointment notes in order to better understand their care...

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Supported by WT Grant Foundation, Research Finds School Choice Policies Impact Segregation

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05/23/2017

... the new generation of school choice policies adopted in response to legal decisions may actually be increasing ...

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William T. Grant Foundation

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Open Society Foundations-Backed Report Finds Mass Incarceration Sustatined by Prisoners of Time

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07/13/2017

... Prisoners of Time Despite the enactment of justice reforms in many states , the nation’s prison and jail population has dropped only slightly in recent years. Well over two million people...

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How to Build a Strong Local Food System

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08/29/2017

... Communities fed themselves with whatever was produced in the region, with farmers selling directly to stores and ... truck vegetables from Florida or California all year round in order to feed hungry people...

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U.S. Is Eliminating Its Arctic and Climate Envoys. What Message Does that Send?

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08/31/2017

... at the end of the Clinton administration. "At least in appearance, we're not devoting the same level of attention as other governments." In a letter sent to Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) this week...

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Environment and Climate Change

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A Helpful Tool to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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09/11/2017

... drug monitoring programs, an approach highlighted in the draft report from President Trump’s Commission on ... can reduce the overuse of narcotics — but that many states have adopted relatively weak versions...

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Cuomo Assigns ‘Gang Prevention’ Cops to Long Island Schools Where MS-13, Others Thrive

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09/14/2017

... officers” from the State Police will be posted in the 10 Suffolk County schools believed to have the highest ... Central American-based gang. The situation even resulted in a visit recently by President Trump...

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Senate Republicans Look to Revive Effort To Repeal Obamacare By End of September

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09/18/2017

... a plan that would devolve federal health-care spending to states . The Congressional Budget Office is in the process of estimating the cost and coverage impact of ... and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) would provide...

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Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

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09/18/2017

... needed to expand the Millennium natural gas pipeline in southeastern New York. The 7.8-mile pipeline will supply ... Power Ventures' 650-megawatt Valley Energy Center in Wawayanda, 53 miles north of New...

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Environment and Climate Change

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At James Blake Trial, Judge Invokes Law Shielding Police Records

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09/21/2017

... a retired officer, who was testifying as an expert witness in a departmental trial, from questions about his own ...

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JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule Civil Liberties Group Must Disclose Donors

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09/21/2017

... donors whose names are disclosed on the agency’s website in lobbying disclosures. . . JCOPE Commissioners Again Rule ...

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Mellon Foundation Makes the Business Case for Humanities Education

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09/29/2017

... humanities collaboration. Labor shortages and skill gaps in New Hampshire have limited overall growth and the ...

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Four Communities Are to Receive Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces

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10/05/2017

... Smart Growth Funds, Cuomo Announces Four communities in Western New York will receive up to $2.5 million in state funding apiece to enhance their assets and help ... announced the funding during a news...

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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... this year, while the state Department of Health will kick in $7 million. The one-year agreement with Adapt Pharma, ... a central ordering system that can get the drug to them in as little as a day. . . City...

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House Gives Approval to $36.5 Billion Disaster Aid Package

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10/13/2017

... a $36.5 billion disaster aid package Thursday to help states and U.S. territories rebuild in the wake of devastating hurricanes and wildfires. The ... measure 353 to 69. It will go to the Senate, which is not...

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

Release Date:

11/09/2017

Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field Roger Walker, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering, was recently named a ... him to expand his research and networking...

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