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...gift, announced yesterday, is a part of a larger philanthropic effort by the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research. Five other academic research institutions received grants from the Ludwig Fund to found similar centers. Dana-Farber has appointed George D. Demetri, an associate professor of medicine specializing in translational research, to lead the Ludwig Center at Dana-Farber...
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and the University of Chicago will also establish Ludwig Centers through the grants. The gift comes at a time when federal funding for cancer research is flat-lining, according to Demetri. He added that because of inflation, the lack of growth seems like a decrease...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) met last night to launch its Hidden Cost Campaign, aiming to reduce the myriad small fees that face Harvard students and eliminate the new tax on gifts to student groups. Though these daily costs eat into the income of every undergraduate, they are particularly hard to shoulder for low-income students, according to UC President John C. Haddock ’07. “The financial aid packages and the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative are incredible steps, but they’ll never be able to address a lot of the unexpected costs...
...pointed out aligned.” Her photo “Waiting for School,” a depiction of a meditative boy in Thailand, earned first prize in the People category. Megan E. Camm ’07 won best in show from 220 submissions, gaining a $75 gift certificate from Eastern Mountain Sports. Her piece “Remembering Our History,” shot in Joza, Grahamstown, South Africa, portrayed a local fruit stand, with undertones provided by a photo in the background showing a victim of apartheid. “A picture can help you sort...
Outfitted in yellow and silver lamé dresses topped with white feather boas and matching dyed wigs, leaders of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) invaded Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) with a gift in hand: a check...