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Global Health to Launch Hub at UCSF With $20 Million Gift
Jaime Sepúlveda, who leads UCSF Global Health Sciences, discusses the impact of philanthropist Chuck Feeney’s $20 million gift on students, Mission Bay and health worldwide. Click here to watch a version of the video in Spanish. By Kristen Bole The University of California, San Francisco…
Author: University of California San Francisco
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NCOA Launches One Away Campaign for Elder Economic Security; Releases National Poll on Struggles Facing Older Adults
Campaign Uses Video to Spotlight the Problem, Calls for Change in the Older Americans Act WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 13 million older adults are considered economically insecure, living on just $21,780 a year or less. Every day, these seniors, and millions of Boomers, have to choose…
Author: PR Newswire
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Foundations With a Limited Life
By DEBORAH L. JACOBS ALL IN THE TIMING John Hunting started the Beldon Fund in 1982, but in 1998 he devised a 10-year plan to wind it down., Photo: Adam Bird for The New York Times TRADITIONALLY people who set up private foundations — either during their…
Author: The New York Times
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Why Mature Activism May Save the Planet
Original Source AARP and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. By: Rob Gurwitt It was not a promising start. Getting ready to head out for the Utah wilderness, Lee Verner had packed her clothes in a black bag, laid it down on a black chair and…
Author: AARP Bulletin Today
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After-School Sessions Expanding the Reach of Summer Program
Study shows children who took part improved their reading skills by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo Following a day of classwork, about 40 students from neighboring schools gather in the media center at Fairview Elementary School for a celebration of a day well spent. After a reading…
Author: Education Week
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Discovering Second Acts In Sustained Working Lives
By MARCI ALBOHER Marc Freedman has become the voice of aging baby boomers who are eschewing retirement for what he calls “encore careers,” long periods of meaningful and sustaining work later in life. Mr. Freedman, who was one of the founders of Experience Corps, now…
Author: Discovering Second Acts In Sustained Working Lives
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UQ helps Vietnam with health records
UQ helps Vietnam with health records Published: 18 July 2006 UQ’s School of Population Health will receive more than $4 million to work with Vietnamese government and medical bodies and universities to strengthen vital health data collection and plan for future health needs. UQ health…
Author: University of Queensland, Australia
