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...records who know they are not qualified to receive the prize. So, what is the incentive for them?” Lamont University professor emeritus Amartya K. Sen—the famed Nobel laureate—commended the award, according to a quote by the professor featured on the foundation??s Web site. “I also hope that it will lead to constructive discussions across Africa on the demands of governance and precisely how it can contribute to a better and more secure life for all,” Sen said, according to the Web site...
...dropped out in his junior year, and his wife, Melinda French Gates, have formed a foundation with about $32 billion in assets. And more is on the way—investor Warren Buffett announced in June that he would add nearly $37 billion of his own fortune to the foundation??s coffers...
...with the goal of improving relations among various racial and ethnic groups within the College community. But opponents of the proposal at the time said that existing institutions could best improve race relations and that such an organization would only aggravate racial tensions. Bok agreed to the Foundation??s creation, but only under the criteria that it support both minority and majority groups. Counter has served as Director of the Harvard Foundation since its inception. Counter said yestereday that the Foundation was created to “build a community around people and not structures. We feel that...
...explained a spokesman for Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael P. Rutter. Since its inception, the foundation has opened 10 institutes around the world dedicated to furthering research in the three areas, including sites at Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, according to the foundation??s website. “We identify possible sites by asking scientists, people in the know, what the centers of excellence of research in these three areas are,” foundation spokesman Das explained. “Then we make site visits and talk to the people...
...survey—released yesterday by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, a project based at the GSE and supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation??queried 4,500 assistant professors from 51 colleges and universities, including Harvard...