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...used this recession as an excuse to enact legislation that makes it all but impossible for financial firms to hire skilled foreign graduates of American universities, including Harvard. A little-known provision in the ARRA classifies all firms receiving federal bailout funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program as H-1B dependent, legally mandating them to find American citizens or legal permanent residents to fill any job opening before offering a position to qualified international applicants...
Only a few years ago, former University President Lawrence H. Summers told alumni in Washington that Harvard could soon resemble Renaissance Florence. The key, he said, would be development of the life sciences. But an unprecedented financial downturn has forced the University to reexamine its ambitious plans in recent months. Far-flung optimism has given way to greater fiscal pragmatism, and that has meant trade-offs, even in the life sciences. “When life sciences research at Harvard was expanding, and money was plentiful, one could say that Harvard could have it all—vibrant basic research...
...their one-year stint. The College Fellows program is already providing an alternative to replacing retiring professors with new ladder faculty. The Psychology, Anthropology, Government, History of Science, Sociology, and Economics departments are also currently looking for College Fellows to teach sophomore and junior tutorials. Economics Department Chair James H. Stock said that there was “no question that [the program] would help” fill teaching demands, especially for tutorials, as the department depends heavily on visiting faculty. —Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. Spitzer contributed to the reporting of this story...
...included more categories than originally envisaged, and that has led to a superficial resemblance to the Core,” Maier said. “But this does not mean that it cannot be a meaningful general education curriculum.” —Staff writer Wendy H. Chang can be reached at whchang@fas.harvard.edu...
...never doubt the existence of God.” While the study was originally published as a business analysis of the online market for pornography, it has quickly turned political. Martha “Martabel” Wasserman ’10, the editor-in-chief of H-Bomb—the campus sex magazine—said that the results of the study undermine the traditional conservative position. “It shows that they’re hypocritical, and that we shouldn’t make pornography and sex work illegal, but should instead make conditions better...