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FOR THE RECORD Berlin Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels made progress at peace talks in Germany, even as monitors caught Tigers smuggling arms into northern Sri Lanka. Cuvette West Congolese officials said 16 people died of the incurable disease Ebola. The victims apparently contracted the virus from...
Yesterday’s announcement by reclusive millionaire Jeffrey Epstein of his plans to contribute $30 million to fund a center for the study of mathematical biology provides a chance for redemption to the University, which recently lost a $12 million pledge by donor-activist Jane Fonda. Last week, Fonda...
Fonda gave the GSE $6.5 million at the time of her pledge, a large part of which was earmarked for the chair. But this summer, when nothing had been made of her donation, the actress was reportedly angry and considering withholding the rest of her donation, according to a Boston...
Former GSE Dean Jerome T. Murphy said at the time Fonda announced her $12.5 billion pledge that he hoped to fill Gilligan’s chair by this school year—but the position, rejected by University of California Professor of Anthropology Emerita Sarah B. Hrdy, has remained vacant...
Palmisano's optimism might seem forced amid the wreckage left behind by the tech bust, with cash-strapped companies wary of spending on technology that often doesn't live up to expectations. Such skepticism is one of the principal reasons that IBM's 2002 earnings, which will be announced this...