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...every 100 applicants. “Harvard is one of the few schools around the country that turns away more than it accepts, so now you have perspective,” explained Steinberg. The blog features six high school seniors who are currently receiving admissions decisions. The students discuss their reactions to acceptance, wait list, and rejection letters. The blog also aims to educate applicants and their families about the financial aid process. Several students on the blog discuss how the aid packages will have substantial influence on their ultimate choice of where to matriculate. “My impression...
...importance of sacred traditions and thought within the modern world was the topic of discussion during a well-attended open forum and question and answer session with noted professors Charles Taylor, Michael J. Sandel, and Homi Bhabha last night. More than 120 people crowded into the Barker Center’s Thompson room to attend the event organized by the Harvard University Press’ Executive Editor for the Humanities Lindsay E. Waters and professors Bhabha and Steven Biel, who are also the directors of the Humanities center at Harvard. An Emeritus professor of political philosophy at McGill University...
...national-security advisers, acknowledged the issue directly. "The challenge that we face is working closely with our friends and allies to underscore where we think we have shared challenges and where we address shared threats," he said. "And so that's obviously going to be an issue we discuss with our NATO allies...
...U.A.E. government for help shoring up their liquidity. To date, approximately $15 billion of federal money has been pumped into local banks. Company buyouts financed by Abu Dhabi - the capital of the U.A.E. and the only emirate with petroleum wealth - are believed to be forthcoming, though no officials will discuss details. "Any bailout from Abu Dhabi will come very privately," says Christopher Davidson, author of Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success. "Abu Dhabi doesn't want the Dubai brand to suffer, even if Dubai has disgraced itself with its economic planning." (See how Dubai placed among the top 10 architectural postponements...
...Reform of regulatory regimes. The crisis has made plain that the global economy is now so intertwined that a collapse of a financial institution in one country can have a knock-on effect around the world. The summiteers will discuss global regulation not just of conventional commercial banks, but also of other parts of the financial system like hedge funds - a key European demand. They probably won't get far - this time...