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Summers’ second legacy is the expansion of Harvard’s presence in the life sciences. In the late 1990s, Stanford and MIT, not Harvard, were the leading technology incubators of the computer era. The strength of these universities, relative to our own, rose steadily over the past 50 years as they dominated the last technological revolution while Harvard stood by. Summers saw that for Harvard to keep its preeminence the University must play a more central role in the current biology-centered technological revolution. To that end, he championed initiatives like the Broad Institute and the Harvard...
Given the lack of original or valuable contribution made in the publication of these cartoons, and their clearly inflammatory purpose, the Salient should not have published the images and should instead have allowed the strength of its argumentation, not the sensationalism of the uproar it created, to provide the substance of its editorial remarks...
...bids out among second place teams, so our chances, I believe, are better than they’ve been in awhile.”Historically, to make the NIT teams need to have a Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of around 150 or lower. The RPI is a formula measuring strength of schedule maintained by the NCAA to help determine postseason participants. The formula is 25 percent team winning percentage, 50 percent average opponent winning percentage, and 25 percent the average winning percentage of the opponents of opponents.Harvard’s current RPI is 176, the lowest...
...stand behind him,” Mansfield said. “I think they should do so in chorus with President Summers himself.”‘RULE BY THE MOB’Many of the president’s backers said they were surprised by the strength of anti-Summers sentiment at the Feb. 7 Faculty meeting—which may explain why so many of his strongest supporters were absent from the session.“I mean, this was like someone having a heart attack,” said Lee Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin...
...with libero Laurence Favrot replacing him immediately afterwards—he insisted that his injury had improved significantly. “I half practiced yesterday, did some jump setting, and I felt pretty good,” Fitz said. “I’ll be full strength by next week.” But the return of two of its experienced veterans was not enough for Harvard. As has been the pattern all season, errors restricted the Crimson’s attack efficiency early in the match and prevented the offense from establishing a rhythm...