Diversity and Inclusion
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06/2014
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Penn Announces $1.28 Million Grant for Digital Archaeological Archive
Release Date:
08/01/2013
The grant from the Leon Levy Foundation to the University of ... made possible with $1.28 million in lead support from the Leon Levy Foundation that will provide unprecedented ... conducted by Sir Leonard Woolley...
Astor Estate Donates Money to New York Education
Release Date:
12/08/2013
The first round of grants has been made from The New York Community Trust's $43 million Brooke Astor ... Astor, a first round of charitable donations has been made from a fund created with the assets ...
New York Life Foundation Awards $1 Million to American Museum of Natural History
Release Date:
08/13/2014
... Natural History has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the New York Life Foundation to support science ... programs for promising middle and high school students from traditionally under-resourced...
Rockefeller Foundation to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities
Release Date:
12/02/2014
... to Announce Second Batch of Resilient Cities Selected from applicants spanning 94 countries, the latest batch of ... to prepare for, withstand and bounce back rapidly from shocks and stresses”. These “shocks...
William T. Grant Foundation-Funded Study Examines the Consequences of Childhood Bullying
Release Date:
05/01/2015
... Bullying New research suggests that the consequences from being bullied by peers may have a greater impact on ... bullied or both during childhood. The participants from the U.S. were part of the Great Smoky...
A New Lens for Disaster Recovery
Release Date:
09/16/2015
... storm hits. Amongst the rubble and disrepair, leaders from within these unstable communities step forward with ... for themselves and others, their voices are often absent from conversations about how best to...
Ford Foundation Program Helped Advance Social Justice, Study Finds
Release Date:
04/28/2016
... funded the advanced education of social justice leaders from marginalized groups led to significant positive change ... communities and organizations around the world, a report from the Institute of...
Simons Foundation Contributes to Research Outlining Cellular Communication Processes
Release Date:
08/30/2016
... explain how biological systems and actions – ranging from a beating heart to the ability to hit a home run – ... of the National Academy of Sciences by physicists from Oregon State University and Purdue...
Ms. Foundation for Women President Attends White House’s First South by South Lawn
Release Date:
10/05/2016
... of interesting people. I was with a group of amazing women from both coasts, including West Coast folks like Leanne ... creator of Lesbians Who Tech; Ruthie Bendor, a developer from San Francisco and Kristen...
Mellon Foundation Supports Zimmerli Art Museum's Examination of American Art Circa 1966
Release Date:
10/06/2016
... of the works focus on social and political discussions from the era that have prominently re-emerged across the United States. Both American Prints from the Collection and Paintings and Sculpture from...
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Five Organizations Selected to Receive First Spark Prize
Release Date:
01/10/2017
... recipients will get $100,000 in general operating support from Brooklyn Community Foundation. The organizations were selected from a competitive pool of over 150 applicants by a ... of civic, business, and...
Furthering Conflict with George Soros, Hungary Tightens Rules on Foreign-Funded NGOs
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros. Defying calls from the European Parliament and human rights groups to drop ... Orban's government that requires NGOs that get money from abroad to register...
With Federal Funds Shrinking, Math and Science Funders Including Simons Foundation Step Up
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... the ranks of science majors, and so on. Two recent gifts from opposite corners of the continent, on the other hand, ... to be a bit more, well, abstract. The first comes to us from Providence, Rhode Island,...
Clarity Needed In Clean Labeling
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... important as the product itself, according to new research from the Nielsen Co. Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. consumers say they would switch from the food and beverage brands they currently buy to ... As an example,...
Sustainable Business Model Innovation
Release Date:
08/30/2017
... the importance of innovation in creating business value from your sustainability efforts. But, this value won’t come from mere technological innovation, like switching over to ... the bang. We found that 59%...
City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults
Release Date:
09/08/2017
... and young adults to stay in the shelters for 120 days, up from 30 days under current law. Another bill would let New Yorkers up to age 25 stay in youth shelters, up from 21 right now. The shelters often serve...
Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.
Release Date:
09/13/2017
... adviser, is convening senior climate and energy ministers from about a dozen nations in advance of next week’s United ... of devastation in the United States and the Caribbean from two monster hurricanes that...
Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... Local Tax Deduction Republican leaders are backing away from a proposal to fully repeal an expensive tax break used ... tax filers to deduct state and local taxes amid pushback from fellow lawmakers whose...
Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves
Release Date:
10/04/2017
... Here are their stories. Chupi Sweetman-Durney ran away from home when she was 6. She wisely took along the duvet cover from her bed, her doll and a book. She found a nesting spot under a tree, about a half-...