Word: delayer
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Many of the measures Harvard has taken recently in response to losses in the endowment have been particularly ill-advised. Specifically, the hiring freeze and the decision to delay Allston development have been unfortunate decisions. Even in the current environment, these priorities of the school should not have been sacrificed. Of course, preventing further cuts to essential programs will be impossible without more funds, and a tuition increase is one sensible way of generating those funds...
...news article "Harvard To Delay Allston Construction" incorrectly stated that the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology would first move into vacant office space in the Northwest building before moving to a renovated Sherman-Fairchild building. In fact, department co-chair David T. Scadden said the department will move directly to Sherman-Fairchild, instead of moving to Northwest first...
University President Drew G. Faust announced Wednesday afternoon that Harvard will slow construction on the Allston Science Complex for the rest of 2009, as the University reassesses its financial situation after an unprecedented decline in its endowment. The news follows months of warnings that the economic downturn could delay Harvard’s ambitious plans for a new campus across the river. Harvard has heralded the Science Complex as a core part of its plans. According to Faust’s statement, the Science Complex’s foundation will be completed and brought to ground level at a slower...
...Galvin said Harvard notified SEIU 615—which represents the custodians—of the planned cuts in January. The University later decided to delay the layoffs until April to allow SEIU to discuss the reductions...
...August, AirTran moved the departure time of its Orlando-to-Atlanta flight back by five minutes. Doesn't sound like much, but a five-minute delay in arrival in Atlanta meant the Gibsons had just 26 minutes to make their connecting flight - too short a window to be permitted. Therefore, Airtran's system automatically moved the family to an earlier flight to allow more than 30 minutes between flights...