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NYC Kids RISE Founding Executive Director Debra-Ellen Glickstein and NYC Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice and the Gray Foundation made an announcement today. A new program allows public school alumni to give back — by raising or donating money that will go directly […]
A new program allows public school alumni to give back — by raising or donating money that will go directly into the college and career savings accounts of third graders at their alma maters.
Former city public school students are calling on New Yorkers to help current city students afford a college education.
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The city will open savings accounts for thousands of students in Queens this fall as part of a three-year pilot program that aims to get more kids and families focused on planning financially for college.
One of the biggest issues facing young people and a hot topic on the 2016 campaign trail: Who can actually afford a college education? Mayor de Blasio announced the first phase of a new program to help.
Three days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his vision for free college tuition, a group of de Blasio administration commissioners debuted a separate college savings pilot program program they say will dovetail with the governor’s agenda.
The program, which was first reported by the New York Times in November, will be funded by a $10 million grant from the Gray Foundation.
Just days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a splashy proposal to make state college tuition-free for low- and middle-income students, the de Blasio administration tried to steal back the spotlight with its own plan to offset higher education costs.
Kindergarteners attending public schools in parts of Queens—including the Astoria, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside and Woodside neighborhoods—will soon benefit from a program designed to launch college aspirations.
The V Foundation for Cancer Research, one of the nation’s leading funders of cancer research, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the San Francisco-based BRCA Foundation and the Gray Foundation to fund research of cancers that derive from BRCA or BRCA-like mutations.
Penn’s Basser Center for BRCA’s Annual Prize Recognizes Groundbreaking Contributions in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research
After losing her sister Faith Basser to the latter, Mindy and husband Jon established the Basser Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania, the first lab in the world devoted to BCRA-related cancers, and have contributed more than $30 million to date.
When Mindy and Jon Gray were pulling together Tuesday’s fundraiser for the Basser Center for BRCA, Mr. Gray asked his wife that the attire be kept casual.
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