Marijuana Investor Gives $9 Million To Harvard And MIT For Cannabis Science  WBURIn what is believed to be the largest private gift yet to support scientific research on cannabis, a donor is giving $9 million to support Harvard and MIT work o…

Removal of stained-glass windows from SWBTS chapel draws mixed reactions from donors  The PathwayThe seminary has stated no official reason for the relocation, neither did an April 4 letter to donors signed by then SWBTS trustee chairman Kevi…

Turkey | Syria: Humanitarian Dashboard – Cross Border Response Jan – Dec 2018 (Issued on 30 April 2019) – Syrian Arab Republic  ReliefWebSITUATION OVERVIEW. In northwest Syria, estimated 2.7 million people required humanitarian assistance in …

Run miles for hope  Berea MailThe Sunflower Fund in KZN is appealing to runners to consider participating in the 2019 Miles4Hope fundraising and awareness campaign.

Using Guilt: Donors Wary of High-Emotion Appeals  The Chronicle of PhilanthropyResearchers found that videos featuring disturbing images of starving children tended to make viewers suspicious of an organization. A softer approach yielded …

All About Whole-Body Donations  Next AvenueOn the March afternoon when her wife Sandy Swanson died of cancer, Liz Mattern knew who to call. A few hours later, two technicians arrived to remove About …

Giving Life – The state of organ donation in China  CGTN

Every year, around 300,000 people with terminal illnesses require an organ transplant in China, but only some 20,000 operations can be performed. Despite the …

California’s canine blood banks harvest from caged dogs and operate in secrecy  Los Angeles Times

California requires that dogs used as blood donors be held in closed colonies. Sweeping exemptions mean the public knows little about the facilities.

Guidelines proposed for newly defined Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder  National Institute on AgingA recently recognized brain disorder called Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy, or LATE, mimics clinical features of Alzheimer…