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Casey said that the legislature should give more authority to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, which was created to coordinate the state??s efforts in the life sciences. This, he said, would ensure that all of the funds are not “allocated today, but can be adaptable to current trends as we see them emerge...
...Harvard’s west coast competitors in the biomedical sciences—Stanford and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)—have already received significant infusions from their state??s stem cell initiative...
...opposite-sex couples, and that denying it to same-sex couples is therefore discriminatory. But discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not prohibited under the constitution. Second, the existing law did not prevent anyone from getting married—at least, from getting married according to the state??s definition of marriage, a definition upheld by Proposition 22. Gay people were given the freedom to marry people of the opposite sex—an admittedly unsatisfying right—whereas straight people were not entitled to marry people of the same sex. The mere fact that...
...College Democrats Joseph M. Hanzich ’06 died of a sudden heart attack last September. A graduate of Boston College Law School, Hodes worked for David H. Souter ’61 in the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and later served as the state??s assistant attorney general. After years of working as a lawyer, Hodes was elected to represent New Hampshire in the House of Representatives in 2006 and served as the president of the new class of representatives that year. Aside from his legal and political careers, Hodes also moonlights...
...impact of the Massachusetts initiative for “clean coal” power plants will stretch beyond the state??s borders, since coal emissions are a global problem. Similarly, Harvard’s commitment to reduce its net emissions to zero could be one small step on the long road to climate neutrality. Collaborative efforts between Harvard and Boston demonstrate the important recognition that Harvard is an important player in the communities of Boston and Massachusetts...