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...HASA has been a challenge. After considerable pressure, the university agreed to authorize a fund to provide scholarships for graduate students from Africa, because those dollars would flow directly to Harvard’s coffers. While the decision in itself is a victory, Harvard still fails to recognize the serious need of African universities for basic infrastructure, nor does it embrace this need as a legitimate use for alumni giving. More troubling, we recently learned that the scholarship fund is not “additive”: In other words, the fund will not bring new African scholars to Harvard...
...December that will address the link between art and the science of cooking. “It is important that science is not treated in a disrespectful way,” he said, of its use in culinary endeavors. “Science is a serious thing, and you don’t treat it like a show.” Adrià expressed hope that he would be able to work with Harvard’s scientists to write a book about the relationship between food and science. Food science, Adrià joked is the product...
...chairman while the ethical questions are being investigated. "His temporary yielding of the gavel is an urgent necessity for a Democratic Congress elected two years ago on promises of an ethical housecleaning," the New York Times editorialized in September. Earlier this week, after the paper published even more serious allegations, Rangel wrote a scathing letter to the editor denying that he had done anything improper with regard to the loophole that rewarded Nabors Industries and its CEO, Eugene Isenberg, who had given the $1 million donation to CCNY. He also contended that New York Times reporter David Kocieniewski had ignored...
Last year’s Undergraduate Council Presidential race seemed over before it started; this year’s contest couldn’t be more different. With five different tickets presenting compelling visions for the UC—whether in seriousness or in jest—students have many opportunities to make their voices heard on the Undergraduate Council (UC).But one choice in particular stands out: The ticket of Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10 has the vision and experience that make them uniquely prepared to lead...
...occurring in 1997 when eighteen people in Hong Kong came down with the virus. Outbreaks also occurred in 2001 and 2002, leading to the culling and destruction of millions of possibly-infected fowl. By 2003, the strain had spread to much of Asia's bird population. "It remains a serious pandemic threat," says Bridges. "It has a 100% mortality rate among poultry, but so far we are not seeing the type of molecular changes required to jump to humans...