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Student issues formed a major focus of Clinton’s speech...
...Asian American Association gathered in Ticknor Lounge for the talk, titled “Our Generation’s Perceptions of Different Asian Ethnicities.” CSA President Lydia N. Lo ’09 said before the forum there would not be “a focus on the China-Japan issue” at the event, even though it was prompted by the CSA e-mail discussion thread. She stressed instead an emphasis on the greater East Asian community. The bulk of the early discussion, however, still centered around recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
...care physician. The money will be distributed to individual HMS departments for integration into their local compensation systems. The agreement comes as the medical school implements significant changes to its curriculum. According to HMS Executive Dean for Administration Cynthia L. Walker, the new plan will support those changes, which focus on developing more interactive relationships between students and faculty. While the current expectation from HMS is that faculty members devote 50 hours to teaching or committee activities each year, Walker said the rule has not been strictly enforced. A new computer system was recently developed to keep track...
...have extremists in the Mahdi Army act on their own against the Sunnis, the Coalition, or the government," Cordesman told TIME. "In the short run, the key priority for military operations is to build security as soon as possible, avoid unnecessary confrontations with the Mahdi Army and militias [and] focus on active threats, whether Sunni or Shi'ites. This is a search for least bad options that have many conflicting priorities, and the best possible solution is going to be messy, involve contradictory priorities, and force the U.S. to constantly adapt to the realities of Iraq politics...
Judy F. Kugel, assistant dean and deputy director of degree programs at the Kennedy School, said that Kristof’s focus on human rights made him an attractive choice for the school’s graduation speaker...