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...Under Summers’ leadership, the University established the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which substantially reduced tuition costs for low-income students and broadened the College’s applicant pool. Finally, it was a grant from the President’s office this past fall that will finally begin to address the problems facing social space in undergraduate life—it earmarked millions of dollars for a pub in Loker Commons, a café in Lamont, and a plethora of student group space in the Hilles Building...
...minister, the U.S. has been edging away from its Shi?ite allies in the government and lining up with secular parties, Sunnis and Kurds, all in an effort to bring more Sunnis into the cabinet. This is the key part of their plan to undermine the Sunni insurgency and begin the withdrawal of American troops...
...difficult for the president and the provost to reach a consensus [with the University community].”Provost Steven E. Hyman said in a conference call on Friday that the University hopes to complete the design and permit process within the next 18 months. Construction is set to begin by 2007.“We may be able to get in the door within two years,” said Christopher M. Gordon, Harvard’s chief operating officer for Allston development.Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner was selected from a pool of 40 initial applicants by a 12-member...
Asked why he hasn’t sought out Corporation members himself, Dershowitz said: “Nobody ever told me the secret handshake. I would be delighted to talk to anyone in the Corporation, but I wouldn’t know how to begin a call. They darn well ought to be talking to people beyond the Arts and Sciences unless this University is going to become beholden to one faculty...
...leaders, Jennifer T. Morse ’07, said the impetus for the recent push was Harvard’s increase in its Sinopec holdings. The stake had increased by 1,150 shares by the end of last year, according to SEC filings. The group laid out plans to begin a coordinated campaign for divestment at an organizational meeting of 13 students yesterday. Morse and Benjamin B. Collins ’06, co-founder of Darfur Action Coalition, outlined a plan to mobilize students and faculty that included petitions, faculty outreach, and a full report on divestment. The group plans...