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Reporting Nov. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Steven DeKosky, dean of the school of medicine at University of Virginia, found that taking 120 mg of gingko biloba twice a day did not prevent the development of dementia in a group of 1,545 seniors 75 years and older; there was no difference in rates of dementia among the intervention group and a similar group of 1,524 participants who took identical placebos. This was the largest and longest investigation into the effects of gingko biloba, and the first study to explore whether a supplement could...
...think we’re all worried,” FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said of the financial crisis in an interview last week. “There’s a lot of uncertainty in all of this...
Despite the potential budget cuts or freezes, the University will continue to uphold its academic standards, according to Allan M. Brandt, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...women may in part account for the relative lack of women in top science and engineering jobs.But in fact, Summers’ most incendiary battles with members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were over what they saw as his abrasive leadership style, his firing of then-FAS dean William C. Kirby, and his possible role in the government fraud scandal that implicated his close friend, economics professor Andrei Shleifer ’82.And while these issues proved fatal to his presidency, both his supporters and critics now suggest that Summers’ difficulties leading Harvard don?...
Students may appeal decisions made by the Ad Board and the SFJB to the Dean of the College or to the Faculty Council if they are facing expulsion or required withdrawal. Such appeals have been rare. But, said Sundquist, “there is a trend toward more people considering the idea of appealing a case...