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Irish Universities Look to Graduates for Funds as Atlantic Goes West
Philanthropist Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney being conferred an Honorary Degree jointly by the Universities of Ireland North and South at a ceremony in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES By Louise Holden Last year University of Limerick expressed its gratitude to the…
Author: The Irish Times
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Older and More Diverse: America's Multicultural Future is Approaching Fast, But Are We Ready?
By David E. ThigpenVice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement, Insight Center Elders are revered for their experience and wisdom in many cultures around the globe, but here in America where our civic, media and business cultures worship at the fountain of youth, elders are…
Author: Huffington Post
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An Australian 'Smart State' Serves Up Lessons for a Knowledge Economy
By David L. Wheeler Editor at Large, International This Chronicle of Higher Education article provides an overview of – and some key lessons from – Queensland Australia’s “Smart State” initiative, which transformed the state from a place best known for its beaches to one known…
Author: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Donor Bequeaths Philanthropy Template
By Rachel Lebihan The nation’s most generous benefactor of university and medical research, Irish American Charles Feeney, is pulling out of Australia in line with plans to wind down his charitable trust by 2016. The Atlantic Philanthropies will close its office in Sydney by July…
Author: The Australian Financial Review
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Hai Phong starts healthcare programme for drug addicts
HAI PHONG — A new project to improve community health services for people who abuse drugs kicked off yesterday in northern Hai Phong Port City. The US$120,000 project was organised by the city’s Department of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs and the Bureau of…
Author: Viet Nam News
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Feeney's 'remarkable' donation will advance the entire field of Australian biomedical research
By Ben Eyre The biggest private donation to a medical research facility in Australian history has been made by Atlantic Philanthropies, the charitable foundation of media-shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney. The AU102.5m (£50.8m) donation to scientific research in Queensland, included a record-breaking $50m (£24.8m) grant…
Author: Philanthropy UK
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Brisbane's Brain Power
The $63 million Queensland Brain Institute’s new headquarters at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, officially opened by Premier Anna Bligh in November, place the state at the forefront of neuroscience, the study of the brain. Professor Perry Bartlett is the institute’s director, recognised…
Author: Invest Brisbane
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Older workers and the recession
by Richard W. Johnson Johnson is a principal research associate in the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute’s Income and Benefits Policy Center. Last week’s triple dose of grim employment news stirred memories of the early 1980s. Made official on Monday, the current recession has already outlasted…
Author: The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Will Employers Want Aging Boomers?
Less well-educated baby boomers who seek to work into their retirement years in the United States may need assistance from the government through policy changes, according to this report by the Urban Institute. Author(s): Gordon Mermin, Richard W. Johnson, Eric ToderPermanent Link: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411705 The nonpartisan Urban…
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Gary Bass Featured in Philanthropy News Digest on the Support of Nonprofit Advocacy
Original Source 5 Questions for… Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director, OMB Watch Founded in 1983 with the goal of lifting the veil of secrecy then shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget, OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest