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...National Science Foundation. In the sciences and engineering, the number of degrees awarded to women also grew at a faster rate than the number awarded to men. But the most drastic difference between the genders was in the humanities: awards to women in these fields grew by 7 percent since 2003, while awards to men remained flat. Jaquelina C. Falkenheim, a co-author of the report, said in an interview yesterday that the “numbers for women have been going up—this is a new time trend that should be watched.” At Harvard...
...don’t know if they’re 100 percent, but they gave us incredible gutsy minutes,” Crimson coach Tommy Amaker said. “They did an outstanding job showing toughness and leadership...
...valued at $36.9 billion as of last June—has been hit, but University President Drew G. Faust cautioned in a letter to the community earlier this month that each school will need to tighten its belt in the coming months. The Medical School holds roughly 11.7 percent of the University endowment, or $4.32 billion, as of last June. Though Flier said that the Medical School will need to “make some hard decisions and difficult tradeoffs” in response to the impact of the turbulent economic climate, the Medical School is “strong...
...Davis said that about one-quarter of the plants Thoreau observed in his notebooks have become extinct, and that 36 percent now are in such low abundance that they are “hanging by a thread...
...election saw turnout among voters aged 18 to 30 rise to between 52 and 53 percent, up from 48 percent in the 2004 election, according to estimates released Monday by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. This rise represents an increase of 3.4 million voters since 2004. While nationally 53 percent of those under the age of 30 have taken at least one college course, the data revealed that of those in that age group who voted, 70 percent had gone to college. “It’s mainly...