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Providing support for artists, no strings attached (John S and James L Knight Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
Susan Berresford, then the president of the Ford Foundation, sought to correct this problem. She went to the leadership of the Rasmuson Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation to help start a fund that would seed the United States Artists' fellows program ... Knight Foundation issued this content on 18 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

How Warren Buffett’s Son Would Feed the World

Edit The Atlantic 19 Apr 2016
For a long time, in response to charges that he was ungenerous, Buffett argued that society was best served if, instead of giving away his money during his lifetime, he carried on compounding it, year after year, to maximize the amount that could be given away when he died ... Instead, most was pledged to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Some went to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation....

James H. Beaty Named Chair of UT-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering for UT Health Science Center (The University of Tennessee Health Science Center)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
'This department has a history of being helmed by a long line of distinguished orthopaedic surgeons who have a deep commitment to excellence in health care and serving the community ... Established in 1946, The Campbell Foundation is the charitable trust affiliated with Campbell Clinic ... To learn more about the Campbell Foundation, please visit www.campbell-foundation.org....

Installation of foundations for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm completed (RWE AG)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
During the weekend the installation team successfully installed the last foundation for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located approximately 40 km north of the island of Juist. All 54 monopole foundations have also been fitted with the associated transition pieces for the installation of the tower segments. This fully completes all of the 54 foundations six weeks ahead of schedule....

President Killary

Edit Information Clearing House 19 Apr 2016
She has survived charges that as Secretary of State she arranged favors for foreign interests in exchange for donations to the Clintons’ foundation ... According to washingtonsblog.com, “All told, the Clinton Foundation and its affiliates have collected donations and pledges from all souces of more than $1.6 billion, accoring to their tax returns.”....

Partnership creates new opportunities for Indigenous education (UTS - University of Technology, Sydney)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
UTS and the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) have announced a partnership that will create a scholarship that provides eligible Indigenous students with accommodation at a UTS Housing Service residence and a living allowance ... The establishment of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation was the result of that success; funds ......

NACDS Foundation Scholarship Program Awards $230,000 for Educational Programs to Improve Patient Care (NACDS - National Association of Chain Drug Stores)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
- Recognizing the important role of pharmacy education in helping to advance patient care, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation announced $230,000 in scholarships and grants through its 2016 NACDS Foundation Scholarship Program. The recipients were presented with their awards tonight at an NACDS Foundation event during the NACDS Annual Meeting ... The NACDS Foundation Scholarship Program began in 1997....

Noida staff threaten strike over promotions

Edit The Times of India 19 Apr 2016
The employees association listed three demands — promotion for 125 personnel, completion of performance review by the end of this month and increase in medical reimbursements — to the Authority on Noida's 41st foundation day celebrations on Monday ... The NEA has now decided to hold a meeting on Tuesday to decide on the next course of action ... The NEA has now decided to hold a meeting on Tuesday to decide on the next course of action....

Turkey child abuse: Scandal shocks Karaman

Edit BBC News 19 Apr 2016
On Wednesday, the trial begins of a 54-year-old teacher accused of sexually abusing 10 children in what are alleged to be guesthouses run illegally by two Islamic foundations - one of which, the Ensar Foundation, has close links to the Turkish government ... "We know the Ensar Foundation and we appreciate what they do." ... front of" the Ensar Foundation....

SIU SDM Research Day Highlights Impact of Exploration and Investigation (Southern Illinois University System)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
Sharon Gordon, the inaugural associate dean for research and chair of foundational sciences at the East Carolina School of Dental Medicine ... What may seem like a low-key project, in the long run, may have a significant impact on how they will treat patients and how they will potentially change the face of therapeutics and diagnostics.'....

155 Armenian Genocide Testimonies Added to Visual History Archive (USC Shoah Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Apr 2016
USC Shoah Foundation published 155 Armenian Genocide testimonies in the Visual History Archive on Friday, nearly tripling the size of the Institute's Armenian Genocide collection ... The 331 total Armenian Genocide testimonies that will make up the Institute's collection were originally collected by the Armenian Film Foundation, which partnered with USC Shoah Foundation in 2010 to integrate them into the Visual History Archive....

Remembering Mary Weiss, founder of local Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Edit WPTV 19 Apr 2016
- Say the name Mary Weiss and many things come to mind ... In the mid 1960's, Mary founded the Palm Beach County chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ... Her grassroots foundation meant she spent many hours on the phone. It was 4-year-old Richard Weiss, who unknowingly coined the phrase that would become the slogan for the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ... Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 700 S Dixie Hwy #100, West Palm Beach, FL 33401....

Effort afoot to rename Continental Ave. pedestrian bridge after former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk

Edit The Dallas Morning News 19 Apr 2016
At least, that’s the hope of Craig Holcomb, executive director of the Trinity River ... Ironically, the only version of the toll road currently approved by federal officials — the so-called Alternative 3C — would necessitate the removal of about 195 feet of the 2,130-foot-long bridge to allow for connectors to Woodall Rodgers Freeway....
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