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...must not only “educate the mind, but also the heart,” the Dalai Lama said yesterday morning to a rapt audience at Memorial Church in a speech entitled, “Educating the Heart.” The Divinity School and the Graduate School of Education co-hosted the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet. After traditional Tibetan dance performances and introductory remarks by Divinity School Dean William A. Graham and School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney, audience members stood in anticipation as the Dalai Lama entered the hall and proceeded...
Minnesota Governor Tim J. Pawlenty cancelled plans to give a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday evening after learning of his state’s first probable case of swine flu. He was scheduled to give a presentation titled “The Need to Transform America’s Education, Health Care, and Energy Systems,” but instead chose to remain in his home state to respond to the development. “This is a situation that can become more serious,” he said in a press conference yesterday...
President Barack Obama announced the appointment of Harvard Professor Daniel P. Schrag to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), in a speech at the National Academy of Sciences earlier this week...
...After [Obama’s] speech it was clear that this president is committed to embracing scientific advice and truly values what science has to offer to informing his agenda,” Schrag said. “We live in a time of huge challenges and navigating through these decisions...we need good information...
Indeed, many pollsters believe that one of the incidents that worked to the BJP's advantage was Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi's speech at a 2007 rally in which she referred to Modi as a maut ka saudagar - a merchant of death. Riding on outrage, Modi won re-election in Gujarat for a third term as Chief Minister. "Gujarat is one state that has been very touchy about Modi and anything written or spoken about him," says Mumbai-based poll analyst Jai Mrug, adding that Gandhi's remark rejuvenated the Hindu vote in the state in favor...