Word: peering
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When asked for her thoughts on alcohol policies, Faust said that Harvard’s rules have been “much more liberal” than those at peer institutions...
Harvard’s peer institutions lagged far behind University employees’ donation totals...
...After decades of relying on phone banks and mass-mailings to motivate voters, "the Republicans began experimenting in 2001, comparing face-to-face contacts to the other methods. They found that having a trusted neighbor or peer make the personal appeal is a far more effective way to get voters to the polls," McDonald said. "Obama has keyed into that and built his campus organizations. It's really a return to the way we used to organize in the 19th century heyday of political machines...
Black felines may have to start sharing their supernatural street cred. Scientists in South Korea--whose reputation as a cloning powerhouse took a hit in 2005 after one of its most prominent researchers was shown to have faked data on cloning human stem cells--announced in a peer-reviewed journal that they have cloned genetically modified cats that glow red under certain lights...
...million to Harvard researchers last year, is trying to ease its grant application process, even as a vote today in the U.S. House could leave its funding power nearly static after years of steady decline. Earlier this month, an NIH-chartered committee tasked with “enhancing the peer review process” released preliminary recommendations. The working group suggested shortening grant applications, creating separate awards for first-time applicants, and asking outside reviewers to examine funding requests. The committee recommendations and potential congressional budget decrease could reshape Harvard’s primary federal source. Last year, Harvard received...