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...course I’m affected by that.”But while vice president, she says her division’s budget and staff were slashed amid multiple reorganizations of the Labs, taking a significant toll on physical sciences research there.Bishop credits Murray with working tirelessly to rebuild Bell’s physical sciences division.“She is extremely effective both as a scientist but also as a scientific leader,” says Bishop. “The folks at Harvard are lucky to get someone like her.” Murray’s drive...
...dollars for Harvard-affiliated international healthcare organization Partners in Health (PIH), according to Karen Fritsche, the walk’s co-founder. This year’s theme was “Housing for Haiti,” as 100 percent of the funds will be used to rebuild homes in Haiti, where land and infrastructure were devastated by two hurricanes last summer, Fritsche said. She estimated the three-mile walk along the Charles River raised enough money to build at least eight houses. In previous years, money raised has been used to purchase operating room lights, construct housing...
...Aceh's hard-won peace, officiated by a 2005 agreement between GAM representatives and government officials, has allowed the Acehnese to rebuild their lives and communities after three decades of fighting and the devastation of their province in the 2004 tsunami. Some 170,000 people in the province were killed the disaster. "There is little danger in the short term of violence escalating out of control, let alone a return to armed conflict," Sidney Jones, senior adviser to the International Crisis Group (ICG), wrote in a recent report. "But the underlying causes of the tensions are not just election-related...
...Like the rest of Indonesia, Aceh is grappling with near double-digit unemployment, a figure that could quickly rise following the departure this month of the Aceh Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency, the public body tasked with administering billions of dollars of international aid and donations to rebuild the province after the tsunami. Tremendous progress has been made in rebuilding homes and public facilities, but some fear those gains could be lost and the peace process jeopardized if elections are not viewed as free and fair. Free and fair elections are a national concern, but some fear the Acehnese will...
Greenberg is more eager to talk about the future. Instead of the government's plan to sell off parts of AIG, he believes the quickest way for taxpayers to recoup billions in federal bailout money is to rebuild the company. "Get AIG back so that it is a taxpayer and an employer again," he says...