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...would help bring about the end of war. "When two armies of equal strength can annihilate each other in an instant," he once wrote, "then all civilized nations will retreat and disband their troops." Things didn't quite go according to plan. What has worked out, however, is the annual set of awards, established in 1901, that bear his name. They remain the most prestigious intellectual awards in the world. On Dec. 11, 2009, President Obama will travel to Oslo to accept the 90th Nobel Peace Prize, an honor that places him in the distinguished company of the Dalai Lama...
...remain mindful of the terrible toll disease and war take on the world's children, but a lot less attention is paid to how many kids are claimed each year by accident and injury. Part of that is a numbers game: 10 million children ages 5 and under die annually of disease, while fewer than a million - 829,000 - die from accidents. Still, that's 2,270 children every day, all year, who won't get a chance to grow up. The World Health Organization (WHO) just released its first annual report on the problem, listing the five leading killers...
News flash for pre-meds: There’s no need to give up those voice lessons and tap shoes in exchange for a stethoscope just yet. This year marked the 102nd Harvard Medical School Annual Second-Year Show, in which nearly half the class of second-year students in the medical and dental schools write, direct, design, and star in an original musical that features impersonations of their professors. According to student/performer Adam R. Donnell, it is “expected” of students to be in the show. In this year’s show...
...Projecting his pen-and-paper tabulations on two screens in either corner of the room, Smith outlined the Faculty’s precarious financial situation. With University estimates of an annual endowment loss hovering at 30 percent in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis, Smith said it was unlikely that FAS will see an increase on the $650 million of endowment payout it received last year...
...Asked by a professor during yesterday’s meeting to comment on the status of the Strategic Infrastructure Fund—a 0.5 percent annual levy on the endowment that has traditionally funded Allston development—University President Drew G. Faust suggested that the money could be put towards other projects in present circumstances...