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...This past Monday, MCB began its move-out with Associate Professor of Biology Nicole Francis, when she vacated her laboratory in Fairchild and moved down the street to the second floor of the 79-year-old Bio Labs. These laboratories were recently renovated to fit the needs of the incoming MCB professors...
Everett City Councilman Sal DiDomenico won a special primary for the state senate seat formerly held by Anthony Galluccio this past Tuesday, narrowly beating out second-place finisher Timothy R. Flaherty by roughly 130 votes...
Harvard’s attitude towards homosexuality has changed dramatically over the past century. In 1920, the University, under the leadership of Abbott L. Lowell, Class of 1877, established a secret court to discover and expel homosexuals within the community. During the 1950s, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Wilbur J. Bender ’27, tried to improve the admission office’s “ability to detect homosexual tendencies and serious psychiatric problems.” Now, sexual orientation is again becoming a controversial subject for elite college admissions officers. The LGBT...
...Cornell will hold its annual Slope Day, originally conceived in 1901 as a celebration of warm weather and the end of the academic year. While the event has in the past included activities like mock bullfighting and circuses, this year, Slope Day will feature the R&B artist Drake and additional performances from musicians like synth pop band Francis & The Lights and Canadian rapper...
...past, the government's first response would more likely have been to downplay the extent of the disaster, as it initially did with the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed 242,000, or more recently during the 2003 SARS outbreak. But in recent years, Beijing has emphasized a robust and more open approach to disaster management. "Crisis response has entered the set of things expected from government," says Björn Conrad, a researcher with the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute. "That's what you have to do to maintain legitimacy...