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...might possibly be headed for a real crash here,” said D. Quinn Mills, Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration...
...military interact with non-governmental organizations if American troops staged a humanitarian intervention in Sudan next year? That question was the focus of seminars at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., attended by six Harvard undergraduates this past Friday. The students, along with five fellows from the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, toured the college as part of the center’s “Military and American Democracy” study group. The trip, co-sponsored by the International Relations Council, served as a “capstone event for our seminar,” according...
...disappointing, however, to see this spike in student enthusiasm not matched by a comparable increase in funding. While many centers, including the Office of International Programs (OIP), indeed have more funding for grants this year, the greater funding has not come close to matching interest. The OIP, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Center for International Development, The Asia Center, and other sources of student grants should receive additional funds corresponding to the additional student demand. While the change in funding to these centers will likely not aid those scrambling to find grants for this summer, additional funding...
...Center for International Development (CID), said yesterday that she had not heard about Summers’ remarks and could not comment this weekend. The CID received six times more applications than it could fund this year, according to an e-mail sent to students who were denied funding. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs also saw an uptick in applications this year; about two-thirds of its applicants must look elsewhere for funding. But not all of the funding sources for travel grants received more applications this year. Martha H. Homer, director of student employment for the sizable Harvard College...
...coordinator for the Center for International Development (CID), in an e-mail. In an e-mail sent to rejected applicants, the CID said that they received six times more proposals than they were able to fund, making the selection process highly competitive. The CID funded nine research grants. The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) reported a 20 percent increase in the number of juniors seeking funding, rising to 90 applicants from 75 last year. “There are more internationally focused theses [this year],” said Clare Putnam, the student programs coordinator for the WCFIA, which...