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Unlike most other university medical schools, which own their local hospital and earn revenue from physicians and patient care, Harvard Medical School does not receive funding from its various local teaching affiliates. Instead, the school is funded through government grants and its share in the University endowment.
But the recent 27 percent drop in the University endowment last fiscal year has had a significant impact on the Medical School budget, which consists of 42 percent of funding from research grants and 29 percent from endowment income.
Recently in 2009, about 70 full-time employees were laid off or retired early, and the Medical School froze salaries. Daniel G. Ennis—executive dean for administration who announced Friday that he will be leaving the University for a post at Johns Hopkins University—told The...
On top of the competition and fun and games, the summer competition also provided an opportunity for the athletes to take advantage of health screenings. Thanks to the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Initiative and dozens of volunteers, participants were able to receive free dental, vision, foot, and hearing screenings?...
“For a lot of our athletes, that’s their first [health screening],” said Jon Muskrat, special Olympics vice president for marketing and Ddevelopment.