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...most expensive piece in the auction at $1,700—highlighted the event’s collection. The images of the photographs revealed the reality of life in South Asia while the expensive paintings aided in the fund-raising. Procuring the pieces required an organized effort, according to outreach coordinator Samir V. Rao ’08. “First thing was to contact artists to get all different kinds of art here—from painting to photography,” said Rao. “To make this art show successful, we wanted to draw...
...said the grant will enable the first collaboration between the two institutions. “This is a tremendous opportunity for a world-class institution with a focus on cancer care to team with a great university with a focus on serving ethnically and racially diverse populations and community outreach,” she said. The collaborating institutions have a complicated problem to address. According to Karen M. Emmons, a faculty member at the DFCI and associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, black men are 2.5 times more likely to die of prostate cancer than white...
...appointed director will be “responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive outreach and support structure for undergraduate women individually and for their student organizations,” according to the women’s center’s central website...
...blacks.”Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said he wants it to stay that way.“I don’t think there is any national institution in the country that’s more aggressive in outreach and recruitment efforts,” Fitzsimmons said. “The one thing we understand is that every year the competition will be extremely intense. We know every year we’ll have to pull out all the stops.”Fitzsimmons said the yield at Harvard...
...Many promising candidates don’t apply based on stereotypes,” says Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. Byerly’s outreach program seeks to dispel these darker aspects of the Harvard myth: that the University is a leisure-class training ground where only the wealthiest are welcome. The new recruiting techniques, such as targeting low-income applicants by zip code and paying personal visits to students in economically depressed regions, aim to make Harvard’s resources appear more accessible to the working class...