Word: susan
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...pretty tough year of recruiting,” said Professor of Economics Susan C. Athey, who co-chaired graduate recruitment. “We did lose a number of students that we were very interested in getting. The selling point that MIT gave is that it is a very interactive environment...
...second selection, “Shéhérazade,” shifted the atmosphere Eastward with lightly skittering strings backing the evocative melodies of mezzo-soprano guest artist Susan Graham. Graham carried the audience through the emotional narrative suggested in her performance of three poems, Tristan Klingsor’s “Asie,” “La Flûte enchantée,” and “L’Indifférent.” First wistful, then almost conversational, Graham engaged the audience with her poignant renderings of longing...
...reach of the disease is expanding, the reach of detection and treatment isn't. For a woman battling breast cancer in the industrialized West, new diagnosis and treatment options come along all the time. Not so elsewhere. On Sept. 28 and 29, the U.S.-based breast-cancer advocacy group Susan G. Komen for the Cure convened an international conference of doctors, advocates and survivors in Budapest. The delegates shared stories from more than 30 countries, and the differences among them were stark. In the U.S., an estimated $8.1 billion is spent to diagnose and treat breast cancer each year...
...Budapest, the U.S.-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an advocacy group with 125 affiliates around the world, convened a conference of doctors, survivors and advocates from 31 countries to map a global plan of action. A quiet march by 5,000 participants across the city's famed Chain Bridge--lit pink for the event--was the solemn coda to the meeting. But months before the Komen event was held, we had mobilized our own global resources to cover this growing health problem. Time's Hong Kong-based correspondent Kathleen Kingsbury, who wrote our cover story, surveyed the state...
Maher is right. Too often activism does become narcissism. At its very core, activism is meant to bring about social and political change. Our country’s greatest activists have focused on the issues, not themselves—people like Susan B. Anthony or Martin Luther King, Jr. Now it’s hard to tell whether purported activists are championing their causes or themselves...