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...Nature Conservancy approached a San Francisco nonprofit environmental organization called Sustainable Conservation to spearhead an action plan to combat invasives in California, one of the hardest hit states in the nation. Bringing together environmentalists, ecologists, government agencies and professional horticulturists, along with representatives from industry, the group formulated PlantRight, an educational program designed to promote phasing out the use of destructive species and encourage planting of local varieties. Recognizing the value of a voluntary program - something that many other states failed to do - PlantRight doesn't call for outright statewide bans of any invasive species. Instead it makes recommendations based...
...University Hall, O’Brien helped spearhead the creation of two library cafés and a campus pub. Summers, who is said to have hand-picked O’Brien for the new post of deputy dean, said she brought “much-needed” energy to the College administration...
Barnhill said he has been inspired to spearhead a campaign called “I am Harvard,” aimed at “eliminating the notion that Harvard isn’t a place for minorities, women, and other sorts of people that defy your standard Harvard profile...
Hans Blix, the Swedish diplomat famed for his recent work as U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq, said last night that the United States should spearhead the nuclear disarmament effort. He spoke before a full audience in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room. The U.S. is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, but has refused to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which has been ratified by 138 states world wide. “I would like to see the U.S. come back to the role of ‘lead wolf’, and come...
...into the Sackler Building for the interim, displaying highlights of each collection in cozy quarters during construction of the new Allston location.ACROSS THE RIVERAlthough the renovation of HUAM’s building on Quincy Street is still early in the conceptual stages, HUAM officials confirm that Renzo Piano will spearhead the renovation.The cornerstone of the new HUAM will be a cultural center on Barry’s Corner in Allston, designed by architect Kevin Daly. The building will house all three museums until the Fogg is ready to reopen its doors, a date HUAM spokesman Daron Manoogian estimates as sometime...