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...health care. You cannot say the same for climate-change policy. If we fail to act now, there is substantial scientific evidence that we may not get another chance. Estimates suggest that if we surpass the two-degree Centigrade limit adapted by the G-8 this summer, 20-30 percent of species could go extinct and more than 1.5 billion people worldwide could face major water shortages. While health care is important, it cannot be the only priority of the Obama administration. A superb health-care system counts for little if the world is no longer livable because of dramatic...

Author: By A. patrick Behrer | Title: Don't Forget Waxman-Markey | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

Though overall University donations decreased by 8 percent in the past fiscal year, FAS saw a windfall 7 percent increase in donation revenue—thanks in large part to two anonymous unrestricted gifts that add up to approximately $32 million, according to Smith...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FAS Cuts $220M Deficit in Half | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...March, the Harvard Corporation announced an eight-percent reduction in the endowment payout to Harvard’s schools—which contributed 56 percent of the FAS budget last year...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FAS Cuts $220M Deficit in Half | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...same meeting, Smith projected that the 2011 fiscal year budget would see an additional 12 percent decrease in endowment payments to the school...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FAS Cuts $220M Deficit in Half | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...little more than a year after University President Drew G. Faust vowed to cut Harvard’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from 2006 levels over the course of eight years, the University has continued its sustainability push with the installation of five solar-compacting trash bins...

Author: By Carola A. Cintron-arroyo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Solar Trashbins Join Green Push | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

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