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John Kosko, a retired school administrator and member of the committee, said he did not know when the report will be made publicly available, but added that the committee had “absolutely” fulfilled its mission...
...other members of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling include Frances G. Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council; Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Terry D. Garcia, excutive vice president for mission programs for the National Geographic Society; and Frances Ulmer, chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage...
Through the efforts of our entire community, we were able to make many changes for the better, and I am proud to report that our commitment to our core mission of teaching, learning, and research has only become stronger. A Harvard education, for both our graduate and undergraduate students, remains an experience unparalleled in its richness...
Although the past year has been defined by a renewed sense of institutional discipline, this discipline did not diminish our vibrancy or preclude new efforts to advance our mission. Next year will begin with a faculty projected to be slightly larger in size than in the past. The incoming graduate-student class will also be slightly larger than the last, and it boasts the highest admissions yield in recent history. Similarly, the yield in the College will exceed last year’s mark of 76 percent. The College and FAS continue to attract the world’s most...
Since Rachel’s graduation, the couple has been living in Washington. Scott is finishing his junior year at Georgetown—though he is older than Rachel, he took time off from college to serve a Mormon mission in Mississippi—while Rachel translates research papers from Chinese to English and works as a research assistant to a Chinese studies professor at Georgetown. Next year, she will hold a one-year fellowship with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace...