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Dahari said that one parent has offered a challenge grant—offering to donate an undisclosed amount of money if Hillel reaches a certain target—which she hopes will motivate others to donate. Dahari declined to say what the required target was for the challenge grant to be made...
...only significant departure from the U.S.'s small-country bias has been with Mexico, first in the creation of NAFTA and then when Washington bailed the country out after its financial crash in 1994. Paying attention to Brazil would involve offering an attractive trade agreement that would grant freer access to the U.S. market for Brazilian steel, shoes, orange juice, ethanol and other products that currently face import barriers. The costs for the U.S. economy would be relatively minimal. For Brazil, such a deal would stimulate exports, drive investment and lift the economy...
Forty-five million dollars in federal grants to Yale University are under investigation by the federal government amid concerns about inadequate accounting practices at the school in New Haven. According to Yale administrators, the university received subpoenas from the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) late last week. The subpoenas requested material relating to a total of 47 grants. Yale, like other major universities including Harvard, relies heavily on federal funding for scientific studies and receives the bulk of its federal grants from...
...poverty line. Think Chaplin, who once said that all he needed to be funny was a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Think Keaton, who once did a brilliant special-effects comedy, (Sherlock, Jr.) , where you were almost unaware of his very subtle camera tricks. Think Grant, Hepburn and their wayward leopard. For that matter, think Something About Mary, which pretty much took place in a cramped apartment. The minute the effects budget swells, it starts to crush the life out of comedy, which needs empty spaces to roam and some quality alone with the audiences in order...
...campus in Allston.Harvard will also increase childcare scholarships available to faculty members, post-doctorate fellows, and graduate students to $2 million.In addition, the report noted that Hammonds’ office has worked to standardize parental leave guidelines among Harvard’s 11 schools, ensuring that all schools automatically grant a minimum of one paid semester free of teaching duties for faculty members with a new child. Hammonds said in an interview that she focused on childcare to respond to concerns that surfaced during a survey completed by 244 members of Harvard’s junior faculty this fall...