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New understanding of how we remember traumatic events
Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories. In evolutionary terms, the brain’s ability to remember a fear or trauma response has been crucial to our long term survival.…
Author: The University of Queensland
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Age Awareness Week events tackle stereotypes of older people in Northern Ireland
Some unconventional steps were taken to tackle perceptions of older people during Northern Ireland’s fourth Age Awareness Week (28 September-3 October). The Week began with a very special screening of the cult film about life and love in older age. ‘Harold and Maude’ screened at…
Author: Atlantic Philanthropies
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Oct. 28th and Nov. 10th Events: Join the Conversation About "Giving While Living"
We’d like to invite you to join two upcoming conversations about Giving While Living, one of them featuring Atlantic President and CEO, Gara LaMarche. While we know it isn’t an approach for everyone, Atlantic hopes to inspire individuals at widely varying levels of wealth to…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Recent Children & Youth events help raise awareness for children's rights
The Children & Youth teams in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly hosted a Youth Civic Action Workshop together with grantees SpunOut.ie and the UNESCO Chairs at NUIG and University of Ulster. They also hosted a joint event to present their new Strategy…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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ATLANTIC EVENTS: The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform
Doug Mills/The New York Times The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform in The United States: How Did We Get There and What Lies Ahead? DATE Wednesday, May 19, 2010TIME 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMLOCATION The Atlantic Philanthropies, 75 Varick Street, 16th Floor, NYC REGISTRATIONSpace is limited; please RSVP online.…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Troubles Linked to Mental Illness
People affected by traumatic episodes in the Northern Ireland Troubles are showing signs of mental illness decades after the events, a new study has revealed. A helicopter flies over the British army watchtower in Crossmaglen which became a symbol of the Troubles. Photograph: John Giles/PA…
Author: Irish Times
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Seven "International Trailblazers" To Be Awarded at MIPDOC 2009
Paris, 26 February 2009 MIPDOC, the international showcase for documentary screenings has named seven directors, selected for their creativity, innovation and personal vision in the world of documentary making, to receive International Trailblazer awards at MIPDOC 2009. This year’s event runs from 28-29 March, at…
Author: MIPDOC
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Communities In Schools Of North Carolina Partners With Kramden Institute, Inc.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Linda Harrill, president of Communities In Schools of North Carolina (CISNC) ( www.cisnc.org), a nonprofit that helps youths stay in school, has announced that the organization has partnered with Kramden Institute, Inc., a nonprofit that provides hard-working but less fortunate students with…
Author: Communities in Schools of North Carolina
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The Kindness of Strangers
Original Source NEW PHILANTROPISTS: Times are tough, not least for fund-raisers, but the president of the Ireland Funds, Kingsley Aikins, reminds SUSAN MCKAY of the old mantra: Philanthropy is about the three Ts: ‘time, treasure and talent’. Everyone, he says, can afford to give at…
Author: The Irish Times
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Campaign exceeds goal
By Aaron Munzer President Peggy R. Williams announced last Friday that Ithaca College’s first Capital Campaign has far surpassed its goal after raising $145 million – a sum that jumped after a last-minute gift of $25 million from the Atlantic Philanthropies. The college beat their…
Author: The Ithacan Online