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...Josh” E. Grindlay, a professor of astronomy. “Astrophysics as a part of physics is becoming more exciting, and we thought, ‘We need an overhaul,’” Grindlay said. “We don’t offer enough exciting and appropriate-level courses.”The modifications to the concentration currently called “Astronomy and Astrophysics” were approved by the Educational Policy Committee earlier this month without revisions, said Stephanie H. Kenen, the associate dean of undergraduate education. The changes come as part...
Foolishly Good Deal. San Francisco's two LEED-certified Orchard Hotels are offering rooms for a dollar starting April Fool's Day, for the entire month. You won't find this offer mentioned on the hotels' website, but if you hit the site at 10 a.m. on April 1 and type in the promotional code "Fool!" you can score one of the two $1 rooms offered each night in April. Once the 60 allotted rooms are sold out, the offer will be closed. Additional nights begin at $159. 466 Bush Street (Orchard Garden Hotel) or 665 Bush Street (Orchard Hotel...
...Nevertheless, London's Metropolitan Police has advised financial workers to dress down during the protests, and newspaper fashion writers have offered help on blending in. "Boring cardigan, neatly buttoned and worn with a skinny-ish tie and narrow fit trousers" should offer male bankers some anonymity, one wrote this week. As for women, "flat boots", and "leopard-print cardigan" ought to give marchers the slip. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...decades pure investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley dominated M&A. But in the past few years, the ability of the large banks to offer billions of dollars in loans to finance transactions has raised their standing among dealmakers. Citigroup has been the most successful in wresting away this profitable business...
...NICE head Rawlins doesn't see why drug companies should deserve any deference. His organization uses hard-nosed cost-effectiveness reviews to decide which treatments Britain's National Health Service (NHS) should pay for. A new drug doesn't just have to work to impress NICE, it has to offer value for money - and if it doesn't, whether it is life-saving or not, Rawlins' group won't approve it. With skyrocketing prescription prices bloating America's health-care system, many experts are now taking a hard look at whether America should embrace NICE's controversial methods. Rawlins talked...