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...Harlem Children’s Zone, established by Geoffrey Canada, whom we will honor this week with the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award. This organization has transformed the lives of thousands of children in New York through after-school activities, mentoring, and family support...
...that end, Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and I last year formed a university-wide administrative committee charged with recommending ways in which we can enhance the support we give to undergraduates who wish to pursue public service opportunities while at Harvard or upon graduation. I look forward to receiving and acting on recommendations of the committee during the course of this academic year...
...also voted in support of developing an official alumni organization...
...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said recently that she may support a tax change, called a "loss carryback," that would allow money-losing companies to more quickly get tax refunds. Another provision under consideration would extend tax breaks that would allow companies to quickly write off the costs of new purchases. Though many of these provisions could be acted upon before the end of the year, another stimulus proposal to send more federal money to cash-strapped states in 2011 is likely to be put off another year. The February stimulus bill provided about two years of additional state funding. (Read...
...call for more stimulus efforts is the unemployment rate, which now sits at 9.8%, and is expected to rise into next year, even though the recession may have already officially ended. Republicans, who have long been critical of the $787 billion stimulus that passed in February, are likely to support some, if not most of these new spending programs, in part because they are politically popular. Texas Republican John Cornyn, a vocal opponent of the February stimulus, said recently that he was in favor of some more federal spending efforts. "I think there are things we need...