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...about a Massachussetts law that creates roadblocks to medical research. Eggan lamented a state policy that limits access to human eggs by forbidding researchers from compensating women for egg donation. Since its inception in 2004, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute has not obtained a single egg from an eligible donor. Eggan left town immediately after the conference ended yesterday and could not be reached for additional comment. B.D. Colen, Harvard’s senior communications officer for University science, said Eggan blamed an unfriendly legal climate at the state and federal levels for the Institute’s lack...
...Rwanda has been poor throughout its history. Since independence, instead of getting better, it has got worse. Our per capita income is below $300 [per year]. Sometimes closer to $200. We need to challenge one another, we need to challenge ourselves. How can the developed world, the donor community, talk about funding different projects in Africa, yet after so many years, you do not find much that has been done? For me the answer is that there were mistakes on both sides. The Africans have not been able to take full ownership and responsibility for [work done in our countries...
Other perceptions, however, are more mythical. For example, especially after 1996, Asian Americans were portrayed in the media as hyperactive political donors eager to use wealth to accomplish political goals. Brian Adams and Ping Ren addressed this question in a 2006 study that examined candidate fundraising and campaign donor patterns among Asians in New York, LA, San Francisco, and Seattle (four U.S. cities with high Asian populations). They found that, contrary to popular belief, Asian fundraising and donation patterns do not exceed average. With some exceptions, Asians are roughly proportionally represented among campaign contributors...
...classes—with scant publicity. Funding is understandably a constraint—the Upper Hall mugs sold for $50 for the year, but if one drank as much beer as possible (under Pub rules) they would be worth about $300. And the funding comes from an anonymous donor whose gift is presumably limited. Nevertheless, this year’s distribution system was arbitrary and inequitable. Several alternatives are far superior. One option would involve a rotational system where all interested seniors would be assigned a few weeks of the year to participate in Upper Hall, rather than the same...
Sosland, the Expos donor, praised Sommers’ leadership. “She is or was considered by the very highest people at Harvard as an academic expert,” he said...