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...formation of the school-wide committee, which will function as a subcommittee of the University-wide review, comes as conflict of interest issues have received national scrutiny. (The Harvard-wide review is being led by David Korn ’54, a former dean of Stanford Medical School who is occupying the newly-created position of vice provost for research...
...with climate change (heavier and more frequent storms, increasing desertification, sea-level rise), hotter temperatures will seriously diminish the world's ability to feed itself. David Battisti, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington, and Rosamond Naylor, director of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University, analyzed data from 23 climate models and found a more than 90% chance that by the end of the century, average growing-season temperatures would be hotter than the most extreme levels recorded in the past. (See the top 10 green stories...
...Fortunately, the College Board is allowing colleges to decide whether or not they will accept Score Choice as an option for their applicants. The admissions offices at Stanford, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania among others, have already announced that they will not honor Score Choice and will continue to require applicants to send a complete score report. College admissions offices should not be afraid to speak out about the problems inherent in Score Choice. “We want to discourage students from taking the SAT more than once or twice and believe that programs like Score Choice encourage...
...quite an improvement from the last time his team battled a ranked opponent. In last year’s opener against No. 23 Stanford, he had no points, turnovers, or assists, but did pick up five fouls in a 111-56 loss...
...Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Tom Williams as its new head coach on Wednesday, and Williams wasted no time declaring “We’re going to beat Harvard. We’ve got to turn The Game back into a rivalry.” Williams played linebacker at Stanford, earning a Rhodes Scholar nomination his senior year. He captained the Cardinal to a share of the 1992 Pacific-10 Conference title. Williams began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Bill Walsh at Stanford. He then moved to Hawaii, where he coached for three seasons, then moved...