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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…

By Ronald Piana Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, Optimism, 1903 [caption id="attachment_44580" align="alignleft" width="292"] Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP is director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care.[/caption] Shortly past 8:00 AM…

[caption id="attachment_54291" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Atul Gawande is Next Avenue's Influencer of the Year[/caption] By Liza Kaufman Hogan Today, Next Avenue released the 2015 Influencers in Aging, its first annual list recognizing 50 inspiring thought leaders, innovators, doctors, authors, advocates, experts, executives and others changing how we…

Atlantic's Founding Chairman, Charles F. Feeney, along with seven other philanthropists, has been awarded the 2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Each recipient has had significant and lasting impact on a particular field, nation or the international community, and each embodies the spirit and example of…

Like many Irish Americans, Chuck Feeney, Atlantic’s founder, has a profound affection for his ancestral land. Luckily for the Irish, that abiding love has prompted a radical transformation in the country, which started with a focus on enriching the university experience nationwide—both with capital grants…

This month Harriett and I attended the Atlantic Philanthropies’ Laying Foundations for Change panel, hosted by Koda Capital. Peter Hoj and Peter Coaldrake, Vice Chancellors of UQ and QUT respectively, Allan English, the 2014 Philanthropy Leader of the Year, and Chris Oechsli, the President and CEO of Atlantic…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Madge Murphy in a class devoted to developing an understanding of aging at Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing. The students participate in the LAMP (Local Asset Mapping Project), which seeks to create a new paradigm for health care by focusing on…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Photo: Alicia Rawlings, PhD student and research assistant, fits a geodesic sensor net on the head of a patient. The electrodes in the sensor nets are used to pick up brainwaves just below the scalp.[/caption] “Before Atlantic came with this investment…

By Nicole RichardsChristopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of US billionaire Chuck Feeney’s The Atlantic Philanthropies on why philanthropy is a force multiplier, the difference between ‘venture’ and ‘adventure’ philanthropy, and lessons learned from a limited life foundation.“It’s a real honour to talk about a…

Visitors look at the display at the Women's Goal Museum, which used to house female political prisoners.In 1994, Nelson Mandela had just been elected president of South Africa after serving a 27-year prison sentence. Atlantic began looking for ways to support this country on the brink…