Opinion: Does a Soda Tax Reduce Obesity? Ask Mexico (Bloomberg Philanthropies)
Release Date:
02/23/2016
... 6- and 12-percent reduction in purchases of sugary drinks after the law's passage. That study was funded by .....
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Tow Foundation Announces Six Playwright Residencies
Release Date:
02/25/2016
... The six theatres—and their playwrights—were selected after two competitive application rounds. The playwrights ...
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art
Release Date:
03/07/2016
... his death in 2008, has been a part of this system. But after experiments over the last year, it has decided to adopt ...
Revson Fellowship Produces Research on Female Face of Genocide
Release Date:
03/16/2016
... and examine how people came to be so brutal to others. After receiving a B.A. in history and education from Bowdoin, ...
Microsoft Joins Bloomberg, JPMorgan & Others in Supporting Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Release Date:
03/25/2016
... American History and Culture, which opens this fall after five years of construction. “The stories, art and ...
Carnegie Backs New Learning Pilot Targeting Interstate Passport Initiative
Release Date:
06/10/2016
... is to eliminate unnecessary repetition of academic work after students transfer, improve graduation rates, shorten ...
Ford Foundation's Chris Cardona on Inequity in Grantee Inclusion
Release Date:
07/29/2016
... central to deciding what to do with grants they receive— after all, they know better than anyone what is happening on ...
Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy
Release Date:
08/22/2016
... contained, the meltdown of the Syrian state has sent wave after wave of chaos into the wider world — spawning a new ...
PIMCO Awards New York City Mission Society Money for College Readiness Program
Release Date:
11/17/2016
... Learning to Work serves students who are either returning after dropping out or are struggling to finish high school, ...
The Century Foundation Releases New Report on Syrian Rebels' Lessons on Aleppo
Release Date:
01/27/2017
... populous urban centers and the country as a whole. Now, after Aleppo’s fall, rebels and their backers have been ...
With Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New Survey Reveals Effects of Incarceration for Older Americans' Work And Retirement Plans
Release Date:
05/05/2017
... lasting impact incarceration has on older Americans long after they are released," said Trevor Tompson, director of .....
Backed By Rockefeller Grants Philabundance’s Non-Profit Supermarket Is Making Inroads in Food Deserts
Release Date:
05/08/2017
... actually one of the first things on Basher’s mind; right after his interview, he has to take a call from Furrukh, a ...
Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program for Formerly Incarcerated People—and How They Did It
Release Date:
05/19/2017
... their lives and participating in their communities after their release from prison. The foundation’s work with ...
Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online
Release Date:
05/22/2017
... for free online. The guide was first released last October after two years in development by the Global Designing Cities ...
The Army Infantry’s First Women
Release Date:
05/26/2017
... earlier generations. That’s just how the Army wants it. After the Obama administration ordered the military in ...
Soros Hits Back at Hungary’s PM for Attempting to Shutter a Soros-Founded School
Release Date:
06/01/2017
... to shut down a Budapest university which Soros founded after the fall of communism. In a speech in Brussels, the ...
Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’
Release Date:
06/13/2017
... ring effect,” the ring-shaped stain of particles left after drops of coffee evaporate. In one paper, they learned ...
Clark Foundation Emphasizes Access to Higher Ed for City Students
Release Date:
06/27/2017
... on expanding economic opportunity and growing the economy. After a year of research, CUF is set to release a report in ...
Rita Allen Supported Prize Goes In Part To Vanderbilt Project Intended To Combat Fake News
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... of a $1 million prize through the Knight Prototype Fund. After a call for entries in March, the John S. and James L. ...
Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students
Release Date:
06/28/2017
... of the National Academy of Sciences, found that after completing the self-affirmation exercises, Latino ...