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...grade, and 80 were given lower ones—including 40 medical schools that got grades of F for having no policy, no plans to form a policy, or because the school actively promotes interaction with industry representatives. AMSA gave five medical schools, including those at the University of Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University, an A for “comprehensive policies.” Another eight schools received a B for “limited policies.” According to HMS spokesman Don L. Gibbons, the Medical School bans pharmaceutical company access to students during their...
...Comprehensive Information Packet shows that these activists are no dummies—they’ve done their homework. You can see that a security guard at Harvard makes $12.68 an hour, whereas at Stanford their wage is $20.39 and at neighboring MIT it’s $18.64 an hour. On their website you can also see worker testimonials. From Najeeb Hussain you will learn that “Because AlliedBarton and Harvard University are standing in the way of me and my fellow officers’ efforts to improve our jobs with the Service Employees International Union...
...little rejiggering of the pension arithmetic could improve things too. John Shoven, director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, believes that when you start receiving a pension should be based not on how long you have been alive but on how much longer you are expected to live. By his calculations, counting back from the expected end of life rather than forward from birth would lead to reasonably delayed benefits that would boost the labor force 10% by 2050 and GDP as much as 10% a year. If those who retire volunteer at something, it bumps...
...tomboy from Fried Green Tomatoes makes her directorial debut with a drama about two rural New York families connected by secrets, starring Bruce Dern, Kristen Stewart and Aaron Stanford (above, on scooter...
...very mindful of trying to maintain certain ethical stands of behavior, to the extent we have a disciplinary function,” says Stanford University Professor Eamonn Callan, co-chair of Stanford’s Board on Judicial Affairs...