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Obama’s reversal of George W. Bush’s 2001 restriction, combined with the recent federal economic stimulus package, means that stem cell researchers nationwide could now be eligible for an unprecedented $10.4 billion from the National Institutes of Health, the primary federal agency for biomedical research funding...
...Diversity Council—created to advise the IOP’s Student Advisory Committee and the broader IOP community—aims to increase “diversity of opinions as well as racial, economic, gender and international diversity,” according to founder Honor S. W. McGee ’10. Each Council member works with a distinct IOP program, such as the IOP forum or IOP TV, to publicize events, offer advice on appealing to a more diverse audience, and encourage racial groups to actively engage with the IOP. Council members have also begun compiling suggested...
...website, composers can receive up to $2,000 for each minute of music they write.For burgeoning composers interested in commercial music, this generous pay is good news. “There are increasingly less and less film opportunities,” composer and Music concentrator Eric W. Lin ’09 says. “Usually the really big budget studio films are dominated by anywhere between 10 to 30 names.”Unlike composers of film scores who have achieved respect and status—the first Oscar for Best Original Music Score was given...
...Michael W. Shannon, the first African-American professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, whose work on environmental health and modern dance delighted colleagues and audiences alike, died Tuesday. Shannon was returning from vacation when he collapsed for unknown reasons, according to the Boston Globe. He was 55. The former head of emergency medicine at Harvard-affiliate Children’s Hospital was a leading authority on pediatric toxicology, said Gary R. Fleisher, chair of the Boston hospital’s department of medicine. “He was extremely reliable—you could depend on him for anything...
...what he called “modern pi fixation.” Anderson also made sure to perform his pi rap based on Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” according to Juliana Belding, who organized Tuesday’s Math Table. Francois W. Greer ’11, who came in third place at last year’s pi-reciting contest, said he had not realized that the celebrations would be missing. He said that even if the festivities were taking place this year, he probably would not participate as he no longer...