Rockefeller Partnership to Support Cities' Infrastructure Recovery
Release Date:
01/25/2016
... aimed at helping cities better understand the disaster- related threats to their critical infrastructure . . . ...
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Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged Whites Not Just About Drugs, Suicide, Says Commonwealth Fund
Release Date:
02/01/2016
... to rising rates of drug poisonings, suicides, and alcohol- related liver disease. They also note that over the same ...
Commonwealth Fund Questions Usefulness of Mobile Health Apps
Release Date:
02/22/2016
... Apps Fewer than half of the more than 1,000 healthcare related -apps reviewed by researchers appeared to be useful ...
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Share Research on 'The Theory of the Foundation'
Release Date:
03/23/2016
... instead think about three fundamental sets of assumptions related to the organization’s environment, mission, and ...
NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care
Release Date:
05/09/2016
... better than private hospitals on key quality measures related to screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up ...
Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050
Release Date:
05/19/2016
... of eye disease and impairment issues, including age- related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic ...
City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...
Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality
Release Date:
12/20/2016
Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than the conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision has found.
Russell Sage Teams Up With Robin Hood to Host First Poverty Solutions Conference
Release Date:
01/18/2017
... researchers in the country will present innovative ideas related to poverty fighting. Then, the invitees - a ...
Mellon Foundation Supports African, Latin American and Native American Collections Research at Princeton
Release Date:
02/14/2017
... contexts and purposes of objects and links to related concepts and artworks – will be documented and ...
Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies
Release Date:
02/15/2017
... of Michigan researchers, looks at nearly 377,000 eye- related emergency room visits by adults with private ...
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation Support Exhibition on Gender Politics in the Age of Trans-Identity
Release Date:
02/27/2017
The Intersectional Self questions how notions of femininity (and alternately, masculinity) have shifted in the context of newly defined gender identities, and how family structures have been reimagined and reshaped through relatively recent advances...
With Support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fossil Hunters Discover New Primate Species
Release Date:
02/28/2017
... hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs — the primitive primate group distantly ...
Helmsley Trust Awards $5 Million for Study of Crohn's Disease in Asia
Release Date:
04/03/2017
... consortium working to identify microbial organisms and related dietary factors that contribute to the development of ...
With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool
Release Date:
06/08/2017
The new study, which examined the cost-effectiveness of nudges and typical intervention strategies like financial incentives side-by-side, found that nudges often yield particularly high returns at a low cost when it comes to boosting retirement...
Markle Foundation: Trump's Infrastructure Plans Should Pair Building with Job Training
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... it should make skills training for infrastructure- related jobs a central part of the plan. As the president and ...
Commonwealth Fund Report: The United States Health System Falls Short
Release Date:
07/17/2017
... in the U.S.—and all over the world—are living with age- related disabilities and chronic disease, placing pressure on ...
Are You the Future of Philanthropy? Apply for a 2018 TFN PLACES Fellowship!
Release Date:
07/19/2017
... large and small. ▪ Are passionate about solving problems related to community, equity, and smart growth. ▪ Want to ...
The Blaustein Foundation Focuses on Mental Health Diversion
Release Date:
07/28/2017
The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation funds $150,000 pilot to pair Baltimore police officers with social workers on calls that involve people in the throes of a mental health crisis in an effort to calm situations that can easily move from...
Unemployment’s Steady Fall Could Signal Trouble—or a Broader Structural Shift
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Jobless rate has been below the ‘natural’ level for four months now, with no obvious sign of inflation.