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...Petkevich ’71, a figure skater and former Eliot resident, met a group of children being treated for leukemia. Within a few weeks, he organized the first EWC, welcoming national figure skaters to perform at Harvard to raise money for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year 24 skaters will perform. Many of them are Olympic or national medalists. “We try to do everything as professionally as possible,” said Kukunova. “An Evening with Champions is all student-run. Skaters who are here really become...
...National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Harvard and MIT a five-year, $20 million grant to establish a center geared toward applying nanotechnology to cancer research. The MIT-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) will be one of seven centers across the nation, the NCI announced on Oct. 3. Ralph Weissleder, a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and director of the Center for Molecular Imaging Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Robert Langer, an Institute Professor in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will head the new center. “We?...
...therapeutic nanotechnology—comes while the building is still being constructed. As most of the cardiovascular services move out into the new facility, unused space in the main Brigham and Women’s building will be used to restructure other services within the hospital. Extensive renovations for cancer treatment centers, for example, are already being planned. The number of Brigham and Women’s beds dedicated to cardiovascular disease has increased to 136. This change corresponds to a 50-bed hike across the hospital, bringing the final bed count to over 750. —Staff writer...
...effort to show your generous side. Offer discounts on blowjobs. 2. Try not to point out how embarrassing it must be for club members to all be wearing the same tie. 3. Don’t mention your interest in supporting after-school volunteering programs, homeless shelters, and cancer research. Do mention your interest in “pussy.” 4. If a punch event involves taking a boat somewhere, don’t get so drunk you pass out and fall off the back of the boat. This is how people...
...DIED. AUGUST WILSON, 60, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright; of liver cancer, with which he was diagnosed in June; in Seattle. In the year before his death, Wilson saw the debut of Radio Golf, the last of his 10-play cycle, one for each decade, on the black experience and African-Americans' struggles with the legacy of slavery in 20th century America. Most of his works were set in Pittsburgh, his childhood hometown. While some critics faulted his plays for what they saw as a crippling focus on race, most hailed Wilson's unerring ear for dialogue and emotion...