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...changing the way that students perceive themselves, these schools are transforming communities. A study by Johns Hopkins in 2007 found that “Even when pre-existing differences between KIPP and comparison students are controlled in statistical analyses, KIPP students generally outperformed comparison school students on achievement measures.” KIPP schools and other similar institutions are largely successful because they invest in developing the identity of their students...
...laboratory of Jonathan Beckwith, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, a team of researchers have discovered that warfarin—a compound found in blood thinners—interferes with not only the process of blood coagulation, but also the growth of the bacteria molecule that causes tuberculosis...
Waxman, who graduated summa cum laude from Havard before attending Yale Law School, is now a partner with the law firm WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., and a faculty member at Georgetown. He has argued more than 50 cases before the Supreme Court, according to an online biography, and was mentioned as a candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter before Sonia M. Sotomayor was appointed...
Vice chair-elect Adams, who received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1969, will bring financial experience to the post just a year after Harvard’s endowment lost $11 billion. Adams has served as a financial administrator for Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center...
...member Work Team is led by Harvard Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Planning and University Affairs Peter Tufano ’79, Director of the Institute of Politics Bill Purcell, and Graduate School of Design Professor Alex Krieger...