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Enter InnoCentive, a research firm that does R and D with a difference. InnoCentive has built up a network of some 140,000 "problem solvers" around the world - they are science Ph.D.s in Russia and engineers in India and amateur inventors in America. InnoCentive posts "challenges" it receives from client companies - the pharma giant Eli Lilly is a customer - on its website, and the solvers go to work, with a cash reward at stake for the right answer. Not only does the InnoCentive method save on costs by allowing companies to outsource some of their R...
...Mayer said that “the cost of food has risen precipitously world-wide.”But Faust said the issue had been the focus of conversations between her, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith, interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam, and the House Masters.“We do not want to be undermining students’ health. We do not want to be undermining community morale,” Faust said. “So we are going to figure out how to address this problem...
...This is a great event,” said Wei R. Chen, father of Jason Y. Chen ’09 and an Oklahoma resident. “We like the environment and the history here at Harvard and enjoyed getting the chance to visit the campus...
...exhibit in its building, the Harvard Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA)—an “associated group” of Harvard Hillel—is acting as the exhibit’s “sponsor” on campus, according to former PJA co-chair Seth R. Flaxman...
...don’t think the idea that the party fund was going to stop was explicitly communicated,” Wang said.The UC clashed with the College administration over the issue of funding alcohol for parties in October, prompting acting Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam to freeze the UC’s funding. In November the UC voted to compromise with the College, passing legislation to continue awarding party grants for the purchase of non-alcoholic supplies throughout the remainder of the semester with plans to review the party grant system in the future...