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...more subdued alumni community withheld judgment as they waited for the soft-spoken Civil War historian to settle into her new role and introduce herself and her vision for Harvard.In the two years since then, Faust has made her introductory rounds within alumni circles, expanding her small posse of donor friends from her time as the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study to include other prominent givers from the Summers era. But when Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment plunged an unprecedented 22 percent in the four months leading up to Oct. 31, the former head...
...financing scheme the University intends to follow in Allston, according to Chief Financial Officer Dan Shore. But concerned that Harvard was lagging behind its peers in scientific prowess, Summers-era administrators made expedience their goal—planning to fast-track construction through debt financing, without the donor support University planners usually prefer.“If we can’t move ahead in a timely fashion, I think we will lose many of our leading scientists to other areas,” Hyman said in 2007 to the board of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, seeking the city?...
Albert H. Gordon ’23, Harvard’s oldest living alumnus and a generous donor to the University, died in his New York home on May 1. He was 107 years...
...Lankan government has been more welcoming of delegations from sympathetic countries, such as India, South Asia's regional superpower, and Japan, Sri Lanka's largest donor country. Neither has tried to exert similar public pressure. The Indian foreign secretary, Shivshankar Menon, met with Rajapaksa on April 24; three days later the Army announced that "combat operations have reached their conclusion," a declaration that was quickly clarified - it meant the Army would cease only heavy bombardment. On April 30, the Times of London reported that the U.S. and Britain were trying to use Sri Lanka's application for a $1.9 billion...
...Lanka. "It is very important; it is part of our mandate, we are not only an assistance agency but a protection agency. I sincerely hope we get the screening access, otherwise we would be forced to roll back our engagement." It is unlikely, though, that international aid agencies or donor countries will abandon its commitment to help Sri Lanka, a country that has lost more than 70,000 people in a generation of war. The Sri Lankan government is already making plans for a post-LTTE future. "We want to establish democracy in the area," says Rambukwella, through elections...