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...India. He doesn't shy away from the still-lopsided economy (at least one-quarter of the population is extremely poor, and many social services are in an appalling state). Most disturbingly, he warns that there has been a rotting away of the institutions that allowed democracy to thrive in the decades after 1947-political dynasties now dominate most Indian states, corruption has grown and criminals regularly contest (and win) polls...
...chief issues facing President-elect Faust will be the challenge of expanding science at Harvard while maintaining the coherence of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and allowing both small and large research endeavors to thrive. Such vexing tasks don’t call for someone with a particular academic background; they require and deserve a trustworthy steward with proven leadership and intellectual abilities—someone who can listen and who will respond intelligently and appropriately to new circumstances...
...From my experiences putting together a focused research group on cosmology, I could see how Faust understood many of the distinct issues and requirements facing scientists and how she absorbed what it takes to attract the most promising scientists and provide them with an environment in which they can thrive. Faust was consistently present at Radcliffe science activities, including fellows’ talks and science lectures, and made a point of including prominent scientists in the Dean’s Lecture Series every year. She also committed resources for travel to scientists with laboratories on other campuses and worked with...
...looking forward to spending many years sleeping on floors with no money,” says Isaac H. Ravishankara ’07 of his immediate future. But his friends believe he will thrive in his creative projects in the real world as much as he did at Harvard. Ravishankara’s online video shorts have gained him minor fame, and his movies have been featured on MTV’s college network. Now, as he heads out into the real world, he’s set on making it in the film industry. This year?...
...beginning of the end of its life as an oil producer. Without new finds, output is expected - optimistically - to halve in the next 20 years and stop in 30. And oil's legacy? A country that ranks 124th on the human-development index, but where Hummer and BMW dealerships thrive. Libreville itself has ranked among the Top 10 most expensive cities in the world for most of the past 20 years. But beyond these privileged circles, there is little evidence of a trickle-down effect. Opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou says his party, the Gabonese People's Union, figures that...