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...Beica ’11 doesn’t have a driver’s license, but he did qualify for his private pilot’s license when he was 17 and has an advanced ground instructor certificate. Beica is organizing an aviation club to alleviate the monetary burden that can come along with his hobby. “I want to open up aviation to people who don’t necessarily have a lot of money,” Beica says. Caitlin A. Rotman ’09, a prospective member of the club, discovered the rush...
...bring the vaccine into the clinical trial stage. So far, the duo’s research has yielded that ridding the body of the toxic SOD1 protein present will significantly help those suffering from the inherited form of the illness. “If one diminishes the burden of this sick protein, one can both delay the disease and reduce its severity,” Brown explained. Although the inherited form of Lou Gerhig’s only accounts for 5 to 10 percent of ALS cases, Brown and Julien’s research into finding a vaccine may also...
...families like Moore’s may not have to worry about such a sacrifice in the future.In his 2006 Commencement address–his last as president–Summers expressed his desire for the time “when Harvard sets a standard by eliminating any financial burden for lower and middle class families and when students from these backgrounds are fully represented in every Harvard class.” In order to allow every Harvard student, regardless of background, to “choose a career that, while it may not be lucrative, serves our world...
...them to fundraise among alumni, JV programs remain the only place where non-Varsity athletes can continue to compete at a high-level regardless without having to worry about their finances. That alone makes the ones with at least a modicum of participation worth protecting, even at a slight burden to the Athletics Department. The non-financial requirements of club athletes—finding their own coaches, scheduling their own games, and arranging for facility access, for example—become incredibly, and often prohibitively, demanding. While there are good reasons for a JV team to switch to club status...
...Chinese left on the margins of the boom. He has his eye on his legacy. "Personally, I found Hu to be a very serious man," says Michael Green, a former U.S. National Security Council official under President George W. Bush. "You get the sense that he feels the burden of responsibility--how history will judge him--weighing very heavily on his shoulders...