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...foreign graduate students comes as Harvard expands its presence overseas—and especially in Asia. This year the University launched a China Fund—in part to promote research projects with Chinese partners. And in March, then-President Lawrence H. Summers travelled to India for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new Harvard office in Mumbai. Meanwhile, students from both those countries are coming to U.S. schools in greater numbers. The Council of Graduate Schools study found that first-time enrollment from India grew 32 percent—the fastest rate of any country—followed...
...equipment has been re-ordered and delivered, though the ribbon-cutting has been pushed back again...
...practice the steps on their own. Exhausted attendees consumed refreshments before learning about traditional Indian dance and leaping across the room. Afterwards, representatives from Ballet Folklórico made everyone partner up for traditional Mexican dance. The Asian American Dance Troupe (AADT) closed the event with a Han Ribbon Dance, led by Eva M. Luo ’08, the current co-president of CSA, former captain of AADT, and one of the main sources of inspiration for the event. According to Luo, her interest in organizing such a workshop began with her participation in “Cultural Rhythms...
...many of you to expect,” Larsen Librarian of Harvard College Nancy M. Cline told a crowd of students who stood outside the library to hear her opening remarks and to watch Undergraduate Council members and Librarian of the Lamont Library Heather E. Cole cut the ceremonial ribbon. Following the ceremony, students filtered inside to view the cafe, which is designed to resemble the Lamont reading rooms. The cafe will serve food from 3pm to 2am Sunday through Thursday, and from 3pm to closing time on Friday and Saturday. However, the cafe space will be open whenever...
Other activists are worried that the sheer ubiquity of pink-ribbon campaigns creates an illusion that all is well in the world of breast-cancer research and treatment. "When companies make breast cancer so pink and pretty and upbeat, too many people think we're close to getting answers and that breast cancer isn't the problem it once was," says Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. "That's not the right message. We may have raised awareness, but incidence rates are higher than they were 30 years ago. We don't know how to prevent...