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Several years back, the leaders of Harvard Medical School and what would become the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences envisioned creating an institute for biologically-inspired engineering. Late last month, Harvard inked a $125 million deal to transform the vision into reality, according to University officials...
...college would do well to recognize that positive, peer-to-peer education about mental health and eating concerns would also greatly benefit freshmen. Harvard is a place where many students are afraid to express what they perceive to be weaknesses; more peer-to-peer education could do a great deal to reduce this fear. Freshmen study breaks provide the perfect opportunity for members of groups like Room 13, Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach, the Bureau of Study Counsel and the like to make freshmen aware of positive health habits and the Harvard resources that support them. If health resources such...
...European Union's four largest countries gathered in Paris Saturday to pledge a collective defense in the global financial crisis, the strategy crumbled in the face of a still worsening credit crisis in Europe's banks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, faced with the breakdown of a government-brokered deal with German banks to save one of Germany's biggest mortgage lenders, announced that all German bank deposits would be guaranteed by the government, causing consternation and anger among her European neighbors, many of whom felt compelled to follow suit...
...that use the euro currency, all seemed concerned first and foremost with the conditions of their own imperiled banks. Nowhere more than in Germany, where the Finance Ministry enjoined German banks to double their commitments to bail out troubled mortgage giant Hypo Real Estate AG. A rescue deal that was hailed last week at a total cost of $48 billion had crumbled; now it is pegged at a minimum $69 billion, $21 billion of that from state coffers. Some analysts voiced concerns that even that might not be enough. (For photos of the financial crisis, click here...
...season. The assist marked Stamatis’ fourth of the year, ranking him third on the Crimson’s offense in points. “Today we did pretty well,” Nyamekye said. “When we really clicked, we were difficult to deal with.” The game-winning goal, however, came after a long string of missed Harvard scoring opportunities—a cross by junior Adam Rousmaniere to co-captain Michael Fucito just barely missed the net in the first five minutes of play. Later in the first half, the Crimson came...