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UCSF starts $1.5B hospital complex
by Ron Leuty UCSF Medical Center broke ground on its $1.5 billion women’s, children’s and cancer hospital complex, a two-city-block project in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. Leaders hope the 878,000-square-foot project will be the site where basic research from across 16th Street — at the…
Author: San Francisco Business Times
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Giving more than the "Giving Pledge"
By Conor O’Clery Editor’s note: Conor O’Clery is the author of the biography of Chuck Feeney, “The Billionaire Who Wasn’t.” Chuck Feeney DUBLIN, Ireland — Chuck Feeney, one of the world’s major philanthropists, has some reservations about The Giving Pledge, an effort by Warren Buffett…
Author: GlobalPost
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We must dismantle lingering divides and create a reconciled vibrant North
OPINION: Unless the North agrees how to share its future, devolution will have failed and potential will rot, writes DUNCAN MORROW EVEN AS the memory dims, the Irish peace process has the capacity to stir pride. A centuries-long Greek tragedy had an unexpected end. British-Irish relations…
Author: The Irish Times
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Organisations invest £3.5 for shared education classes
Two organisations are to spend £3.5m helping secondary and grammar schools in the Catholic and state sectors to share classes. The International Fund for Ireland and Atlantic Philanthropies are making the investment after a successful trial. For three years, 60 post-primary schools provided shared classes…
Author: BBC
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Older people suffering increased anxiety because of recession
The recession is having a major impact on older people with many experiencing high levels of anxiety over the threat of reduced incomes, increased taxes and cuts in vital services, according to a new study. The Inequalities, Pensions and the Recession study, commissioned by the…
Author: The Irish Times
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Elderly people in NI 'living in fear of cuts'
Elderly people in Northern Ireland are facing high levels of anxiety ahead of the Spending Review, a survey has found. The Centre for Ageing Research and Development has found considerable fear amongst the pensioners over reduced incomes, higher taxes and cuts in vital services. It…
Author: BBC
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Trust to award 50 projects €3.7m
A PEER mentoring service for students with mental health problems is one of 50 recipients of awards from the Genio Trust. A joint venture between Atlantic Philanthropies and the Government, the Genio Trust aims to help people with physical and intellectual disabilities to live in…
Author: The Irish Times
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East Meets West: 15 years and still building
JOHN W. CONROY VIETNAM — DANANG,For the last 15 years, retired Beekmantown dairy farmer Mark Conroy has been directing humanitarian development work in Vietnam for the East Meets West Foundation. He only last year stepped down as country director and is now the foundation’s senior…
Author: Press Republican
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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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The South African Institute for Advancement – Making a Stepping Stone into a Milestone
Issued by: Quo Vadis Communications Attention: News Editors For immediate release: MEDIA STATEMENT BY INYATHELO – THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT – MAKING A STEPPING STONE INTO A MILESTONE A conference that will be held in Cape Town next month will bring together foreign…
Author: Inyathelo
