Earthquake Rocks Nepal
Release Date:
04/28/2015
... a.m. EDT on April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Nepal, in an area between the capitol city of Kathmandu and the city ... Tremors and aftershocks were felt across the region in...
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JPB Foundation Backs New Childhood Obesity Research
Release Date:
04/29/2015
... at Tufts University Friedman School reported today in the journal Obesity. Including more healthy options on the ... restaurant chain, made changes to its children’s menu in order to make healthier items...
JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good
Release Date:
05/21/2015
... The new think tank released a groundbreaking inaugural report , Weathering Volatility: Big Data on the Financial Ups ... data from JPMorgan Chase to provide one of the most in -depth views into how Americans’...
Median Pay For CEOs In Health Care Companies Higher Than Any Other Industry
Release Date:
05/27/2015
Commonwealth Fund research cited in analysis of America's rising healthcare costs... In 2014, Stephen Hemsley, CEO of the health insurance company ... Group, reportedly took home more than $66 million...
Ms. Foundation President Urges TLC to Educate About Child Abuse in Light of Recent Revelations
Release Date:
05/28/2015
... President Urges TLC to Educate About Child Abuse in Light of Recent Revelations In the aftermath of revelations about child sexual abuse ... fail to charge Josh when Jim Bob Duggar finally turned in...
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center Director Examines Link Between Art and Economic Development
Release Date:
08/18/2015
... climate is today more imperiled than it ever has been in the modern era, a situation that has affected nearly every aspect of life in the country. This has included, of course, cultural ... closures as...
Carnegie President Praises Efforts to Amplify World Humanitarian Initiatives
Release Date:
08/19/2015
... Zaatari is growing every year around the globe. A recent report from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees finds ... is roughly 13 times the population of Costa Rica alone. In Latin America, the number of...
Ford and Atlantic Back Education Policy Think Tank
Release Date:
09/04/2015
... Berkeley. The Learning Policy Institute will be based in Palo Alto, Calif. but will also have a Washington office. ... And it's coming on the scene at a time of major transition in areas like...
Foundation for Child Development-Backed Research Examines the Effects of Discrimination on the Children of Immigrants
Release Date:
09/10/2015
... and social consequences for immigrants’ children.
In three papers coming out over the next two weeks, the ... whether they are themselves immigrants or were born in the United States to immigrant parents...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funding Spurs Federal Synthetic Biology Research
Release Date:
09/17/2015
... (DARPA) fund much of the U.S. government’s research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk research. The report , U.S. Trends in Synthetic...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Backs Study Exploring Taskmaster Brain Region
Release Date:
09/25/2015
... If you sometimes feel like you have a little foreman in your head who keeps you on track while you work ... through a sequence of tasks, you aren’t far off. In new research, Brown University scientists...
The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography
Release Date:
09/29/2015
The Gender Divide in Ballet Leadership and Choreography In 1963, the Ford Foundation used the power of its grants to ... recent article on NPR, many of the current female leaders in the arts, and...
Carnegie Corporation of New York Backs Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Release Date:
11/04/2015
... and opportunities higher education will confront in the next 20 to 25 years. The commission faces a double challenge: producing a report that not only doesn’t die on a shelf but also distinguishes itself...
Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA
Release Date:
12/15/2015
Century Foundation Releases Proposals to Strengthen ACA In just under six years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has succeeded in enrolling millions of people in health insurance ... system...
Pinkerton, Kaplan and NY Community Trust Staff to Be Honored by City & State
Release Date:
02/05/2016
The media company, City & State Reports, and New York Law School announced this year's Corporate, Foundation and Family Philanthropy honorees.
Cuomo Offers Support for Mark-Viverito’s Call to Close Rikers
Release Date:
02/16/2016
... the inmates, Cuomo told reporters after a church service in Harlem. “We had a federal investigation for civil rights ...
When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race? (Century Foundation)
Release Date:
02/29/2016
... the latest social-media fitness app. It's a grant proposed in President Obama's new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in...
Ford Foundation Supports Universities' Efforts to Boost Student Grad Rates by 20%
Release Date:
03/04/2016
... 10 years than they would have prior to their involvement in the group. UIA recently received $3.85 million in new funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford ... and USA Funds to support its...
Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’
Release Date:
04/18/2016
... of discussion arrives on the heels of a new national study in which only 29 percent of physicians surveyed reported ...
NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... care facilities, and for calculating those wait times in a way that masks the true extent of the problem. Veterans ... months to get routine care, according to another damning report by the Government...