Word: nonprofits
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Prichard is heading to a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., after graduation, but not for long—it’s merely a stepping stone on the way to one of two countries that rarely appear near the top of any quality-of-life ranking: Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the long run, he says he’s headed back to Canada. Like a substantial portion of international students at Harvard, he’s eager to get out of the States as soon...
...heading up four nonprofit genomics groups, Celera Genomics' former CEO discussed his latest interests, notably the development of synthetic microbes that could be used to produce inexpensive, nonpolluting alternatives to fossil fuels like hydrogen. Asked if it was really true, as one magazine recently reported, that his ambition was nothing less than to save the planet, Venter thought for a milli-second, then allowed, "Well, we want to make a start...
...Think about your passions," says Marc Freedman, president of Civic Ventures, a San Francisco educational nonprofit that helps older Americans make fuller use of their talents. "Now is the time to go back to earlier dreams and try to make them reality...
...role would say it’s acceptable,” said Donald Berwick, president of the Boston-based nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement...
...measure it: in total numbers, the rate at which women choose abortion or the percentage of pregnancies that end in abortion. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of abortions dropped 18%, from an estimated 1.6 million a year to 1.3 million, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit research organization that both sides of the debate rely on for data. Twelve years ago, about 27 women out of every 1,000 of childbearing age had had an abortion; by 2000, the number fell to just over 21. And whereas 28% of those who found themselves pregnant...