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Gara LaMarche '76's Job Is To Give Away $4 Billion
Source: Columbia College Today Alumni Magazine May/June 2008
Original Source By Thomas F. Ferguson '74 By the time most people are 50, they have learned to spend less than they earn. Gara LaMarche '76 has had to unlearn that rule in his job as CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a $4 billion global…
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Plus 50 Initiative to expand to meet training demands
Source: Community College Times
The Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is expanding to meet the growing training and career development demands of older individuals who may have to prolong retirement or go back to work because of the tough economy. “The expansion of…
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Lobbyists Ramp Up Efforts On Health Care
Source: National Public Radio (NPR)
Listen at the NPR website RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And long before President Obama sent out the invitations for yesterday's meeting on health care, major players were already lobbying on the issue. Now, those lobby campaigns are about to arrive in America's homes. NPR's Peter Overby…
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Hartford Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Award Over $2 Million for Medical Research
Source: American Geriatric Society (AGS)
Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…
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Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment
Source: The Washington Post
Original Source By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Children raised in poverty suffer many ill effects: They often have health problems and tend to struggle in school, which can create a cycle of poverty across generations. Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues…
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Davies to join UQ population health
Source: The Australian
THE former deputy secretary of the Federal government's department of health and ageing, Philip Davies, will join the University of Queensland's school of population health as professor of health systems and policy. The Head of UQ's School of Population Health, Professor Alan Lopez, said that Professor…
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Skills to Learn to Restart Earnings
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By JOHN LELAND JUSTIN WILLIAMS worked as an engineer at Honeywell International for 31 years, and when he retired last April, he knew he could not afford to stop working. His home in suburban Maryland, on which he had spent his 401(k) savings,…
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Accord on intl medical aid inked
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
The Ministry of Health on March 31 signed a cooperation accord with international and domestic partners in increasing the efficiency of international medical aid to Vietnam. The accord was the outcome of a conference with medical partners, drawing eight bilateral donors, three international organisations, four…
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PM approves foreign aid projects
Source: Asia Pulse Data Source
Original Source Hanoi -- The Prime Minister has given a nod to a list of foreign aid projects. These include a technical assistance and legal framework building project for wind power in Vietnam funded by the German Government. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will…
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Seeking to Intervene With Young Adults Before Crime Becomes a Way of Life
Source: The New York Times
Original Source By KAREEM FAHIM Almost every time he was released from jail, Wilfredo Hierrezuelo stumbled back in, once after an arrest for dealing drugs, another time after he assaulted a school safety guard. By the time he walked out of Rikers Island in October…
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