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...growth factor may be important for infants in underdeveloped countries with a low level of nutrution, said Dr. Michael Klagsburn, assistant professor of surgery at the Medical School who reported his discovery of the hormone in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science...
University faculty who plan on buying homes in Cambridge this year will be eligible for low-interest, long-term loans under a new $2 million mortgage subsidy plan approved by the Harvard Corporation. Thomas O'Brien, financial vice-president, said yesterday...
Part of the explanation for Harvard's low promotion rate lies in the University's tenure philosophy. Harvard views itself as the greatest research university, and therefore grants tenured positions only to professors considered the outstanding scholars in their field. "It's a star system--the point is to scour the world for the best," one assistant professor says. David H. Donald, Warren Professor of American History, agrees and sketches a vision of Harvard as the undisputed leader of scholarship. "This is, or ought to be, the great university in the country--if we had the best people...
...though the federal government can rationalize the low benefits provided in the form of a social security check by pointing to the supplementary income provided by pensions, one-half of all Americans are not currently covered by any type of pension plan. In addition, many of those who are covered never see a dime of the money they or those employers have put away for retirement, either because of the loopholes in the law or the inadequacies of the particular pension plans...
...past year, the Holy Grail of genetic engineering has been the production of human insulin by E. coli bacteria cells. This work, if successful, would provide an almost unlimited source of natural human insulin for diabetics at a low price, a very tangible medical benefit which would go far towards convincing the public of the benefits of recombinant DNA research...