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WASHINGTON—Amid the heated debate surrounding a key military recruitment case argued before the Supreme Court, a small but fiery group of protesters braved the frigid winter weather here today to voice their opinions on the Solomon Amendment...
...Georgetown professor who helped pioneer the study of bioethics and law, was elected yesterday as the first African-American woman on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board.King will replace Conrad K. Harper, the board’s first black male, who resigned in August amid growing discontent with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on women and minorities. In a telephone interview yesterday from her office at the Georgetown Law Center, King said, “In my experience, times like these and troubles like these can often lead to positive outcomes...
...Amid coffee and Milano cookies, Kennedy School Assistant Professor Asim I. Khwaja encouraged students to donate their time and energy as opposed to their money to relief efforts to help victims of the earthquake that struck Pakistan and India last October. Khwaja reminded students at the event—sponsored by the South Asian Association—that the effects of disasters like earthquakes last for a long period of time. But the message that echoed throughout the discussion was that there is not one way to help the earthquake victims, but an infinite number of ways...
King will replace Conrad K. Harper, the board’s first black male, who resigned in August amid growing discontent with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on women and minorities. In a telephone interview today from her office at the Georgetown Law Center, King said, "In my experience, times like these and troubles like these can often lead to positive outcomes...
...academic research has long focused on the intersection of law, ethics, medicine, and public policy, with particular emphasis on biomedical science. Her appointment comes five days after Harvard Law School announced the creation of a $10 million center to study those same issues, which have prompted increasing debate amid controversial advances in genetic research...