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Author T.J. Stiles spoke about his new book, “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,” yesterday evening at the First Parish in Cambridge. Along with co-sponsors like the Harvard Book Store, the Lowell Institute, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cambridge Forum hosted Stiles as part of their weekly forums on “cost.” “We are looking at the idea of cost, and obviously the financial world is important in cost. Vanderbilt is one of the architects of the American economy today...
Schrag will join Harvard affiliates John P. Holdren and Eric Lander, who were appointed co-chairs of the council in December along with Harold Varmus...
...encouraged students to raise local awareness at a symposium held in the Science Center yesterday evening. Participants in the four-person discussion, entitled “The Ingredients of Food Security,” included Howard A. Zucker, the former assistant director-general of the World Health Organization, along with colleagues in economics, political science, and humanitarian outreach. Zucker began the event by asking attendees to consider the amount of food that goes to waste during an average restaurant dinner. “Now just imagine if one out of every six of us here in the room didn?...
...customize options such as posting access has been made easier, according to Kroll. Kroll said that migration began early Tuesday. Dasher said that mailing lists were prioritized based on user traffic, with more active lists such as house lists migrated before others. All house lists have been migrated. Along with changes in mailing lists, “HCS-NextGen” modernizes the ability for users to take advantage of HCS’ web hosting capabilities. According to Kroll, the new service enables more dynamic web applications, which increases functionality for site administrators. Kroll said there was one disturbance...
...Though Ezzati emphasized the need for changes at the macro level—like regulating access to tobacco, advertising, or information on packaging—one student smoker said there is a social aspect to smoking that might not be affected by such changes. “Along with the actual chemical addiction of nicotine, there’s also a psychological and social addiction,” said the student, who said she wished to remain anonymous so she wouldn’t be identified as a smoker. “No matter how much you deny it, there...