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...former vice president of external investments at HMC revamped Wellesley's investment strategy, helping the school's endowment earn an average annual return of 13.5 percent during her five-year tenure, according to a Harvard press release. Wellesley's investments grew by almost a quarter in 2007 and nearly matched HMC's results...
Still, what's troubling about the new findings, Byock says, is the implication that doctors may be issuing the treatment either too early or without the patient's consent - or that they are using it to sidestep legal requirements to perform euthanasia. Nine percent of the patients in the study had in fact asked for euthanasia before being sedated. "Sedating someone until they die is a one-size-fits-all solution, but thoughtful pain management requires time and money," Byock says, noting that plans should always be discussed with patients and families well in advance. "One shouldn...
...initiative represents a 40 percent, or $3 million, increase in Medical School's aid budget, and will affect one third of the 700 MD students, according to a letter Flier sent to the Medical School community today...
...active member of the fledging group Harvard Men Against Rape (HMAR).“It’s an issue that most men tend to not pay attention to, and I think it’s a shame,” he said.Almost 98 percent of all reported sexual cases are male-perpetrated, according to the Department of Justice.Yet the dialogue surrounding sexual assault has also predominantly been pegged as a women’s issue. Harvard Men Against Rape, a growing group of Harvard males, has tried to reverse the social norm that sexual assault is a female issue...
...Liberal arts are fields where inquiry is pursued disinterestedly, which means that it’s knowledge for its own sake,” he says. He notes that over the past half century, only about a tenth of Harvard graduates go on to earn Ph.D.s, while 60 percent go into business, law, or medicine...