Results List
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Establishing a National Centre of Gerontology
The development of expert social and rural gerontology in the Republic of Ireland is particularly urgent given the changes that are expected over the coming decades. There are major information deficits in relation to how people age. Older people’s experience of ageing in urban and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Telling the Story About South Africa's Rural Poor
Source: Gara LaMarche
The transition from apartheid to the new South Africa is rightfully viewed as one of the major advances in human history toward equality and democracy. But as I have written here before, many problems still exist: the South African government became an object of ridicule,…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows Statement on Vaccine Equity
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued into 2021, extending and intensifying its reach into communities, particularly in the global South, a number of concerned Atlantic Fellows came together to discuss the issue of the unequal availability of vaccines to certain populations. After a number of discussions…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Mourns the Loss of Frank H.T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="614"] Frank H.T. Rhodes on his inauguration day, November 1977. Cornell University File Photo[/caption] We mourn the loss of Frank H.T. Rhodes, who passed away Monday, February 3rd, at the age of 93. A long time champion of higher education and…
Resource type: News
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The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication’s Center for Public Interest Communications
$195,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Sorenson Impact Center, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
$188,573
Resource type: Grantee
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Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
$500,000
Resource type: Grantee
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
$300,915
Resource type: Grantee
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Connecting Practice, Policy and Partners: Lessons for Advocacy Initiatives in Rural Health from the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP)
Source: Dr. Waasila Jassat
This report discusses the impact of the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), a South African organization created in 2009 to advocate for the health care needs of people living in rural areas. Lessons from RHAP’s activities will be useful to both public health funders and…
Resource type: Research Report
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Reflections on Engagement: Lessons From Philanthropic-Government Relations in Policy Reform
Source: Atlas Learning Project
Recent years have seen both a greater willingness and more opportunities for philanthropy and government to engage with each other to achieve common goals. Reflections on Engagement presents lessons from Atlantic’s experiences engaging with governments in Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa,…
Resource type: Research Report