Word: missionize
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...renovation, the third and final phase of House renewal, to begin no earlier than 2012. Nelson said the report is the product of a year-long analysis of House life and features an in-depth examination of residential accommodations and academic and social spaces. It also scrutinizes the broader mission of House life. Central to the report is the visualization of what an ideal House should be, regardless of location or cost. The report concludes that the “historic mystique of a Harvard building” should be reconciled with more practical concerns gleaned from student surveys...
They went in with a mission. Only two wins behind Dartmouth, the leader of the Ivy League standings, the ladies of the Harvard women’s basketball team knew that they needed to win. Mission accomplished. In what would be a fiercely contested back-and-forth game against Cornell (10-14, 6-6 Ivy), the Crimson (17-8, 9-2 Ivy) managed to pull back from a six-point deficit at the half to beat the Big Red, 63-56.With nine minutes to go in the game, senior Katie Rollins took her second layup of the second half to give...
...starting with delivering help to Gaza. On Monday, Clinton will attend an Arab-sponsored summit at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh that aims to organize and fund the reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian enclave. The enormous suffering of civilians during the war makes the humanitarian mission a worthy end in itself. But as a diplomatic undertaking, it is fraught with contradictions. (See pictures of Gaza digging...
...seem strange to push Harvard to follow the lead of a for-profit corporation like GSK. The influence of pharmaceutical companies at universities is a controversial topic. We are often rightly cautioned that becoming too closely tied with industry may lead us to lose sight of our public interest mission. Yet when a major pharmaceutical company takes the lead in promoting access to medicines in developing countries, following Big Pharma would bring us more in line with our own core values as an educational nonprofit...
...shown that industry is willing to re-envision the way it does business in developing countries. Instead of lagging behind, universities should be taking the lead in promoting policies in line with our public-interest mission. GSK’s announcement comes as a wake-up call for corporations engaging in medical research to recognize our responsibility to patients and the public. It presents a challenge to the entire Harvard community, including faculty, administrators, overseers, technology development officers, and students, to build a better access policy that will allow us to meet and surpass Big Pharma in the arena...