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...earlier version of the May 24 news article "Faust Urges Global Health Focus at Harvard" incorrectly identified Professor Paul E. Farmer as Paul J. Farmer...
...report written by Harvard Lecturer Joshua Humphreys and issued by the Center for Social Philanthropy at the Tellus Institute suggests that the “higher-risk, higher-return” manner in which the University invests its endowment has worsened the financial crisis...
...paper, which was released on Thursday, examines five other private universities in New England in addition to Harvard. Funded by the Service Employees International Union, the report alleges that university administrators have often allowed members of the finance and alternative investment industries to become trustees with authority over the university’s endowment, representing a conflict of interest...
...Virtually every issue raised by this report about endowment management practices has been addressed and continue to be addressed by the current leadership team at the Harvard Management Corporation,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Harvard’s large and positive economic impact to the region is well documented, and we consider it an important outcome of fulfilling our teaching and research mission...
Ever since Rebekah Maggor came to Harvard in 2004 to help international students with classroom communication, she has been expanding the public speaking resources available to the Harvard community. As founding director of the Program in Speaking and Learning, she launched Expository Writing 40–the “Public Speaking Practicum”–created the Speaking Tutor program, and worked with course instructors to incorporate speaking into their curricula...