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...recently sent a letter of intent to the Bee proposing a long-term lease that will last for “more than a couple of decades,” according to John L. Powers ’70, president of the Fly Club’s graduate board...
Administrators in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization had expressed concerns that in the current financial landscape, which led to a salary freeze and significantly reduced hiring last spring, FAS would not be able to replace the departing professor...
Once authorized, searches can last over a year as the department identifies a candidate and receives approval for the person from administrators throughout a chain of command, ending with the president of the University...
...Last November, a group of universities, which included Harvard, Yale, and Boston University, came together to support a joint statement announcing a broad-based commitment to “promote availability of health technologies in developing countries for essential medical care.” One of the key points of this document stated that university intellectual property should not serve as a barrier to global access: Drugs created in academic labs should not be priced out of reach for poor people in poor countries. The joint statement has now gained the support of the National Institute of Health, the Center...
...patent pool announced by international aid group Unitaid last December serves as another broad-based initiative to help the poor in developing countries. Whereas the patent pool run by GlaxoSmithKline focuses on research, not manufacturing, and limits its reach to the 50 least developed countries, the Unitaid Patent Pool will allow generic drugs to be made and sold across the developing world. The Unitaid pool focuses on HIV/AIDS therapies, many of which have originated at academic research centers. Placing patents in the Unitaid Patent Pool would be the next best move for universities wishing to support global health...