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...does not spend much time engaged in such speculation. At the moment, he and his colleagues are preoccupied with sequencing the Denisova hominin's nuclear genome. Using high-tech lab equipment and supercomputers, they are trying to make sense of this strange and startling discovery, in much the same way that their ancestors might have done tens of thousands of years ago, when they peered out into a windswept Siberian clearing and saw creatures at once familiar and foreign moving through the snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Discover an Ancient Human Relative | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

Assessing which portfolios are guaranteed to bring returns is a tricky task. The way the local and global economy works is such that market forces allow prices to fluctuate. The value of anything is subject to market forces, even a college education. In some countries’ economies, going to college is actually a disadvantageous thing to do. But because we value a university education so much in America, it is a premium. The more prestigious the school and the more degrees one racks up, the higher the probability that they are going to land that cushion job that they...

Author: By Patrick Jean Baptiste | Title: Investing in the Future | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

Investing in a modern university education bears little risk in today’s difficult financial times. Five hundred twenty-nine college savings plans and variants of it are the best way to start. The impact on our economy will be an increase in education across the spectrum, which will cause businesses to grow as the skills and goals of business owners will align and synergize in equilibrium...

Author: By Patrick Jean Baptiste | Title: Investing in the Future | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

...goal to attract the very best talent from around the world,” said Susan J. Pharr, a professor of Japanese politics and director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, who accompanied Faust on the trip. “Having the president go to Japan is a way to deepen the relationship, and to make sure that Harvard is well known in Japan...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Asia Trip Highlights Global Cooperation | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

William C. Kirby, chairman of the Harvard China Fund, said he hoped the center would pave the way for more academic partnerships with Chinese univerisities, support undergraduates and faculty research efforts, and bolster Harvard’s presence in China...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Asia Trip Highlights Global Cooperation | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

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