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Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/02/2017

... and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them Three long -standing presidential commissions designed to expand ... students are set to expire Saturday and members say months of silence from the White House...

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Education

Student Sues Columbia Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims

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10/03/2017

... Over ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to Harassment Claims In the latest allegation of sexual harassment by a high-profile academic, a prominent ... into him. The complaint also claims the university had long...

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Gender Justice

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria

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10/05/2017

Bloomberg Philanthropies Funded Studies Make Progress In Fight Against Malaria Two new strategies show promise in ... would reduce the need for repeated, continuous use of other malaria control...

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Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals

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10/10/2017

... into her eyes until she smiled. Then, she locked her long arms as if to make a swing and swayed the toddler back and forth. It was the kind of daily interaction that her lawyers say was unfairly ... three...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Richard Thaler Wins Economics Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational

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10/10/2017

... Nobel for Recognizing People Are Irrational Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, considered one of the founding ... fathers of behavioral economics, won the 2017...

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Economic Security

Opinion: The Community Health Center Fund: What’s At Risk?

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10/10/2017

... a special 5-year funding authorization to expand the reach of the community health centers program. This special funding authority expired in 2015. As part of the funding extension for the...

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Public Housing Residents Ask the Crowd to Fund Sustainability Projects

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10/13/2017

... Projects The Rockaway Youth Task Force has a long waiting list of families who want spots in its community garden, but more of those aspiring ...

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Food Systems

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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

... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes has long required painful and frequent insulin injections or a ... and disposable skin patch. As the researchers report in...

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New Study Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Suggests Today's Older Workers Will Face More Challenges Than Their Predecessors

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11/08/2017

... Than Their Predecessors Ten years from now, Americans born in 1960 will be able to start collecting their full Social Security retirement check, at the age of 67. That's two years later than their parents...

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New Study Funded By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Suggests Today's Older Workers Will Face More Challenges Than Their Predecessors

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11/08/2017

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Aetna Foundation Pledges Funding To 25 Community-Based Nonprofits To Promote Active Living and Increase Access To Healthy Foods

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11/13/2017

... and Increase Access To Healthy Foods With a new round of grants, the philanthropic arm of Aetna is getting out of ... improve health outcomes. The foundation pledged $2 million in...

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Health

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The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000

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01/16/2018

The Donors' Education Collaborative in The New York Community Trust Gives $740,000 With federal ... and state funding for schools under siege, a leading group of education funders is committing three-quarters...

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Westchester Community Foundation Names New Board Chair, Members

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01/16/2018

... advisor and wealth management professional, as Chair of the Foundation’s Board. Mr. Akinla has been a member of ... philanthropist, and non-profit advisor who serves in leadership roles on...

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JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth

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01/23/2018

JPMorgan Chase Announces $20 Billion Investment in Employees, Branch Expansion and Local Economic Growth ... The firm has always believed that the highest and best use of its capital is to support employees and...

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Pfizer Foundation Fights Hunger and Supports the UN Global Goals at SXSW

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03/27/2018

... last week, Pfizer and Rise Against Hunger engaged hundreds of volunteers at the SXSW Trade Show to package meals for ... Goal 2: Zero Hunger, and we’re proud to continue our long -standing support of...

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Pete Peterson and Our Chaotic National Debates

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04/06/2018

... their lives offer for us. Here is a lesson from the life of Peter G. (Pete) Peterson, who died on March 20, 2018 at ... Pete Peterson played large on the national stage, in business, politics, and policy...

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Economic Security

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JPMorgan Chase Releases 2017 Corporate Responsibility Report

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04/26/2018

... to doing just that. The Report is a great representation of the firm’s work to support communities around the world. In 2017 JPMorgan continued to take a strategic, data-driven ... can have the greatest impact...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Continues Commitment to Great Barrier Reef Conservation Efforts

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07/17/2018

... organism, encompassing an area approximately the size of Italy and hosting some of the richest biodiversity on ... activity—have led to a widespread decline of coral cover in...

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Michael R. Bloomberg Partners with Commissioner Arias Cañete to Support European Transition from Coal Power

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09/18/2018

... transition and aim to highlight the economic opportunities of the clean energy transition in creating sustainable jobs and growth. The partnership will ... countries, facilitating development of...

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