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A team of scientists offers a roadmap for increasing diversity among biomedical engineering faculty.

NPC is working with Ipsos to evaluate GambleAware’s Community Resilience Fund.

Too-big helmets, gloves, safety harnesses and vests are a perennial issue for women at job sites, creating safety concerns and barriers to their work in the industry.

I joined Omidyar Network six years ago in large part because I was fed up with the grantee/funder model. Time and time again I saw nonprofits drift from their vision…

No city can go it alone — nor should they have to. As U.S. cities work to meet the diverse needs of their communities while coping with strained budgets, local…

The sum of human waste produced by 7.8 billion people is grossly impacting human health and the environment, with wastewater adding around 6.2 million tons of nitrogen to coastal waters annually,…

The needs of pregnant and postpartum people are often forgotten in climate disasters. A team of nurses, midwives and a mental health provider in Hawaii have mobilized to help.

Wildfires and agriculture and farming emissions may be the top sources of air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia, research finds.

Last week, my colleague Andrew Craig and I represented RBC at the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network (CEGN) annual conference in (still) snowcapped Banff, Alberta. The conference brings together philanthropic foundations that are helping propel…

Culture is power – it shapes who we are as a people, sets the terms of our world, and informs how we perceive each other and the issues we face.…

On an overcast Saturday in Seattle, a group of volunteers combs a small section of the beach at Golden Gardens Park for trash. With 5-gallon buckets in hand, they slowly…

Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some of the least environmentally friendly transportation fuels available. There are no cheap, widely available solutions that…