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John Berger, chief executive of Standard Renewable Energy in Houston, said he expects his company, which helps homeowners make their homes more energy efficient, to nearly quadruple its employees in the next year, in part because of the stimulus bill. Tax credits in the bill have boosted demand for windows and insulation, he said. Berger's company, which had just over 100 employees last fall, plans to hire as many as 300 workers this year...
...will look to augment and explore new risk strategies. “If we don’t learn anything from this crisis, we really should be disappointed with ourselves,” she says.Although the challenge of managing the nation’s most prestigious endowment continues to demand long hours, Mendillo still aims to find time for relaxation, often cooking with her husband and cherishing whatever time she can find with her two teenage children, who currently attend boarding school.“I think one of her favorite things to do is to sit across from each...
...With $143 million left to cut over the next two years, many have begun to demand greater transparency in a process of downsizing that took constituents by surprise in its breadth and magnitude last month...
...developed, the Gen Ed committee will not allow caps on course enrollment (originally a tenet of the program) in front-of-the-book Gen Ed classes for the next few years because the menu of Gen Ed courses would not otherwise be varied enough to meet student demand next year, Kenen says. Meanwhile, as the Faculty shrinks—part of Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith’s plan to close FAS’ remaining $143 million deficit by reducing “people costs”—the resulting personnel situation makes...
...highest priority” for planners.Even in the fall, Faust said, “it would have seemed unimaginable to slow construction.” But by the winter it was clear that not only was construction financially less feasible, but also that internal demand for construction was shifting as well. After consulting widely on what she and those who know her say was an extremely difficult and symbolic decision, Faust recommended to the Harvard Corporation—the University’s highest governing board—that Allston construction be slowed.Now, even the Science Complex—long...