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...avoided answering her question, instead speaking at length about handling adversity in the job market and remaining hopeful. Still, Dinkic’s message was largely appreciated. “It’s a tough economic situation so it’s difficult to do things on a larger scale,” Rupert said in response to the awkward exchange. “But it’s important to plant the seeds.” For his part, Dinkic said he was happy to share his time and opinions with the United States, which he called...
...lofty aim.In 2007, 41 percent of HKS graduates entered the private sector, the highest level in over a decade, and some students say the figure reflects a failing on the part of administrators to promote public sector careers.“That statistic, 41 percent, points to a larger problem at the School,” says Douglas A. Levine, a 2008 Kennedy School graduate.Last spring, he and other alarmed peers mobilized students, faculty, and administrators to address what they say is a distressing discrepancy between the Kennedy School’s mission and its reality.And while last year...
...dominated by private companies. In 2008 an estimated 300,000 small and medium-sized firms collapsed; from January to March this year, exports fell by 19.7%, putting more pressure on the survivors. "The crisis hits China's private sector really hard because China's private sector accounts for a larger share of China's manufactured exports," says Yasheng Huang, an MIT professor who wrote about the rising power of SOEs in his 2008 book [Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics]. "So essentially you have a private sector whose main source of customers has just disappeared...
...Extavour’s lab focuses on early embryonic development, and devotes more energy to observing the intricacies of germ cells than to the larger organisms in which Giribet specializes. “She creates an excellent environment in the lab,” says Franz Kainz, a graduate student who has worked with Extavour since July 2007. “We’re extremely productive but it’s still a great environment,” he adds...
...frosh panels yesterday focused not on academics at the College or a particular student organization, but on a lesser known element of Harvard student life: sex. The larger event, entitled “Sex at Harvard,” showcased a compilation of student groups that focused on sex-related issues, including True Love Revolution, H-Bomb, and Harvard Men Against Rape. The panel attracted about 40 prospective students, filling a packed Sever Hall classroom. “We promote a positive philosophy about sex where we find great meaning and beauty...