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New building boost for African research
By Caitlin Ross. A state-of-the-art Life Sciences building – the best of its kind on the continent – was officially opened on Tuesday at the University of the Western Cape. Speaking at the opening ceremony, attended by an illustrious guest list including figureheads in education…
Author: West Cape News
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Brian O'Connell Visiting African Scholar Fund Will Introduce UWC Students to Black Scholars from Around the World
Brian O’Connell, former Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Western Cape. Photo courtesy of UWC. The Atlantic Philanthropies and The Kresge Foundation announced today a joint investment of $500,000 (R5,726,102.50) to establish The Brian O’Connell Visiting African Scholar Fund, which will bring…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Support Cornell University’s Applied Sciences NYC Initiative Through Significant Grant
The Atlantic Philanthropies are pleased to announce a grant totaling $350 million to Cornell University to support the Cornell University/Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s consortium for the Applied Sciences NYC initiative. The consortium’s ground-breaking partnership with the City of New York seeks to build what will…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Brick-by-Brick – Investing in Capital Projects for Social Change
The business of making social change often has to start from the ground up. Sometimes literally! Since its inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies has invested over $1.5 billion in a number of capital projects to build the infrastructure that enables health to be advanced, children and…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Philanthropy and Government: Striking the Right Balance
Now that both major parties in the U.S. have presumptive nominees for the Presidency, it seems like a good time to share some thoughts on the relationships between philanthropy and government – relationships that Atlantic has considerable experience with in each of the countries in…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Scanning the Skyline: Lessons From 30 Years of Capital Grantmaking
Buildings have a special allure for philanthropy—their mass, their unambiguous reality, their durability, their promise of sheltering great transformative enterprise—that few other achievements can match. They also conjure a cloud of distinctive risks: the possibility of inadequate maintenance, financial drain, premature obsolescence, the danger that…
Author: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
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The Atlantic Philanthropies To Support Cornell University’s New Tech Campus in New York City
Rendering: Aerial view of NYC Tech Campus courtesy of Cornell University. The City of New York has partnered with Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for its Applied Sciences NYC initiative, which will transform more than 10 acres of Roosevelt Island into an…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Giving While Living: Chuck Feeney’s Role in This World
The term “Giving While Living” is globally associated with Chuck Feeney, the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a major international philanthropic foundation. He is the “anonymous donor”, a man who lives to give away billions. Photo: Charles Feeney – Atlantic Philanthropies Founding Chairman…
Author: Daily Maverick
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Up Close: Blogging from South Africa
Night and a Day in Queenstown Posted by Gara LaMarche | 18 March 2011, South Africa As Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m. This was a problem for two…
Author: Gara LaMarche and Jack Rosenthal
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The ‘Giving While Living’ Superhero
Chuck Feeney is the biggest philanthropist people know nothing about. The reclusive former billionaire not only decided to give away all his wealth in his own lifetime, but also leads a life of disarming simplicity. By N Mahalakshmi Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do…
Author: Outlook Business