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Last July, a new legislation passed in Massachusetts permitted Harvard to tap into its most recently endowed funds, which had fallen in value to less than the amount bequeathed by the donor and are considered “underwater.” Though the law’s passage arrived too late to help in last year’s budgeting process, Smith said FAS may tap into those funds this year...
...days, Bill Gates is as well known for setting new trends in humanitarianism as he is for advancing technology. On Jan. 29, Gates announced that his charitable foundation would, over the course of the next decade, donate $10 billion to vaccine development, research, and delivery—the largest amount of money ever donated to a single cause. Copious amounts of credit, thanks, and praise should be given to Bill and Melinda Gates for providing funds for a very worthy cause...
...need for vaccines in developing countries is still great, and the amount of lives to be saved with immunizations for epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and pneumonia numbers in the millions. While many agencies and international organizations like the World Health Organization are working for similar improvements in this area of global health, the pledge by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will result in vaccinations occurring more quickly, as there will be less bureaucracy to navigate and a very specific directive to follow...
...It’s not a competition,” said UC President Johnny F. Bowman ’11. “The point is not to see who can raise the most amount of money, but simply for students to donate on behalf of something they feel very close...
...don’t see it as arts against the sciences,” he added. “Fostering collaboration is crucial. A huge amount of support for the arts has actually come from the sciences. When you think about it, there’s a lot of tinkering with materials and making in the sciences that is more analogous to art practice than, say, writing a humanities paper...