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...important to keep jobs open to all recent graduates, regardless of their country of origin. “Now more than ever, our country needs to capture the talents of our brightest graduates to work to turn around these troubled industries,” he wrote. Casey said the impact of the amendment on Harvard’s sizable international student body is still unclear, as the number of students employed by investment banks fluctuates every year. In addition, the restriction on H-1B visa holders may not apply to those who are hired while holding a student visa...
...Management and Budget, an NSF spokesperson said. Last year, University President Drew G. Faust testified before a Senate committee in favor of bolstering the NIH budget. Faust argued at the time that the 13 percent loss in real dollars of NIH funding had “a cascading impact that [was] slowing progress and threatening future research that could lead to cures—and even ways to prevent disease.” Faced with a flat budget since 2003, the NIH suffered a backlog of research proposals, and the percentage of grant applications awarded dropped from 32 percent...
...people so successful at weight loss [than others], despite the same commitment?” Sacks said. “It’s an area that hasn’t been studied well.” The researchers added that they believe their findings will leave a lasting impact on the scientific community. “We’ve shown that any reasonable diet can provide weight loss, as long as caloric intake is reduced,” said Katherine D. McManus, Director of Nutrition at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who headed the diet intervention...
...task force didn't specify the number of jobs it hoped to create in the green sector or how much of an impact the programs are expected to have on the middle class as a whole. Annie Tomasini, Biden's deputy press secretary, says the Philadelphia meeting was just a "listening session" and that the task force will not actually make any decisions regarding green job creation. They'll have to go back to Washington to do that...
...Clinton did make two remarkable departures from the Bush Administration's Middle East policy. She urged Israel to open the border crossings to Gaza, the Palestinian coastal enclave, to allow in more humanitarian relief for the 1.5 million people there who are reeling under the impact of a 22-day Israeli assault that ended in January. Until its last days, the Bush Administration not only had backed Israel's offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza but had also supported a punishing, 19-month economic blockade of the territory. At an international donor conference in Egypt on Monday, Clinton pledged...