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...Calareso said. She added that while this is the case, professors have to be explicit in their proposals about how their course fits within the Gen Ed philosophy. Scot T. Martin, who teaches the recently approved Engineering Sciences 6, said that the Gen Ed aim “to make courses socially relevant” was something his course has tried to do from the beginning. Martin added that his course will change next year, but not because of Gen Ed. He said that it is the nature of the course, which deals with energy production and pollution issues...
...people wanted to know, How prominent will our names be on this?" says Salvatore LaSpada, chief executive of the Institute of Philanthropy in New York. Now, however, partly due to pressure from shareholders and board members demanding tangible results, businesses are favoring programs like Unilever's Shakti that aim to improve the world while boosting profits - or at least aren't perceived to be wasting money. During the recession, "a lot of activities will be linked to how companies can do business differently rather than just philanthropic giving," says Penny Fowler, who heads Oxfam's private-sector-advocacy team...
...have had it with you," she tells the paparazzi. "F___ off. Aim higher. Get a life...
...report, published in the March 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, is a large government-funded survey that began in 1985. The aim of the study was to document the frequency of heart disease among young adults, so researchers recruited more than 5,000 volunteers from four cities and tracked them for 20 years, measuring their blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, fasting blood sugar and kidney function. These tests were repeated six times over the two-decade period...
...Aim for Lampoon Castle. Word has it that if you scale the side and steal the ibis on top, the River Gods will speed you along to the House of your choice...