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...joint meeting of Congress and received 18 standing ovations, according to Hunt. Johnson-Sirleaf was among Forbes Magazine’s 100 most powerful women in the world in both 2006 and 2007. Also last year, President Bush awarded her the Medal of Freedom award, the highest civilian honor in the United States. She will deliver the main address at Dartmouth College’s commencement exercises on June 8. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu...
Wearing crimson in honor of the school’s Class Day festivities, Johnson-Sirleaf encouraged the graduates to bring the same courage and integrity to their work as leaders as she has brought to the task of rebuilding her war-torn country since she was inaugurated...
...research. The study also supports the findings of recent reports: conservative funding tends to result in conservative research, and the competition for federal funds is such that scientists spend more time applying and re-applying for grants than researching itself. Leslie C. Berlowitz, the chief executive of the nationwide honor society, said that universities should at least strive to partially fund what she termed “early-career scientists,” who currently rely completely on outside funding. Berlowitz added that the report also highlights the challenges female scientists face when juggling their careers and their families. Unlike...
...Stone became the first Harvard administrator to receive the “Advocate Award”—a rare honor given for a community leader’s dedication to public service—at the Public Service Celebration of the Phillip Brooks House Association (PBHA...
Three days before walking the stage to receive their own share of honors, a few members of the graduating Class of 2008 gathered in the Eliot House dining hall Monday to celebrate a new initiate.Former University President Lawrence H. Summers arrived nine minutes after the event’s scheduled start time, and was swiftly rewarded with testaments from students who took the podium to recall the high points of his presidency and professorship. The recollections ranged from Summers’ work on financial aid, to his support for undergraduate student events, to the famous appearances at student dances that...