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...Broad Foundation, created by philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad who are supporters of advancing medical knowledge and research, has donated $25 million to fund the creation of a new stem cell research center at the University of Southern California (USC). “There are two areas that are the most promising: human genomics, and stem cell research,” said Eli Broad, who donated a total of $200 million for the foundation of a genome research center at Harvard and MIT, at a press conference announcing the USC Broad Institute last week. The Institute, which will...
...don’t read ‘The Iliad.’ And she is someone whose opinion I take very seriously.”Vendler, who is currently on leave for the academic year, could not be reached for comment.Teskey’s worries stem in large part from the limited time an undergraduate has to receive an education.“It’s always important to remember that if you put something on the curriculum you have to take something else off,” he says.Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism James...
...best of what Summers started—curriculum reform, wider financial aid, more support for international study, and expansion to Allston—and keep it moving in a way that won’t have to be revisited by his permanent replacement. (On Allston, placing the new Harvard Stem Cell Insitute on Western Ave. and tapping an avant-garde German architect to design it seems like an excellent start. Both faculty and students will be a lot more excited about moving to the other side of the Charles if it looks visually stunning and becomes a hub of cutting...
...healthy prions must have a function that is not essential to the survival of the cell. A post-doc in the lab, Andrew Steele, proposed the study three years ago. Lindquist said Steele became interested in the normal function of prions after noticing high concentrations of healthy prions in stem cells. In an e-mail, Steele said the lab might now study the function of the Prp(c) gene in adult stem cells. They may also investigate the signaling pathways that involve healthy prions...
...core reasons that students supported Summers: he was passionately interested in their ideas and their experiences. He didn’t listen politely and then move on to the next student in line. Instead, he argued with students about every conceivable topic, from curricular reform to the ethics of stem cell research to the war in Iraq. Summers showed up at undergraduate events, and he meaningfully talked with students. He asked tough questions and then listened to thoughtful answers. He forced students into real conversations, short on platitudes and long on substance. Occasionally the students forced him onto the dance...