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...there’s the capacity to deliver quickly on quality research,” Casey said, adding that the Human Genome Project had opened many avenues for scientific inquiry but lack of funding has subsequently stymied research efforts. “Since 2003, [NIH] funding has essentially been flat, so there are lots of great new ideas that have been awaiting funding.” In 2007, Harvard received nearly $1.4 billion in funding from the NIH, and over half of the University’s external research funding came from the NIH. The House of Representatives, which approved...
...response to guidance from the University, several of Harvard’s schools are planning for a decline in endowment income for the next fiscal year, according to University administrators interviewed this weekend. Earlier expectations had been for a flat payout—or the same dollar amount in endowment income as last year—a School of Public Health spokesperson wrote in an e-mail. The Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing board, has yet to set next year’s endowment payout rate—a figure generally announced in December?...
...himself on the wrong end of a 9-5, 9-5, 9-6 loss. While the rest of the Crimson endured more lopsided defeats, Harvard coach Santinder Bajwa expressed little concern.“We had a tough 5-4 match [the night before] that left everyone a little flat,” he said. “If anything else we can feel good about the fact that we were playing a tough team. “Hopefully now we’ll get good rest and these guys will bring their best against Yale...
...graphic novelist Neil Gaiman, begins with a needle thrust in the viewer's eye. Mostly, though, 3D is used to heighten the picture's antirealistic, otherworldly mood. The illusion of depth is boldly stylized; the scene of a front yard or a kitchen will be a series of flat surfaces, like the planes in a pop-up picture book. This is the animated film as art film. Coraline doesn't try to ingratiate; it just looms, like a cemetery gate, daring curious souls to tiptoe in and fend for themselves...
...preparation,” he said. “I averaged around two minutes a burrito in practice.” Douglas, who recruited his team two hours before the contest after being “cut” from another team, finished his burrito in one minute flat. Most participants saw the contest as a free dinner. “It just looked fun, I really like Qdoba burritos, it was a free Qdoba burrito, and I was really hungry,” Elizabeth A. Miranda ’11 said. “I honestly wasn?...