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...Andrew Gould, the chairman and CEO of oil services firm Schlumberger Limited, addressed a packed Yenching auditorium yesterday during a panel on “The Future of Energy,” he faced some tough questions from members of the Harvard Divestment Action Group (HDAG) regarding the company’s alleged connections to the ongoing genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
During a question and answer session following the panel, Gould was asked about his company’s increasing presence in Sudan, to which he responded, “the information on the oileries is erroneous...
Going into the panel, Ganong said that “if they were to convincingly provide evidence that they have a corporate governance policy—for instance, that they would pressure president Bashir to change his policies or provide aid to the camps of displaced people—they would not be targeted...
...been infected, according to Professor of Medicine John R. David. “Brazil might have become like South Africa, but instead Brazil has had very positive results compared to the projected statistics,” Rockefeller Center Director of Brazil Studies Kenneth Maxwell said. One panel at the conference, coordinated by David A. Martin ’07 and Erin E. Goodman, the Brazil program officer at the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, was devoted to a discussion of Harvard’s role in mitigating the epidemic. In addition to academic studies which have provided insight into...
...gets to make a decision about whether mosquitoes should be released? It should not be the decision of the just the particular scientist; it should be a joint decision. Mosquitoes will cross national borders, so decisions should include a wide range of participants. We will need an international panel of scientists, policy makers, and perhaps ethicists to weigh evidence on this issue. That body (or a framework for assembling such a body) should be established now, so that if a better technology becomes available, no time is wasted in gathering the right people. I imagine, and hope, that a group...