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...This is important because we’ve been pretty disappointed about the level of support the Obama administration and Senator Kerry have given to AIDS and issues of the global poor,” said Matthew F. Basilico ’08, who currently works in Paul Farmer’s office and will begin Harvard Medical School in the fall. “We think there’s a lot Senator Kerry can do as the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee to improve resources abroad and how they’re handled...
Infamous for its convoluted administrative structure, Harvard’s ring of 73 libraries operates under varying data systems, redundant collection habits, poor interlibrary communication, and no clear chain of command...
Gawande said that in hospitals both rich and poor, “the checklists reduced the average rate of surgical complications over three months by 36 percent...
...Very honest reasons for academic probation would be non-attendance of class and poor performance on examinations. I believe that stemmed from the fact that I was prioritizing the pursuit of music. Fortunately for me, I had a mentor who went to bat for me each time and was my advocate to the Ad Board. He was a Ph.D. candidate at the Business School and he ensured that I graduated on time...
...hectare. What's more, cannabis is even more lucrative to grow than opium poppies, which yield about $3,600 per hectare. It's also far cheaper to grow cannabis than poppies, requiring little sophisticated cultivation. The report says it is an almost ideal crop for desperately poor farmers, who lack fertilizers and tractors and who need every penny they can squeeze from their land. Because of this, the farmers have not been deterred by a government ban on growing hash. "The high sale price of cannabis and the relatively low costs of cultivation were the most frequently mentioned reasons...