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...typically licensed to pharmaceutical companies to facilitate the development of useful, marketable end products. In addition to providing product development, these partnerships also frequently guarantee that the institution and the researcher will share in the profits through royalties. Yet, too often, the agreements used to create these partnerships contain no provisions preserving the rights of universities to grant access to the finished products. This means that, in most cases, health technologies created in Harvard labs will be priced out of reach for millions of people in developing countries. It also means that researchers wishing to build on Harvard?...
...intends to use this slowdown to consolidate the country's sprawling auto industry. China has more than 100 carmakers. Chinese media outlets are reporting that the government hopes to reduce 14 major carmakers to 10 this year. At the same time Beijing's economic planners would like to contain the industry's production capacity, which expanded greatly in recent boom years. "So far China has gotten away with that growth," says Dunne, but the slowdown puts "unprecedented pressure on weaker makers. Everybody looked good when you were growing...
Many vegetarian cheese-lovers on campus were apparently concerned about whether dining hall cheeses contain rennet—extract of animal stomach membrane used to curdle milk—and posed the question to Harvard’s Food Literacy Project [http://www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/about.html]. In response, HUDS recently reviewed every kind of cheese used in the dining halls, leaving no slice or shred unturned. The verdict? All cheeses are innocent except for one—the sliced American...
...Friday. The recently signed deal with JPMorgan, which had been in the works for over six months to replace a previous arrangement with Citibank, will provide eligible international students with loans up to the total cost of attendance at Harvard’s graduate schools. The announcement did not contain further details for the program, and both JPMorgan and a number of Harvard financial aid officers declined to comment Friday afternoon. International students have historically had difficulty finding suitable loan options, as they are ineligible for federal aid. A previous arrangement with Citibank, the consumer and corporate banking...
...interesting way. Through his poetry, he exposes the world as he sees it: depressing, absurd, yet worth living in.It is this world that Holder skillfully depicts in “The Man in the Booth in the Midtown Tunnel.” The collection of poems turns out to contain scores of subtle humor and well-written verse. Despite the poet’s often-unfortunate choice of uninspiring characters, Doug Holder is able to convey a certain charm in what is conventionally commonplace. His poems become endearing and insightful upon further reading. Like his characters, this book deserves...