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...Bloomberg recently reported "Fallout from the recession implies a 'markedly higher' natural rate of unemployment, says Edmund Phelps, a professor at Columbia University in New York and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics. "It was 5.5 percent; maybe it will be 6.5 percent, maybe 7 percent." Phelps has a number of equally qualified experts who agree with him. (See pictures of Cleveland struggling with unemployment...
...much easier to scare off birds from a tree than to bring them back," says Luigi Zingales, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and co-creator of its trust index. "And that's what trust's about. It's much easier to destroy than to build...
...said. “[But] this is a very special year, as it will be the first performance with our new bells.” The show—complete with hydrogen balloons to simulate cannons—brought together students, faculty, and Cambridge residents alike. Noam D. Elkies, professor of Mathematics, was among the makeshift orchestra, playing the electric keyboard and blowing into a kazoo. The orchestra relocated to the dining hall from the courtyard, which usually houses the performance, due to weather conditions. But the bells still made an appearance in the performance when Yu cued the bell...
...some equipped with rails to move contraband more efficiently. Authorities believe at least six cartels are thought to be capable of building major tunnels, and three have already undertaken them. "I would certainly think that [tunneling] would be the preferred way to go for drug smugglers," says Neil Anderson, Professor, Geological Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, who has worked on the issue for the military...
...Dalai Lama is a lot more playful than your average Harvard professor, which is one reason his appearance at a Harvard psychology conference on Friday was so entertaining. The Dalai Lama - who at 73 has an agile, mischievous mind and an abiding interest in psychology - accepted Harvard's invitation because he wanted a lively debate about the latest science on mental health. He wanted to play. What he got was an audience of earnest academic worshippers. He played anyway...