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...million FAS raked in this year, $33 million were unrestricted, current use funds—a 38 percent increase from the $24 million donated the previous fiscal year...
This year’s fundraising total was aided by a number of large donations, most notably a $125 million gift over the next five years—the largest in Harvard’s history—from Business School graduate Hansjörg Wyss to fund the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Allston. Gifts of over $1 million accounted for over 40 percent of the cash total...
...surprising that the UC found itself in this unenviable position in the first place: We were skeptical when we heard the campaign’s lofty aspirations last spring and have never expected much from the plan. The Capital Campaign’s goal to raise $6 million to finance the potential purchase and renovation of a property at 45 Mount Auburn Street seemed particularly unrealistic in a cutthroat economic climate unfavorable to raising capital for any venture. When the university itself is struggling to find donations, attempting to solicit millions of dollars for a student center seems foolish...
...bought a ticket to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and walked in as a visitor. He was armed, disguised as a chaffeur and accompanied by one friend—although six more were in on the plan. With a getaway car waiting, Connor snatched a million-dollar Rembrandt portrait off the walls and ran out of the building. Having eluded capture, Connor then negotiated the return of the portrait for a lightening of a previous sentence...
...with area colleges, which include Harvard, have definitely noticed a growing number of drunkorexia cases. She didn’t have statistics for drunkorexia and didn't cite Harvard specifically, but noted that in 2009, an estimated one in 12 college students struggled with eating disorders. Of the 24 million people diagnosed with eating disorder cases in the U.S., she said, roughly two-thirds were college students...