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...economy worsens, fundraising has become, and is going to be, an increasingly difficult challenge. Alumni have voiced much concern about funding financial aid: their wish to establish a “rainy day fund” for scholarship holders covering them in case of crisis, is being taken seriously. Unfortunately, no one knows how long the rain will last...
...Stebbins, Jr. said he often approached known patrons of American art who had no prior connection to Harvard and were his own friends. While the six other branches of the Fogg Museum received funding from the University’s budget, the Department of American Art, which was established in 2002, was surviving on year-to-year private donations. But in a four-year campaign orchestrated mainly by Stebbins, the department raised $10.5 million that will now be allocated for American art, the Harvard Art Museum announced on Friday. “It’s a great thing because...
...counts for a great deal. Back in the Colonial era when everyone was dignified, a sense of humor in a major public figure was viewed as something along the lines of a congenital defect. George Washington didn’t have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could possibly help. But somewhere along the line, Americans began expecting their Presidents to do more than just govern. They also had to make us laugh. As long as there have been Republican presidents, they’ve been kind...
...ought to be facilitating,” Hammonds said. Within this goal, she also discussed the range of research opportunities and jobs at Harvard that facilitate this kind of interaction. She acknowledged that, although it may be “daunting to locate these laboratory openings,” establishing a centralized database may ease this difficulty. Hammonds also praised Harvard’s Program for Research in Science and Engineering—the 10-week summer residential program for students doing on-campus science research—as a “model for student-faculty interactions?...
...German parliament this week resolved to continue "intensively supporting and protecting Jewish life in Germany in all forms," to expand teaching in schools on Jewish life and on Israel, and to establish a panel of experts tasked with issuing a regular report on anti-Semitism in the country. "With this crime, Germany robbed itself of one of its major cultural roots," Hans-Peter Uhl, a member of parliament with Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union told the legislature. He said the revival of Jewish life that has taken place in recent years, thanks mainly to immigration from the Soviet Union...