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Thursday, April 14, through Saturday, April 16. “Dancers’ Viewpointe V.” Features new works commissioned by the Harvard Dance Program, and selected student works. Professional choreographers include Susan Shields, former member, White Oak Dance Project; Michael Foley, former member, Sean Curran Dance Company; Elizabeth Bergmann, director, Dance Program, OFA; and Boston choreographer Brenda Divelbliss. 8 p.m., Rieman Center, Radcliffe Yard. $10, students/senior citizens, $8. Tickets available at Harvard Box Office...
...Americans have contracted AIDS, says Dr. James Curran, director of the AIDS task force at Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control, and he adds, "It'll get worse." CDC officials expect the number to double by this time next year. The epidemic is spreading worldwide. W.H.O. officials report that Paris has almost the same incidence as Los Angeles. The vast majority of AIDS cases--about 73% in the U.S.--have occurred in homosexual or bisexual men. Researchers think that the virus can remain latent for years before causing symptoms, so that people infected five or more years ago may still...
...this year, will help stop the spread of AIDS through contaminated blood (142 Americans have contracted AIDS from blood transfusions). The tests, recently put into use at blood banks throughout the U.S., are less than perfect, however. Researchers fear that some infected blood samples could slip through undetected. Says Curran: "We don't know how big a problem that...
Herman B. Leonard, co-chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Intiative, said that he, Curran, and others saw the disaster as a learning opportunity for the organizations that deliver aid to regions in need of relief...
...Curran worked on behalf of the Humanitarian Leadership Program, which is a three-year executive education program developed in 2002 by the Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS, and Mercy Corps International, an international organization that provides humanitarian aid to developing regions...