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...year of historic market turmoil, many of the nation’s wealthiest universities beat the trend of negative returns—with Harvard leading the pack. Though Harvard’s 8.6 percent return on its investments through June 30 was down significantly from previous years, it led a slew of universities with large endowments that managed to stay ahead of downward spiraling market prices. Yale announced late last week that its endowment rose 4.5 percent during the 2008 fiscal year—ending the year with $22.9 billion—and Stanford announced a 6.2 percent growth...
...Celebration, which, according to a news release from Faust’s office, will mark the launch of a new greenhouse gas-reduction initiative, and a celebration of Harvard’s role as an environmental leader. The University aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus by 30 percent by 2016. Announced in July, the initiative comes from recommendations made by the Greenhouse Gas Task Force convened last spring and co-headed by Kennedy School Professor William C. Clark. Clark said that a guest speaker of Gore’s status and the location of the event in Tercentenary...
Orlowski cites a recent Princeton Review survey in which 63 percent of college applicants said that a college’s environmental commitment could affect their final decisions on where to attend school...
...report touted various measures as evidence of Harvard’s commitment to the environment, namely Faust’s push to reduce Harvard’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2006 levels by 2016 and the continued expansion of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative...
...women who adhered to all four lifestyle factors, van Dam and his team estimated the overall risk of death was reduced by 55 percent, in addition to a 44 percent reduced risk of dying from cancer and a 72 percent lower risk from heart disease...