Word: gee
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Earlier this year, E. Gordon Gee shocked Brown by announcing that after only two years in Providence, he would leave to assume Vanderbilt University's chancellorship...
...extreme manifestation of this trend, E. Gordon Gee announced his resignation from Brown University in February, succumbing to the allure of the Vanderbilt chancellorship and its million-dollar paycheck. He had spent only two years in Providence; Vanderbilt will be his fifth university presidency in two decades...
...announcement--along with former Brown President E. Gordon Gee's abrupt move to Vanderbilt University and the impending departure of Harvard's President Neil L. Rudenstine--means that three prestigious institutions may find themselves competing for the same top prospects...
...Gee using a 17-person committee comprised of trustees and fellows...
...reformers hope to begin a new dialogue about dying, one that integrates its enlightening potential. Says Byock: "Dying people have the chance to say what matters most, renew spirituality, complete relationships...It's not fun, not pretty, and I don't want to romanticize it, but, gee, it's not without some value." In a society that hides dying, however, it's often hard to see that value. Last year, retired New York psychologist Felice Gans, 72, was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer. She was originally told she had two months, but she has lived more than a year. (Such...