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Harvard University’s U.S. stock holdings expanded last quarter, indicating that the University is continuing its buying trend that began last spring after it had sold off the majority of those publicly-traded assets during the financial crisis...
Emerging from under the rock that he calls "spring leave," Sandel discussed moral dilemmas similar to those presented in his course Moral Reasoning 22: "Justice." Urging people to engage their moral convictions in evaluating policy, Sandel instructed those in attendance "to rediscover the lost art of democratic argument." Sandel proposed a return to substantive moral discussions concerning policy issues...
...prove to be a serious problem. In some cases, predators will be able to adapt to changes in their prey. In others, however, maybe not. A 2006 study in Nature, for example, documented plummeting populations of a bird called the pied flycatcher in the Netherlands. The reason: an earlier spring was speeding up the emergence of caterpillars that were the birds' staple. But because the flycatchers' were leaving their wintering grounds in West Africa at the regular time, their eggs were now hatching in the Netherlands too late in the season, after the caterpillars were nearly gone...
...Advocate’s workshop program, which started this past fall, is planned to continue throughout the spring semester as well...
...tourism company in the Caribbean, developing high-end eco-tourism is the answer to F.S.M.'s perennial job shortage. Michigan State University (MSU) has already agreed to provide technical expertise for the park, and the National Geographic Society has also issued the project its stamp of approval. This spring, Pohnpei, one of F.S.M.'s four states, will host an economic summit to address the park's planning. (See 25 authentic Asian experiences...