Results List
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Tekano: Novel Leadership Programme to Tackle South Africa’s Health Gap
By Dianne McAlpine A generous grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, a US-based limited-life foundation, has given rise to a South African organisation dedicated to reducing the social inequalities that condemn large segments of the population to poor health. More than two decades after the end…
Author: LeadSA
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Atlantic Fellows: Advancing Fairer, Healthier, More Inclusive Societies
From their inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies have invested in people and in their vision, opportunity and ability to realize a better world. When Chuck Feeney established the foundation in 1982, its first grant was $7 million to Cornell University to create the Cornell Tradition, a…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Finished, But Not Done
The last two months of 2016 marked the convergence of two critical events for The Atlantic Philanthropies and the people and communities we serve. The first was the completion this month of Atlantic’s grant commitments. We are bringing to conclusion $8 billion in grantmaking over 35…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Establishes New Fellowship Program at Columbia University to Dismantle Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and South Africa
Program will empower and connect dynamic individuals committed to working together across disciplines and borders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. “At a time when issues of race and identity are at the forefront of intense debates in South Africa, the U.S. and around…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Making and Living History
“Our grants, now completed, are like sown seeds which will bear the fruit of good works long after we turn out the lights at The Atlantic Philanthropies.” – Chuck Feeney Atlantic has been making and living our history lately. In December 2016, we made our…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Next Generation of Leaders Advocating for Brain Health
By Dana Smith A monologist, a musician, an event producer, and an animal behaviourist are working to change how society thinks about aging and dementia. These individuals are part of the first cohort of Atlantic Fellows at the Global Brain Health Institute and are using…
Author: The Lancet
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Indigenous Leader to Direct Prestigious Social Equity Program
Mr Glanville’s appointment was announced following Wominjeka, a Welcome to Country conducted early in the 2017 academic year. Jason Glanville has been appointed as the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. The Atlantic Philanthropies launched the Atlantic Fellows program in 2016, in…
Author: The University of Melbourne
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A Laughing Matter: SF Comedian Looks to Tell the Stories of Dementia Patients, Caregivers
Josh Kornbluth is Among the Global Brain Health Institute’s 32 Inaugural Atlantic Fellows Artist Josh Kornbluth (left), a comedic autobiographical monologist, participates in a clinicopathological section with Lea T. Grinberg, MD, PhD, as part of his fellowship at the Global Brain Health Institute. Photo by…
Author: University of California San Francisco
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Chuck Feeney's Legacy Lives on as Philanthropic Fund Winds Down
By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor – philanthropist and former billionaire Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney – at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…
Author: Irish Independent
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University of Melbourne to Lead 20-Year Leadership Program to Tackle Social Inequality
A new fellowship dedicated to supporting mid-career leaders in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities over the next two decades will be launched by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra this morning. The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity program, led by the University of Melbourne, alongside national…
Author: University of Melbourne