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...research solutions to public policy problems. Humanity United’s $2,100,000 grant is one of several the Carr Center has received since its founding, including a $337,600 grant from the Carnegie Corporation and a $245,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...
...There’s currently a bipolarized conversation going on in the U.S. around digital media and young people, both in the academy and the media,” said Constance M. Yowell of the MacArthur Foundation, who moderated the panel. “Neither answer is useful. When you start with the question of good versus bad, you’ll never get to the complexity that is at the intersection of learning and young people...
...Isay is in the market for people who love to talk about themselves. Isay is the founder of StoryCorps, a national project he founded in 2003 that encourages everyday Americans to share the stories of their lives. Isay has quite a story to tell himself. He's won a MacArthur "Genius" grant, a Guggenheim, five Peabody Awards, and a slew of other broadcasting awards, and has written four books. But he's modest when he talks about his listening project. Each StoryCorps conversation (between two family members or friends) at a StoryCorps location is recorded for free on an audio...
...does not distinguish between different entities, and that it applies to anyone who benefits from a loan that exceeded the 20 percent threshold. The other institutions listed in the lawsuit as “third-party defendants” include Yale University, Princeton University, Oberlin College in Ohio, the MacArthur Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation. Briansky said that he believes the court will hear the case in January. —Staff writer Kevin Zhou can be reached at kzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...violence. The lawsuit claimed that Harvard and the other institutions invested in Realty Financial Partners, which charged an interest rate that exceeded state limits. Other parties that were named in the suit included the University of Notre Dame, Oberlin College in Ohio, Spelman College in Atlanta, and the MacArthur Foundation. Though Massachusetts state law only permits loans below 20 percent, higher loans are permissible if the lender files notice with the state attorney general every two years. David Rich, the lawyer representing Realty Financial Partners, told Bloomberg News last week that the lenders’ notices had been filed...