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Many studies over the past decade have suggested that sleep is crucial to the consolidation of memories and learning; people who take a nap after learning a new task, for instance, remember it better than those who don't snooze. And now a small but compelling new study from the lab of New York University (NYU) cognitive neuroscientist Lila Davachi finds similar evidence that the brain at rest, even while remaining awake, is conducting meaningful activity. "Your brain is doing work for you even when you're resting," says Davachi, who just published a study in Neuron showing that certain...
...universities surveyed, the 52 institutions with endowments valued at $1 billion or more reported the largest declines—an average of 20.5 percent—according to a report released yesterday by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Harvard’s investment losses this past year amounted to 27 percent of the endowment’s total value, or about $10 billion...
Despite last year’s shock to the endowment, Harvard’s endowment returns over the past 10 years have beaten those of university endowments on average, according to figures from NACUBO’s report. Harvard’s endowment has grown 8.9 percent since 1999, while the average university endowment netted a 4 percent gain...
These alternative assets contributed significantly to the decline in Harvard’s endowment—private equity holdings, which represented 13 percent of the University’s portfolio in 2009, fell 31.6 percent. Harvard Management Company’s investment strategies came under fire in the past year for investing the University’s endowment in private equity and other illiquid assets, which could not be sold easily to meet cash obligations...
...city later implemented Cambridge GreenSense in October 2008, a program that encourages employee awareness to make simple efforts to save energy. According to Katz, buildings involved in the program saw a 5 percent decrease in energy use over the past year...