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...challenge” and involves “thinking outside the box” to understand the “confluence of so many areas of history.” “It is impossible to study the history of Europe or America without considering the influence of Africa,” Elkins said. “It is an incredibly valuable subject for young students.” In 2006, Elkins was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her book “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya...

Author: By Emily M. Boggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: African History Professor Awarded Tenure | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...greatest passions lies beyond the Yard. She previously served as the administrative director for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at the School of Public Health, a program that delivers antiretroviral treatment to millions of HIV-positive individuals. Though Gorodentsev worked chiefly for Africa in the PEPFAR program, her interests abroad have not been confined to that continent.While working for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in the mid-1990s, Gorodentsev—who has a Russian husband and studied Russian—helped privatize small retail stores in Russia and eventually collective...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Interim FAS Dean Assumes Host of Duties | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...planning some postfestival touring it might be a good idea to hire a car: Sputnik Car Hire, www. sputnik-car-hire.mw, offers reasonable rates. With music still ringing in your ears, you can drive out to somewhere like Cape Maclear, about 60 miles (100 km) away from Mangochi. There, Kayak Africa, www.kayakafrica.net, will ferry you across to either Mumbo Island or Domwe Island and their superb snorkeling or diving. Their self-catering, fully furnished safari-tent accommodations are a far cry from camping in the soggy fields of Glastonbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reach for the Stars in Malawi | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...According to Berkeley Law School Professor Amy Kapczynzki, enabling generic production would have minimal financial impact on universities and pharmaceutical companies. For example, in 2002, Africa comprised only 1.3 percent of the world pharmaceutical market, and Southeast Asia, China, and the Indian subcontinent comprised 6.7 percent. These markets are so small that the profits rendered from them are insignificant, indicating that, at essentially no cost to the university, Harvard can make a groundbreaking step toward reducing the cost of essential medicines in poor countries and set an example for other universities to follow...

Author: By Jillian L. Irwin and Molly R. Siegel | Title: Say Yes to Drugs, Harvard | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...claiming a failure to meet Chinese safety standards. Instead, we kicked the can down the road, launching an 'investigation' about possible trade violations - one that will be long forgotten by the Chinese public by the time it's completed months from now. (See pictures of China's investments in Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What China's Hu Would Really Like to Tell Obama | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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