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Beyond cutting down waste, says Colangelo, the hospital also attempts to wield the "power of aesthetics to heal," with musical performances, a koi pond filled with 70 koi in the atrium, a "healing garden" and a nursing floor that wraps around a waterfall and patio. All patient rooms also have large windows that provide views of nature and lots of natural light - which cuts electricity costs and is associated with high staff morale and better patient outcomes. "Our green efforts are done under the premise that we have two patients, the environment and the ill patient," says Colangelo...
...first half performance—17 points, 5-of-6 from long range—allowed the Crimson to enter the locker room after the first period with a one-point lead. Lin chipped in 17 points for Harvard but shot just 29 percent from the floor. Harvard faces off against Maine on Saturday for its third straight road game...
...need to be honest with ourselves and the American people about our energy future. We simply cannot drill our way to energy independence." -In a speech on the U.S. Senate floor, June...
...avoided—or at least postponed—until departments had conducted a rational, top-down evaluation of their respective programs based upon the teaching and research goals of the University. “The good manager looks at sweeping all the pennies, dimes, and nickels off the floor. He looks in the cracks, he does the hard work of analyzing his organization,” Holt said. “Anybody can throw bodies at a problem, but it takes some skills and experience to know how many bodies you need.” Economics faculty assistant Trina...
...here didn't hesitate to call Illinois one of the - if not the - most corrupt states in the nation, Lieut. Governor Pat Quinn is considered something of a Goody Two-Shoes. Responsible for slashing the size of the state legislature, he has been booed by legislators on the capitol floor. He keeps a minimal staff and is said to charge $75 a ticket for fundraisers - at a time when entry to most is well into the hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The former tax attorney and divorced father of two started a citizens' oversight board for the state...