Mellon Grant Aims to Raise $75 Million for National Gallery
Release Date:
03/18/2016
... five years. If the match is met, the foundation will kick in another $15 million, bringing the total take to $75 ...
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Workers of the World, Unite, Says the Surdna Foundation
Release Date:
05/05/2016
... — but it’s an idea that seems to be gathering steam in the US. It’s also an idea that, at least in theory, should have appeal across the political spectrum, ... poverty. Surdna has taken a close look, and...
Greenwall Study Says Decision Makers Hold Overly Optimistic Expectations for Critically Ill Patient Outcomes
Release Date:
05/17/2016
... of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers report in today’s issue of the Journal of the American ... The research team anticipates that this finding will help in training physicians to...
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Study on Americans’ Experiences with ACA Marketplace Coverage
Release Date:
07/07/2016
... incomes, the tax credits phase out, meaning that adults in marketplace plans on average have higher premium costs than those in employer plans. The law’s cost-sharing reductions are ... plans were less likely...
Supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Study Shows Alzheimer’s Patients Have Lower Perception of Pain
Release Date:
07/13/2016
... lead to delays and underreporting of pain. This alteration in pain detection may be one reason that people with ... group of Vanderbilt researchers reported recently in BMC Medicine. It also puts them at...
NYS Health Foundation President & CEO Wonders if NY Can End the AIDS Epidemic
Release Date:
07/18/2016
... President & CEO Wonders if NY Can End the AIDS Epidemic In July 1981—35 years ago this month—The New York ... Times ran a now infamous headline: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” The story also...
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014
Release Date:
07/20/2016
... of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014 It was hard to make money selling Obamacare health insurance in the first year. Next year might not be much easier. A ... money on the plans when...
Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population
Release Date:
08/04/2016
... Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil ... head the Campaign for Smart Justice when it was launched in November 2014 with a $50 million gift...
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika
Release Date:
08/19/2016
Simons-Backed Study Shows Neural Stem Cells in Adult Mice Also Vulnerable to Zika Zika infection kills off neural stem cells in adult mice bred to be vulnerable to the virus, researchers ... and the La Jolla...
Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... hit a home run – function properly most of the time, and in some scenarios quite remarkably. The findings are an important basic advance in how cell sensory systems function. They shed light on the ... “...
Mellon's Bengochea: Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
Release Date:
09/23/2016
... Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth As more Latinos enroll in college, the number of Latinos going into the ... is not keeping pace, according to a recent Excelencia in Education analysis of federal data...
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative
Release Date:
10/13/2016
Wallace Selects Seven Universities to Participate in $47M Initiative The Wallace Foundation has selected seven ... and their state and district partners to participate in a new $47-million initiative to develop...
NYSHealth Supports Survey That Unveils Strong Appetite For Health Insurance Info—As Early As High School
Release Date:
10/13/2016
... the job, when they use their employers' health plans. But, in a nationwide consumer survey conducted this year for FAIR ... percent of respondents felt that was too late. In their view, people should...
The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth
Release Date:
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...
Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendation
Release Date:
02/22/2017
... The five-year Mellon grant will assist the university in establishing a center for racial justice, hiring faculty experts in the field, supporting postdoctoral and graduate fellows ... The grant comes after...
Open Society Foundations Supports Climate Change Glossary
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... weather, or moan about the fumes belched from the vehicles in our cities, climate change still feels a distant problem. ... with the Open Society Foundations to help the media better report on (and for all of...
Foundation for Child Development Sponsors Study that Finds Children Learning English Require Better Support for Academic Success
Release Date:
03/01/2017
... -- who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the U.S. -- lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement, in part because schools do not .....
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... adapting to warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of recent reports of global coral die offs due to extreme warm temperatures in 2016. The study appears in the latest issue...
W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth
Release Date:
05/03/2017
... Youth More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, behavior and self-regulation problems for ... time using digital technologies they were less likely to report symptoms of depression and...
Tiffany & Co. Makes Its Point: Presidents Come and Go, But Climate Change is Forever
Release Date:
05/11/2017
... American jeweler issued a terse but vehement pitch in favor of the Paris climate agreement, addressed directly ...