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...International Whaling Commission is set to meet in a few months, and Japan and its allies will once again push for an end to the commercial ban - an appeal the Science analysis significantly undermines. But one fact of the Japanese argument is undeniable: the world's commercial fisheries are in serious trouble, and they're getting worse. In new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Feb. 12, the marine ecologist William Cheung announced that climate change would have a devastating impact on the world's commercial fish and shellfish populations...
Clair said he, like most HAA-nominated candidates, does not intend to campaign for the position. If elected, Clair said he would push to make a Harvard education more affordable for undergraduate and graduate students alike and to maintain the University’s commitment to a diverse community...
...School lecturer Stephanie Robinson as the College’s first black House Masters—picks that reflected comments made by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds that she would like to foster greater diversity among a group that contains few minority members.Despite that push, Pfoho’s new House Masters will not be minorities. Nicholas A. Christakis, a distinguished professor who works at both Harvard Medical School and the College, and his wife Erika—both white—will become Pfoho’s new House Masters in the fall, the College announced last...
...White House under President Barack Obama's administration. "The opposition party is looking to make an opportunity out of this big mistake," says Credit Suisse chief economist Hiromichi Shirakawa. Shirakawa says that if there were economic implications of Nakagawa's resignation, they might be that the DPJ would "push the reset button" on Aso's pending budget proposal, which includes an unpopular hand out of $21.7 billion to the Japanese public. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan, he says, "can now argue that the government has already lost their ability to get back on a path to recovery...
...with 6:11 to play in the game, Cornell guard Allie Fedorowicz had been 0-7 from beyond the arc. Harvard converted just one of two three-pointers in the second half, but it was a big one—after the Big Red seemed ready for a final push, Berry drilled a three to push the lead back up to 11 with under five minutes to play. Cornell never got within single digits again.The departure of former Big Red forward and 2008 Ivy Player of the Year Jeomi Maduka and injury to Crimson forward Katie Rollins meant a different...