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...board member of the nationally recognized Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, Chen worked on a program that has urged universities to make use of their licensing leverage to require pharmaceutical companies to make low-cost drugs available in poor countries. “50 percent of all therapeutic innovations come from universities today,” says Basilico, who currently heads the HAC along with Chen. He says the potential of the campaign is sweeping, adding that it has garnered support from hundreds of luminaries in science, law, and medicine. Yet despite her accomplishments, Chen stays human...
Harvard shot a blistering 55.2 percent from the field in the first half, paced by junior guard Emily Tay’s touch from 15 feet, but a poor effort on the defensive glass and a series of turnovers gave the Terriers easy points in the opening frame...
Each year 1,400 to 1,600 students apply to Stanford for about 70 spots in the junior class, The New York Times reported last spring. Last academic year, 26 percent of those accepted to Stanford came from community colleges, according to the Times...
...third year of a local community-college outreach program. According to UVA’s admissions office, last year nearly half of its 500 transfer students came from Virginia community colleges. This year, UVA agreed to take 60 percent of its transfer class from Virginia community colleges...
Charlemagne, the third speaker, told the audience how she “grew up a daddy’s girl, 110 percent,” but then “started realizing my dad wasn’t necessarily the best person to be around, or the best person period.” Her father eventually left Charlemagne and her mother...