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Harvard affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced last week that it will consider layoffs to cope with grim financial projections. The hospital announced an anticipated $20 million operating loss for the fiscal year beginning next October, due in part to a projected decline in number of patients. The hospital hopes to break even, under best case scenario projections, for this fiscal year. The announcement is a marked departure from previous predictions of Beth Israel’s CEO, Paul Levy, who said in an interview last month that “we have chosen not to do layoffs...
...with top U.S. scientists and stem cell researchers on Monday, President Obama signed an executive order that effectively overturns the Bush administration’s limits on funding for embryonic stem cells. The memorandum provides for an increase in federal funding of stem cell research, and should expand the number of cell lines for which researchers can receive funding. This move is both a departure from the policies of the Bush administration and a protection of what Obama has dubbed “scientific integrity.” As Obama said on Monday, “It is about ensuring...
...There has always been a great deal of potential for an amenable government to provide aid to stem cell research. Obama’s memorandum does not specifically deal with the certain types or numbers of stem cell lines that scientists can use. Instead, the National Institute of Health will have 120 days to establish new research guidelines, meaning that the number of accessible stem cell lines—which Bush had limited to 21—should soon be in the hundreds. This will allow scientists to work on new lines and start to draw together cells of different...
...ugly, and today was one of those days,” said Clayton. “At a certain point in the match, it could have gone either way.”The tie secured, Harvard wrapped up moments later with a pair of gritty victories. After a number of missed match points in the second set, No. 4 Hayes finally saw off the tenacious Shao in three sets (6-3, 6-7, 6-3), while at No. 2, Chijoff-Evans marked a complete turnaround over Medan in a fiercely contested 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 win. Despite...
With junior parents weekend placing an extra number of supporters in the stands, the MAC proved even more welcoming for a Harvard men’s volleyball team that has thrived at home.Entering Friday with all three of its wins coming in Cambridge, the Crimson (5-5, 2-1 EIVA Hay division) claimed its first undefeated weekend, with a sweep of Rutgers-Newark (6-7, 4-1) and NJIT (3-10, 0-7 EIVA Tait), moving into a second-place tie in conference play.“It was a great weekend for us,” Harvard coach Brian...