Word: ciddings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recent article on my departure from Harvard (“Summers Neglected CID, Says Ex-Chief,” news, Sep. 14) conveys the false impression that I left because of disagreement with Larry Summers or because there is no commitment at Harvard to the study of development. To the contrary, I think Larry Summers is a tremendous asset for the university and for those who care about global poverty at Harvard...
This is part of the statement I sent to The Crimson reporter when he was writing the article: “I believe in CID, and I did not go to Yale because of unhappiness with Harvard, but because of the more assured and superior resources and somewhat more agreeable intellectual directions at Yale, where I was once a faculty member...
...lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015. There are few issues more worthy of a sustained commitment from Harvard to try to make a difference through our teaching, research and engagement in the world. Development is central to the mission of the Kennedy School and CID plays an important role...
Equally important, the University has a remarkable concentration of development scholars doing transformational work. The Center for International Development is home to a large and diverse group of these faculty and the research undertaken by the scholars affiliated with CID covers a wide spectrum. Globalization, women’s issues, health and education, micro-credit, international trade, and the impact of civil war and conflict are all being examined from a development perspective. And CID has provided support to literally hundreds of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students, offering training, funding for research and internships, and a multidisciplinary...
President Summers and the University have provided considerable financial and intellectual support to this effort. And the President is providing active and energetic assistance to me as I work to provide CID with an endowment that will safeguard its vital and vibrant work long into the future. We must all redouble our efforts to tackle global poverty. I am proud that the Kennedy School and Harvard University will help to lead...