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...third annual Stem Cell Summit held at the Medical School last week, University President Drew G. Faust cited four papers published this summer as evidence of the progress made at a time when federal funding for embryonic research has been constrained by a 2001 order by President Bush...
...charge of our environmental destiny is of utmost importance. Fortunately, recent semesters have brought about increased attention to environmental issues at Harvard. Small-scale changes, such as environmentally friendly appliances and fixtures in many undergraduate houses, have accompanied a broader commitment to the environment. Not only has University President Drew G. Faust commissioned a task force to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Harvard by 30 percent by 2016, but, more recently, she also signed the Campus Sustainability Pledge, which proved a major victory for Harvard’s environmentally minded students. In a letter to the Harvard community in late...
...Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila.” The toe-tapping quality of the overture, driven by the clear running notes of the stringed instruments, soon had all audience members in the 2,625-seat hall swaying to the carefree, catchy melody. With grand sweeps of the arm, Levine drew out the long lines of the lyrical theme, sustained by the cello and viola sections. The five-minute work received applause, which was soon replaced with quiet anticipation of Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska’s debut with the Boston Symphony. Attired in a dark-colored floor-length dress that...
...division. The competition was characterized by a lack of wind, which only allowed for three races—the minimum amount required for a regatta to count—to be completed. “[We were] not very happy with the result,” junior Drew Robb said. Skipper Robb and freshman crew Annie DeAngelo placed eighth, twelfth, and eighth in three B-division races. The Crimson saw similar results in the A-division, as skipper Teddy Himler and his crew, Quincy Bock, both sophomores, finished 11th, eighth, and tenth in their three races. The mediocre outcome...
...left Goldman Sachs this summer to become Harvard’s first executive vice president, it appeared he had left the finance world behind—until an old friend called. “We had a fabulous three weeks with him,” University President Drew G. Faust in an interview Friday afternoon. “Then the secretary of the treasury called and said I need to draft him to come save the nation.” Forst is helping Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, his erstwhile Goldman colleague, draft the controversial $700-billion bailout...