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...Researchers at the Guttmacher Institute, a research nonprofit that focuses on reproductive health, surveyed 947 women between the ages of 18 and 34 who have household incomes under $75,000. More than 4 in 10 said the economy was affecting their decision about having children. The women reported waiting to get pregnant later than they had planned, deciding to have fewer children or opting for medical sterilization to prevent future pregnancies. A majority of the women surveyed (52%) said their financial situation had worsened in the past year, and they were most likely to make their family-planning decisions...
...press release announcing Elkins’ tenure. Elkins collected much of the information contained in the book from oral histories of Kenyan survivors of British detention camps in the 1950s and wrote the book during a yearlong stay at the Radcliffe Institute between 2003 and 2004. Her research interests include “colonial violence and post-conflict reconciliation in Africa, and violence and the decline of the British Empire,” according to her history department Web site. Elkins is currently teaching both Historical Study A-21: “Africa and Africans: The Making of a Continent...
...finance professors. According to Coates, the brief agrees with Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook’s ruling that the court should not be involved in determining the compensation of investment advisors. Coates said he was motivated in part to contribute to the amicus brief because his research on competition in the mutual fund industry had been incorporated into several earlier briefings in the case. “I didn’t think the research I had worked on was presented fairly in the other briefs,” Coates said. “I wanted...
...phone. He flipped the device open and said, “Hello? Mom? I told you I had an event tonight!” and consequently sparked a discussion about the role of technology in advanced countries and the developing world. The event was sponsored by the International Development Research Center, an organization that has pioneered the use of technology as agents for reducing poverty, combating disease, and fostering good governance through global engagement. The afternoon’s discussion was guided by Best, who moderated the event, and a group of panelists including two Nobel Prize winning economics professors...
...American. “Healthcare doesn’t follow neat ideologies,” Robertson said, noting that he participated in the panel because he feels that some aspects of the debate are being ignored. Organized by The Petrie-Flom Center at HLS, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary research on health law, bioethics, and biotechnology, the open panel was meant to be accessible to both the Harvard and Cambridge communities. The event was mainly attended by HLS academic fellows and professors employed by the University. Among their slew of proposed reforms, the panelists emphasized increased coverage for more Americans...