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...first trip of its kind at Harvard, eight undergraduates will spend intersession travelling in the Middle East to recruit high school students to the College. The trip, which is composed entirely of students and begins tomorrow, will include nine Middle Eastern countries. It was organized by the students and will be primarily paid for through a center at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The admissions office has provided logistical, but not financial, support.While the group has sought assistance from a variety of sources, the trip is “student-run from A to Z,” according...
...those baby boomers stay aboard the drug carousel when so many millions more climbed off? And what exactly have 40 years of experimental pharmacology done to them? It would not have been possible--much less ethical--to recruit subjects when the 1960s drug circus got started, send them off for four decades of substance abuse and bring them back for study. But now that the ad hoc longitudinal experiment those aging boomers have been conducting on themselves is reaching its endgame, addiction experts are pouncing on what the doctors and psychiatrists treating the abusers are learning. What they uncover...
...quest for Hollywood success, actor Steve J. Sandvoss ’02 is turning to a source of ideas that the film industry often ignores: college screenwriters. With his brother Peter, Sandvoss has started a unique production company called Beep Box Productions. They have started a campaign to recruit scripts from college students by visiting college campuses and taking submissions at their website, “getmymoviemade.com.” “Things are changing here [in Hollywood],” Sandvoss says. “It’s not gonna be only the big studio bosses...
Firms that recruit from elite business schools, for their part, would rather see applicants’ transcripts...
...expand American studies programs at American University campuses in Beirut and Cairo. “We are very grateful to Prince Alwaleed for his generous gift to Harvard,” said University President Lawrence H. Summers in a statement. “This program will enable us to recruit additional faculty of the highest caliber, adding to our strong team of professors who are focusing on this important area of scholarship.” The Saudi businessman and philanthropist, who is the chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company in Riyadh, has donated $19 million to the Southeast Asia tsunami...