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Organized by the Harvard Eliot House Jimmy Fund Committee, the annual event brings together winning figure skaters to raise awareness and funds for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute??s Jimmy Fund...
...companies, gave their first $100 million to the institute in 2003, intending that the gift would be spent over 10 years. The gave another $100 million gift in 2005. Broad said that the endowment created by him and his wife would cover only about $20 million of the institute??s annual $150 million budget, the rest of which would continue to be filled by federal grants. “So we made this $100 million bet, then a $200 million dollar bet,” said Broad, a well-known philanthropist whose net worth is just under...
...same time, Patrick has made bolstering the Massachusetts life sciences industry—much of which is headquartered in Kendall Square near the Broad Institute??a hallmark of his governorship. One of the chief accomplishments of his first two years in office was the passage of an act that would invest $1 billion in stem cell and other biological research over the next decade...
...He’s been a wonderful director in that he can advise and suggest without dictating and still bring out the best in researchers,” Burns said, adding that the Junior Fellows program in particular have been a continuation of the ideals that the Institute??s founder Edwin H. Land espoused. “You sort of don’t know he’s directing, but the end result is really good...
...Beyond his contributions to our national policy, Senator Kennedy has also maintained a high profile on Harvard’s campus, largely through his stewardship of the Institute of Politics (IOP). Serving on the IOP’s Senior Advisory Committee, Senator Kennedy has helped guide the institute??s development since its inception in 1966. The IOP, founded as a memorial to John F. Kennedy, draws hundreds of undergraduates every year with a forum that attracts world leaders, a nationally renowned fellows program, and other political and community service activities. Countless undergraduate students have found inspiration meeting...