John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Type: Organization
Name: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Satire and tears

TODAY, when he's not writing stories that keep getting hailed as some of contemporary literature's best, George Saunders teaches at Syracuse University's creative writing programme."Having come as inefficiently to my writing career as I did is probably ... [Published Nottingham Post - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

UC Berkeley graduate student receives new fellowship

City Council exempts Berkeley Student Cooperative from Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee UC Berkeley to collaborate with private developers for student housing projects ASUC committee to discuss encouraging city to waive fee for affordable student ... [Published Daily Californian - May 23 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Bill Cirone: SBCC, Allan Hancock Both Crown Jewels in Community College System

As members of the Class of 2013 prepare for their high school graduation ceremonies across California, hundreds of thousands of them are also preparing to enroll in one of the state’s 112 community colleges.Local students don’t have to look far to find ... [Published Noozhawk.com - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The US is outraged: why would a Russian polling organization be required to register as a foreign agent?

"In a letter, prosecutors said Levada could not continue to release its work without identifying itself as “a foreign agent,” as required under a new law...The prosecutor’s letter, dated Wednesday, details a series of grants the center received from ... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 22 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Putin Bill May Shut Down Independent Pollster, Levada Head Says

The Levada Center, a Russian independent pollster, may be forced to close after prosecutors said it may be violating President Vladimir Putin’s law on foreign agents, said Lev Gudkov, head of the researcher.The center received a warning from prosecutors ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Indians Sceptical Of China's Policy towards Asia, India: Poll

Melbourne: As Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived to a red carpet welcome in New Delhi, a new poll released found Indians were "deeply apprehensive" of China's ambitions in Asia and its policy towards the country.A large majority of 83 percent Indians ... [Published Silicon India - May 20 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Anne Addison: Save a Mother's Life - Talk About Maternal Death And Near-Miss in the USA

When I almost died in childbirth, I was blissfully unaware. I was captivated by the lights and sounds of the ambulance and said to the EMT, "Code Blue...that's serious, isn't it?!" It never crossed my mind that I might die, that two women, women like ... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Approaching bipartisan solutions for nation’s housing woes

Little has been done to revamp America’s housing-finance policy since rampant speculation and malleable regulations triggered the Great Recession. Now, writes Neal Peirce, a bipartisan commission has a plan to tackle this important issue.Syndicated c ... [Published Seattle Times - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Lottery: 10 things you could buy if you win the $600 million Powerball jackpot

Here are 10 ideas for how you could spend the Powerball cash option in the second-largest lottery jackpot in history (which has a good chance to be the largest ever by the time we?ve all purchased the ticket we know will win): 1. Buy the NBA?s Sacramento ... [Published MassLive - May 18 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Facebook, Mozilla and the MacArthur Foundation Team Up for a Hackathon to Build a Better Web

Yesterday on a grey and drizzly New York morning, hackers, designers and educators gathered in a loft space in Chelsea to participate in the Project: Connect hackathon . Hosted in conjunction with the MacArthur Foundation, Facebook, Mozilla and the Family ... [Published Beta Beat - May 10 2013]
First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Wendy & Eric Schmidt to Join Ellen MacArthur in London t. . .

Wendy & Eric Schmidt to Join Ellen MacArthur in London to Debut Fellowship Programme at Public Lecture [Manufacturing Close - Up]ProQuest Information & LearningThe Schmidt-MacArthur Public Lecture marks the beginning of a partnership between the Ellen ... [Published Equities.com - May 03 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Affordable Multifamily Housing Gets $100 Million Jolt From New Group

The newly formed Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET), a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the affordable multifamily housing sector, has secured $100 million in funding in order to begin investing in multifamily properties nationwide ... [Published Mortgage Orb - Apr 29 2013]

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"It's kind of a separate skillset," he says. "Henry James probably wouldn't be a real thrill to hear. Especially because he's dead."
"In a letter, prosecutors said Levada could not continue to release its work without identifying itself as “a foreign agent,” as required under a new law...The prosecutor’s letter, dated Wednesday, details a series of grants the center received from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the OpenOpen Society Institute Foundation, amounting to around $800,000 over a three-year period. Mr. Gudkov said foreign sources accounted for no moremore than 3 percent of the center’s funding ."   Correct me if I am wrong, is it different in the US? If a US research group were to receive Russian funding in any amount, would it not be required...
"She's bright," said Allan Zaremberg, president of the California Chamber of Commerce. "She's not out there trying to harass people who are trying to comply with the law."

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Chinas First Citizen Reporters Leaping the Grea... [Published China Hush - May 23 2013]
Satire and tears [Published Nottingham Post - May 23 2013]
Women and girls’ rights: The battle of formally... [Published Polity.org.za - May 23 2013]
UC Berkeley graduate student receives new fello... [Published Daily Californian - May 23 2013]
'Who Took Down Stockton?' Documentary on TYTInv... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - May 23 2013]
Bill Cirone: SBCC, Allan Hancock Both Crown Jew... [Published Noozhawk.com - May 23 2013]
“Children Are Dying” [Published Washingtonian.com - May 22 2013]
The US is outraged: why would a Russian polling... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 22 2013]
Her job: Stopping wage theft [Published Los Angeles Times - May 22 2013]
Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 21 2013]
A River Runs Through It [Published TAPPED - May 21 2013]
Russia's Putin out to silence independent voice... [Published Reuters via Yahoo! - May 21 2013]
GAINED IN TRANSLATION [Published More Intelligent Life.com - May 21 2013]
Russian Sociology Under Assault [Published Global Voices Online - May 20 2013]
Kremlin orders Russian pollster to register its... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 20 2013]
Anne Addison: Save a Mother's Life - Talk About... [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
Wanner named Barry Director of Paterno Fellows ... [Published Penn State Live - May 20 2013]
Putin Bill May Shut Down Independent Pollster, ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 20 2013]
Indians Sceptical Of China's Policy towards Asi... [Published Silicon India - May 20 2013]
Indians sceptical of China's policy towards Asi... [Published Economic Times - May 20 2013]
Indians sceptical of China`s policy towards Asi... [Published zeenews.com - May 20 2013]
Princeton Meets Lagos in Adichie’s Nigerian Lov... [Published BusinessWeek - May 20 2013]
Approaching bipartisan solutions for nation’s h... [Published Seattle Times - May 19 2013]
Lottery: 10 things you could buy if you win the... [Published MassLive - May 18 2013]
Dr. Paul Farmer Addresses Class of 2013 [Published Noodls - May 17 2013]
The Evolution of Homeownership and the Future o... [Published Brookings Upcoming Events - May 17 2013]
Listen Up MacArthur Fellowship [Published Chicago Now - May 17 2013]
Innovative Open Badges feature launched for Tot... [Published Training Press Releases - May 17 2013]
Renters Face a Housing Squeeze [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]
NeighborWorks America Organizations Own and Man... [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
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The US is outraged: why would a Russian polling... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 22 2013]
"In a letter, prosecutors said Levada could not continue to release its work without identifying itself as “a foreign agent,” as required under a new law...The prosecutor’s letter, dated Wednesday, details a series of grants the center received from ...
A River Runs Through It [Published TAPPED - May 21 2013]
Dennis Chamberlin To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds ...
Russian Sociology Under Assault [Published Global Voices Online - May 20 2013]
Science isn’t safe in Russia today. That, anyway, was Lev Gudkov’s message this morning in a public statement published  [ru] to the website of the Levada Center , one of Russia’s oldest and best-respected sociological research organizations. The institute ...
The Evolution of Homeownership and the Future o... [Published Brookings Upcoming Events - May 17 2013]
Event Information May 30, 201310:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT Falk AuditoriumBrookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Avenue NWWashington, DC 20036 With the housing market at the center of the recent financial crisis, attitudes toward homeownership are in flux, ...
How Homeownership Can Save You Money [Published MyBankTracker.com - May 16 2013]
Flickr |http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwthompson2/139445633/ If you’re in the market for buying a new house to call your humble abode, now may be the best time to get in. With rates as low as 3.5% for first time home buyers  coupled with other programs ...
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NeighborWorks America Announces that NeighborWo... [Published PR Newswire - May 14 2013]
Wendy och Eric Schmidt samarbetar med Ellen Mac... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 01 2013]
Wendy en Eric Schmidt en Ellen MacArthur lancer... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 01 2013]
Wendy et Eric Schmidt vont se joindre à la fond... [Published Financial Services - Apr 30 2013]
Zusammen mit Ellen MacArthur präsentieren Wendy... [Published Financial Services - Apr 30 2013]
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