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NI elderly to get commissioner
An older people’s commissioner is to be appointed by next year to defend the rights and interests of the elderly in Northern Ireland. The announcement was made by the first and deputy first ministers. Grace Henry, director of Help the Aged in Northern Ireland, said…
Author: BBC News
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HHS Announces $15 Million Collaboration on Prevention for Older Americans
WASHINGTON, July 5 /PRNewswire/ — HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced a $15 million collaboration with The Atlantic Philanthropies to improve the health and quality of life for older Americans at the community level. “This collaboration, led by the Administration on Aging (AoA) and involving…
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Atlantic Congratulates Immunotherapy Researcher Dr. James P. Allison, 2018 Winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Photo: Cancer Research Institute The Atlantic Philanthropies and Founder Chuck Feeney congratulate James P. Allison, Ph.D., director of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) Scientific Advisory Council, for winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Allison was chosen for this year’s Nobel Prize,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Atlantic Philanthropies and Its Archives: Limited Life, Enduring Legacy
By Joanne Volpe Florino Editors’ Note: Joanne Volpe Florino continues HistPhil’s forum on archives and knowledge management with a post detailing the archival strategy of The Atlantic Philanthropies. The Carl A. Kroch Library at Cornell, the underground library where the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections is…
Author: HistPhil
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Atlantic Philanthropies Gives €138m Grant to Tackle Dementia
By Carl O’Brien Atlantic Philanthropies is to give €138 million – its largest grant to date – to Trinity College Dublin and University of California San Francisco to help tackle the looming dementia epidemic. Almost 50,000 people are living with dementia in Ireland, a number which is projected…
Author: The Irish Times
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Brave New Films Launches Diversity Fellowship
Award winning documentary company partners with The Atlantic Philanthropies to train people of color in the areas of film and social media Culver City, California (August 12, 2015) – Production Company Brave New Films, headed by award winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald has partnered with The Atlantic…
Author: Brave New Films
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The Fierce Urgency of Atlantic: Bending the Arc in Our Final Years
Thirteen years ago, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ founding chairman Chuck Feeney and our Board of Directors made the decision to complete our grantmaking by the end of 2016. That seemed a long time away. The distant target has now become next year. After extended deliberations during this…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Government Launches Irish National Dementia Strategy
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton and Minister for Primary and Social Care Kathleen Lynch today (Wednesday 17th December 2014) launched the Irish National Dementia Strategy. This honours the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop a national Alzheimer’s and other dementias strategy to…
Author: Department of Health Ireland
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Eight Cities to Receive Funding to Reduce the Number of Uninsured Children
Washington, D.C. – To help implement local outreach efforts to enroll children and families in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the National League of Cities (NLC) today awarded grants and technical assistance to eight cities. The Cities Expanding Health Access for Children and…
Author: National League of Cities
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Atlantic and Leading Foundations Recommend Collective Action to Advance Opportunity for Young Men of Color
Download the report (PDF) New York, NY – The Atlantic Philanthropies joined 10 of the nation’s leading foundations today in releasing a report, “A Time for Action: Mobilizing Philanthropic Support for Boys and Young Men of Color” outlining recommendations for coordinated action and funding across…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies