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...million-per-year subsidiary of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) that provides health care consulting services in over 30 countries around the world—has incurred the disapproval of several key University Hall figures, those of whom decided to sell off the program to the private firm Partners HealthCare. It seems that many in the central administration, such as Provost Steven E. Hyman and Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez, have concluded that as HMI’s focus shifted from medical education to health care delivery, the organization betrayed the University?...
...describe the resolution passed by the UC last Monday, demanding that the UC be responsible for selecting the students serving on Dowling II. The resolution, which states that the Council should “recommend and/or appoint” the five students belonging to Dowling II, stands in firm contradiction of the idea of impartial review. No institution should be able to pick its own review board, and any institution that does so risks looking inept at best and corrupt at worst. The UC should be no exception. If the administration allows the UC to choose its own reviewers, then...
...Then Montenegro declared independence in 2006. Kosovo seceded from Serbia last Sunday, and now the northern region of Kosovo wants to secede and rejoin Serbia. I don't have a dog in this latest fight - or even understand it much - but if someone wants to quit the firm, it seems to me you ought to let him go. The tension arises, of course, because the ones eyeing the door usually want to take a pile of the firm's assets along with them. And you do have to question where this will end. Will some family named Knezevic decide...
...Getting the ball to the rim and rebounding it off the glass will be a point of emphasis,” Amaker said. “And if we don’t stand firm and hold our ground then it’s going to make for a long night...
...ease off this year with weaker economies in the United States and Europe. But while Americans and Europeans wince these days while filling their tanks, people in China and many other countries buy gas at heavily subsidized prices, says John Waterlow, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie, a business analysis firm headquartered in Edinburgh. "It is not being sold at market rates," he says. Meanwhile, with the high prices in the United States - still the world's biggest consumer of energy - oil companies are finally scrambling to lock in exploration contracts in key growth areas like the Caspian Sea, Canada...