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When first-generation college students receive failing or near-failing grades, they face a dropout risk that significantly exceeds that of their continuing-generation peers — and the reasons behind this disparity are more nuanced than simple academic unpreparedness. That is a central finding emerging from research associated with JP Conte, whose work has drawn attention to the […]
Read MoreWealth management is often described in terms of portfolios, returns, and asset allocation. Justin Nelson, Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, would add a different word: generations. Over a career spanning nearly 30 years, JP Morgan’s Justin Nelson has watched client relationships grow from professional engagements into family ones, encompassing children, family […]
Read MoreFew private philanthropic organizations have shaped environmental policy and conservation efforts as durably as Colcom Foundation. Founded in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, the Pittsburgh-based foundation has distributed more than $500 million in grants over its nearly three decades of operation, funding initiatives that span ecological preservation, population research, and cultural development across the United […]
Read MoreGreg Soros had options when he left a top media company in 2020. He could have built a podcast network designed for scale, chasing the industry’s growing appetite for content. Instead, the Portland native moved to Austin and founded Podcraft Media Lab with a very different goal: to become the go-to name in premium podcast […]
Read MoreWhen the first Earth Day took place in 1970, its organizers framed environmental protection around two problems: consumption and population. In the decades since, consumption has remained a central focus of the mainstream environmental movement, but population has largely faded from public conversation. Colcom Foundation, founded in Pittsburgh in 1996 by Cordelia Scaife May, has […]
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