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...scattered research experts buried in unconnected and fragmented departments and research groups, we hope that Shell’s funds will indeed be used in collaborative and multidisciplinary projects. A model to emulate is the Stem Cell Institute, which successfully integrates scholars and techniques from across the university. In this respect, we hope that the Shell donation will not just be a funding pool that will serve many different needs but that instead it will force people currently separated by institutional boundaries to work together...
Despite the questions about its use, Tuttle says Taser International will continue to improve and promote its eponymous device. Changes to the company's latest civilian model, however, seem to address not safety or technology, but rather fashion: The Taser will now come in pink...
...example both the NFL and NBA hope to emulate is the English Premier League, the world's most profitable soccer division. Like the NFL and NBA, the Premiership enjoys tremendous domestic support - league-wide attendance averaged 92% in 2006-2007. But it's the Premier League's global expansion model that has rivals drooling. "It wouldn't surprise me if one of the things that may have caught the eye of the U.S. sports is the massive increase in value of overseas rights deals," says Alex Byars, a senior manager in the sports business group at Deloitte, the business advisory...
...Cultural Form.”Bhabha is most excited for Saturday’s three-way “conversation” between cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, another internationally-acclaimed cellist, the Mexico City-based Carlos Prieto, and world-renowned composer Osvaldo Golijov.A NEW MODEL?While the conference’s topics range broadly, Bhabha says that what unifies these discussions is the role of “tango” as metaphor.“The world over, it has been seen as a metaphor of passion. The nature of tango in itself, the lyrics...
...left to struggle at Harvard for a term. This course would be similar to Expository Writing 10, “Introduction to Expository Writing,” which is given to students who do poorly on the placement test.This system would require the scrapping of the preceptor model. Most preceptors’ salaries have remained stagnant—a symptom of tightened spending within the program’s budget—meaning preceptor quality has waned. Reducing the number of students taking Expos would allow Expository Writing to hire fewer, better teachers (for instance, there are only 109 students...