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...Alums will have the opportunity to choose from over 50 panels on topics ranging from social enterprise to agribusiness, attend keynote addresses by Gates and journalist Charlie Rose, and network at social events in the greater Boston area. Though the Business School held a celebration for current students on April 8 to commemorate the day when Harvard officially voted to establish the Business School, this weekend’s summit is in honor of the beginning of the school’s first academic year. For the alumni event, Quelch noted that the main objective will be to engage faculty...
...issue: for states and cities, as with the rest of America, the credit crisis has tumbled into the real economy. Before the long-simmering credit crunch kicked into high gear in mid-September, municipalities were already facing strong headwinds. In a survey of 319 city finance officers conducted from April to June, the National League of Cities found that 64% of respondents said their cities were less able to meet fiscal needs than in 2007. Cities get 28% of their funding from property taxes, which the finance officers surveyed expected to be down 3.6% this year, thanks to falling home...
Bioengineering at Harvard is about to take off. In late September, Hansjörg Wyss donated $125 million to Harvard to found the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Topping the $100 million for international programs and the arts that Harvard received last April from David Rockefeller ’36, this gift is the largest donation in Harvard’s long—and wealthy—history. The Harvard community should be thankful both for Wyss’ generous donation and for the research it will fund. As a combined project between the School of Engineering...
...senior director of the shelter. When asked about the recent rise in homelessness, however, Wilking said, “It would be hard to know how many more people have been coming [due to the economic downturn], since the shelter is only open between Nov. 15 and April 15.” In the meantime, however, Reddick and the rest of Harvard Square’s homeless population, such as David B. Murray, remain out in the October cold. Murray has been homeless ever since his cousin died 3 years ago. He hawks Spare Change newspapers in the Square...
...gift trumps the $100 million donated by longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 in April to support international programs and the expansion of arts education, a priority of University President Drew G. Faust. Wyss' newest donation also brings his total philanthropy to Harvard to at least $150 million, as he gave $25 million in 2004 to support the Business School's doctoral programs...