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Activists at several academic institutions—including Stanford University and Amherst College—have convinced their schools to divest from Tatneft along with other companies linked to the Sudan...
...became a big hero. Despite a sprained ankle, she launched into one last vault and stuck her landing to win the U.S. women's gymnastics squad its first-ever team Olympic gold. A decade later, Strug, 28, thinks of that day "constantly," she says. "Atlanta changed my life." A Stanford grad, she works at the Justice Department in Washington, helping get federal funding for youth-oriented groups like Boys & Girls Clubs. She's still in touch with some of her '96 teammates: in November, she'll be a bridesmaid in Dominique Moceanu's wedding. Strug coaches at gymnastics camps each...
...Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry are professors at Harvard and Stanford universities, respectively. Perry served as Secretary of Defense and Carter as Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Administration
According to a working paper by Policy Analysis for California Education—a research group run by the University of California and Stanford University—the No Child Left Behind Act has compelled states to water-down their exams in order to show the improvement in scores that the law demands...
...task-force that convened to investigate the issue. Other members of that committee include Yale Law School Dean Harold H. Koh ’75, who sits on the Harvard Board of Overseers, and Kathleen M. Sullivan, a former Harvard Law professor who was later dean at Stanford...