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Sheehan, an economics concentrator and another member of the Phi Beta Kappa Junior 24, wrote her senior thesis on rating agencies and their role in the sub-prime markets. In her spare time, Sheehan was president of the Seneca, a women’s non-profit organization; a Peer Advising Fellow; and a member of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business during her freshman and sophomore years...
...Science Center reopened at 11:45 a.m. after two teams of fire fighters outfitted with hazardous material suits entered the building, identified the five-gallon spill, and closed a series of valves at the sub-basement level...
...decades since Britain ended its rule in India, the two countries have had their share of spats. Indian resentment over past wrongs pushed the sub-continental giant to distance itself from its colonial master and forge a role as a "non-aligned" leader during the Cold War. For years, England-India cricket matches were charged with an extra element of rivalry as the Indian team tried to outdo their erstwhile colonial masters. A little over a decade ago an Indian Prime Minister called the U.K. a "third-rate" country after a perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused...
Global inequalities in health are among the greatest injustices facing our generation. Seven of the 10 leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa are treatable illnesses that have been largely curtailed in the developed world. Additionally, many diseases in the developing world currently lack safe, affordable interventions. Two of the greatest challenges to resolving these inequalities—developing new treatments and ways of administering them—are problems which research universities are uniquely suited to address...
...Most developing countries also lack the capacity to administer effective care. Coverage rates of the vaccine for dipheria, tetanus, and pertussis—despite costing less than a dollar per dose and only having to be administered once—have stagnated at around 50 percent in sub-Saharan Africa since its introduction in the 1970s. Efforts to introduce more complex treatments, including AIDS treatment, encountered the same implementation bottlenecks: a lack of human resources, physical infrastructure, supply chain capacity and managerial oversight...