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It took many years of lobbying before Limerick got a third level institution. As UL celebrates 20 years of university status, key figures recall the joy and the struggle. Anne Sheridan reports. 28 May 2009 ON THURSDAY, June 1, 1989, the University of Limerick bill…

Original Source By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Op-Ed Columnist So maybe I was wrong. I used to consider health care our greatest national shame, considering that we spend twice as much on medical care as many European nations, yet American children are twice as likely to die before…

Original Source By Marc S. Tucker We pay more per pupil for our elementary- and secondary-education system than any other industrialized country except Switzerland, yet the United States ranks near the bottom in performance. For the price they pay, Americans should expect the learning equivalent…

by IAN URBINA WASHINGTON - After climbing steadily for six years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than a million in 2007, to 45.7 million, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The drop was the result of growth in government-sponsored health insurance…

15 Jun 2008 THE woman behind one of Australia's best-remembered personalities, Fred Hollows, is busy. So much so that Gabi, widow of the late Prof Hollows, speaks fast, rarely pausing. It's because she has a lot to say on The Fred Hollows Foundation. Prof Hollows…

[caption id="attachment_83461" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Charles "Chuck" Feeney David Cantwell © Provided by Forbes[/caption] Charles “Chuck” Feeney, who cofounded retailer Duty Free Shoppers, became a billionaire and donated much of his fortune anonymously—leading Forbes to dub him the James Bond of philanthropy—has died at age 92,…

[caption id="attachment_83426" align="aligncenter" width="515"] UL President Professor Kerstin Mey and Dr Chuck Feeney's son, Patrick Feeney, with one of the signs on the Feeney Way[/caption] THE main thoroughfare on the University of Limerick campus has been renamed ‘Feeney Way’ to honour the ‘transformative impact’ philanthropist…

Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…

[atlpvideo src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PvR4bhDIbsk" height="388" width="560"]The London School of Economics and Political Science is seeking an outstanding scholar and leader for the newly created Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, whose holder will serve as Director of the International Inequalities Institute. Applications for the post are open now, and close…

The George Washington University (GW) Health Workforce Institute, based at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH), announces the 2019 fellows of the year-long Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. The program honors health sector professionals with a commitment to health equity and…