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...opposed to segregated campuses at male-dominated universities); last month it even launched the kingdom's first coeducational university. The state is trying to encourage women's entry into the workforce, and is sponsoring initiatives to protect women and children from domestic abuse. And it is pushing Saudis to discuss the notion of empowerment, formerly such a taboo subject that even the word was off-limits in newspapers. "The message is that women are coming," says Dr. Maha Almuneef, one of six women named earlier this year to the Shura council, a 156-person advisory body appointed by the King...
...Tsukiyo (Moonlit Night),” which was commissioned by Boston Ballet director Mikko Nissinen, considers the complexities of human interaction in the setting of a Japanese fairy tale. The Office for the Arts’ Dance Program will bring Pickett to campus today at 7 p.m. to discuss the upcoming world premiere of her piece, which debuts next Thursday...
...were approached by the Harvard Art Museum and specifically Claire, and met with them about the idea of collaboration,” says Stella Gukasayan, Program Coordinator at Harvard University Center for AIDS Research who is organizing one of the events. “Before they approached us to discuss that, Laura Bogart, a faculty who is part of the Harvard University Center for AIDS research, and I were working together to plan this HIV Denialism, Mistrust, and Stigma symposium. It just happened to be such a natural, organic mesh. It fit perfectly...
...commitment to students that has led my Economics Department colleagues and the university administration to remain silent about this affair. There are strict rules governing the privacy of students with respect to medical and administrative matters. These rules, which are intended to protect vulnerable individuals, make it impossible to discuss the reasons why, to quote your article, the former student “said she was required to take an involuntary medical leave of absence on Aug. 9, 2007, and was required to withdraw from GSAS at the Aug. 31 Administrative Board meeting this year...
...least once. It is just the most recent display of bipartisan goodwill between current and past holders of the highest office in the land. These alliances often span vast differences in both ideology and age: Richard Nixon paid a secret visit to Bill Clinton, 33 years his junior, to discuss Russia policy in 1993; Herbert Hoover met with John F. Kennedy, 38 years his junior, before he was inaugurated in 1960. Bush, at 85, is 37 years older than Obama...