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...whole range of subjects, with the one exception of engineering,” Ince said. “In addition, it’s very liked by employers. It has got a good ratio of faculty to students.” Ince mentioned that Harvard’s endowment, larger in magnitude than any other academic institutions on the list, is a contributing factor to Harvard’s continuing excellence. However, he added that it is not Harvard’s wealth that makes the university the leading world institution. “Of course it?...
...battle stuff is definitely niche-based. It’s like a subculture of a subculture. Outside of it, not many people know about it. On a larger scale, I’d like to make music that isn’t necessarily niche-based...
...judged to offer the greatest potential for profit. Senior vice president for business development Paul Sekhri, who helped pick these areas by going systematically through some 980 categories of ailments, says Vasella took a keen interest in how they were chosen. But while Vasella has taken aim at larger markets, he has ensured that more specialized products, such as ophthalmologic drugs, are not neglected. If there is enough of an unmet medical need, they too can be enormously profitable. David Epstein, head of Novartis' oncology unit, observes that a drug that works well on a limited population can build...
Elleholm thinks Aresa will have a reliable land-mine-detecting thale-cress in about two years and hopes to apply similar biotech to detect larger, unexploded ordnance and eventually to cull antibodies from plants. But first it will focus on land mines. If it succeeds, Aresa will make thale-cress a weed that will be welcomed...
...they frequently do—it is because they deserve to do so. Everyone praises Harvard “for the students.” But what makes Harvard’s students so great is that they are in many ways a cross-section of the larger world. They are normal people who happen to be excellent, and this sets them apart. People who go to Yale go because they want to attend Yale. People who go to Harvard go because they...