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Caltech Biologists Identify Gene that Helps Regulate Sleep (Rita Allen Foundation)

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02/18/2016

... biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and ... that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U (Nmu...

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Nathan Cummings Urges Firstenergy Shareholders to Vote for Proposal Regarding Disclosure of Lobbying Expenditures

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05/06/2016

... Shareholders To Vote For Proposal Regarding Disclosure Of Lobbying Expenditures - Sec Filing Dear FirstEnergy Shareowner: We write to you as long -term shareholders in FirstEnergy Corporation...

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NY Community Trust Teams Up with Muslim-American Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes

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08/09/2016

... Leaders to Counter Anti-Islamic Stereotypes In the past year, suspected hate crimes and other forms of racial and religious bigotry against Muslim Americans rose ... a community foundation for New York City,...

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President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping Down

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02/02/2017

President Of Montauk-Based Environmental Advocacy Organization Stepping ... and to work with CCOM's members and Board of Directors in protecting our natural resources." While at CCOM...

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Paula Luff Named New Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group

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03/07/2017

Paula Luff Named New Director of Sustainability & Impact at the Inherent Group Philanthropy ... Inherent Group as Director of Sustainability & Impact in March 2017. Inherent Group...

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UJA-Federation of New York's CEO Writes Letter About AHCA to NY's Congressional Delegation

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03/24/2017

UJA-Federation of New York's CEO Writes Letter About AHCA to NY's ... 100 years, UJA-Federation of New York has been a leader in providing help to our cities’ most vulnerable. Propelled...

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $150M for An Initiative To Elevate Civic Discourse

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06/27/2017

... from the European Union followed by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has sent shock waves ... The tie between the two institutions turns out to be a long...

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NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City

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07/24/2017

NY Women’s Foundation: $2.4 Million in Grants to Address Needs of Women & Families in New York City The New York Women’s ... by issue, they also transverse strategies integral to long...

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Doris Duke Foundation Awards 17 Physician Scientists DDCF’s 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards

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07/27/2017

... receiving the 2017 Clinical Scientist Development Awards of $495,000 each over three years. Selected from a highly ... competitive pool of 196 applicants by a panel of experts in...

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Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors

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08/15/2017

Schott Welcomes Mark Paley and Roger Vann to the Board of Directors CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Schott Foundation is proud ... Mark Paley Mark Paley joined the Hyams Foundation in 2001. Before coming to Hyams, he was the...

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Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power

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09/11/2017

Inside Game: A Foundation Supports LGBTQ Leaders in the Halls of Power While it was the nation’s highest court that ... rising tempo of funding and activity in the South, an...

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Applying Social Enterprise to Refugee Settings

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09/29/2017

... Settings Humanitarian assistance relies on a charity model of providing immediate relief in emergency situations. But once the emergency has passed, ... family, a teenage son has now been out of...

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Century Foundation President's Commentary Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt

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10/03/2017

... Explains Why Teachers Deserve a Break on Student Debt In October 2007, as experts began warning about rising ... sector, for instance as a teacher, and after 10 years of making on-time loan payments, the...

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Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing

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10/10/2017

... Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing Congress has long been bitterly divided over the subject of health care. A few weeks ago, Senate Republicans failed to ... legislation raise questions about the role...

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Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Highlights The Role Of Innovative Partnerships In New Orleans' Recovery

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10/20/2017

Danielle Johnson dreamed of becoming a nurse. Unfortunately, not long after she began nursing courses at Delgado Community ... story of New Orleans' recovery: as smart investments in...

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While Announcing Main Branch Renovations, NYPL Notes Mid-Manhattan Library to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation

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11/16/2017

... to Be Renamed for Stavros Niarchos Foundation At a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday evening, The New York Public ... space being added to the building; the transformation of long -...

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New York Women's Foundation Joins Female-Led Investor Groups Targeting Weinstein Co. Acquisition

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11/21/2017

... As the Weinstein Company struggles under the weight of scandal and debt, two competing female-led investor groups are hoping to acquire the studio in an effort to turn its assets into a source of...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... Recent studies have shown that the staff and leadership of art museums do not adequately reflect the socio-economic ... will affect curatorial and programmatic decision-making in the museums, as well as...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35 If current trends in child obesity continue, more than 57% of today’s ... methods and a novel statistical...

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Markle Foundation President and CEO Zoë Baird Writes About Where Amazon Should Build Their New Headquarters

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12/05/2017

... have trumpeted the tax incentives being offered to Amazon in an effort to woo its new headquarters. As it eyes a home ... the digital economy. History has shown that the quality of a skilled local workforce...

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