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At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff

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09/20/2017

... body, currently includes only 13 women, down from 18 in 2009, and that number is likely to soon fall to 12 when the next Council is seated in January, if this year’s elections continue as expected. ... part...

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Gotham Gains: Family Incomes Up, Poverty Down

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09/20/2017

... Census Bureau last week, shows continued healthy gains in median family incomes and significant drops in poverty, especially childhood poverty, in New York City. The new figures confirm...

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Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

... from deportation and save DACA, the fate of which is now in the hands of Congress? DACA, the Deferred Action for ... to college. Individual donors behind the effort, who put in at least $32 million, include...

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

... coastline, with about 10 percent of the population living in coastal areas that are less than 10 meters (32 feet) above ... Coastal migration has been steadily trending upward. In the U.S. alone, coastal...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... The schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its ...

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Education

Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris Funds for Antismoking Efforts

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10/03/2017

... their first-quarter reports showing a tenfold increase in this market. . . Nations Urged to Reject Phillip Morris ...

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New York’s Graduation Rate Could Drop Under New Federal Education Law

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10/05/2017

... rate may take a hit due to an under-the-radar provision in the new federal education law. The Every Student Succeeds ... by a “preponderance” of students or honors diplomas in their federal graduation rate. It...

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

... said, according to a Department of Education summary. In an email this week, the Post veteran told The 74 she ...

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Opinion: No, That Robot Will Not Steal Your Job

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10/10/2017

... of 2008 has been one of the weakest on record, but never in postwar history has so little growth created so many jobs. The unemployment rate in the developed world is down to 5.5 percent and approaching .....

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Wallace Takes Arts Organizations From What They Think to What They Know

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10/24/2017

... What They Think to What They Know If your organization is in the arts or providing disadvantaged kids with afterschool ... commissioned by the foundation and made available in its Knowledge Center. Earlier...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Discovers Smart Artificial Beta Cells Could Lead To New Diabetes Treatment

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10/30/2017

... a painless and disposable skin patch. As the researchers report in Nature Chemical Biology, a single injection of the ABCs ...

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Research Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing

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11/02/2017

... By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads To Passwords In Clothing Want to wear your password on your sleeve? ... threads, and then can be read out using magnetometers. A report on the data-weaving experiment...

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“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

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11/21/2017

... Tank Summit entitled "Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste" in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation, ReFed, and the Fink Family Foundation at the WNYC Studios in NYC... “Reducing Food Loss and...

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How Propel Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing

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12/12/2017

... Capital is Charting New Paths For Venture Philanthropy in Progressive Organizing Last week, the fund launched ... a new $5 million effort that seeks 'to catalyze investment in local organizing strategies...

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Watch Another Video From Chasing The Dream, Supported By The JPB and Ford Foundations

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01/22/2018

... but the Trump administration is now reversing course. In this special report for PBS NewsHour Weekend, produced in partnership with public radio station WNYC , ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supported Research Yields Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria

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02/16/2018

... Promising Results for Genetic Weapons Against Malaria In separate studies, researchers test bacteria that ... at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report successes for highly promising...

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UJA-Federation Study Examines Role of Synagogue Top Job Nationwide

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05/31/2018

... however, currently have such a top-tier employee in place . The Synagogue Executive Director: A Changing Role for Changing Times is considered the first report of its kind to examine this crucial role across...

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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Michigan Researchers Building System to Safeguard Confidential Data

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06/07/2018

... used inappropriately and without their knowledge. A new report from a team led by University of Michigan research ... of confidential data. "Virtually all human activity in the modern world creates...

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Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

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11/20/2018

... special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Here, in full, is the statement they made: “As leaders of ... criticized the investigation into Russian interference...

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