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...longtime staff worker said she will likely accept the “generous” benefits of the package, including a year’s salary and improved insurance plans. She and two other staffers quoted by The Crimson in this article all asked that they not be named in order to protect their relationship with University officials...
...genocide and provided expert witness testimony before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Despite the seriousness of her work, Gagnon said Des Forges always maintained her sense of humor. “She was a great pleasure to work with and to be with,” her co-worker said. “She was fun, sociable, a wonderful colleague, mentor, and friend.” Des Forges is survived by her husband, Roger V. Des Forges, two children, and three grandchildren. “The Harvard-Radcliffe community should be so proud of her and so proud...
...from 47 countries in attendance, the networking permutations were dazzling. Sessions with titles like "Sisters Doing It For Ourselves: Approaching the Holy Texts as Non-Experts," and "Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms," drew activists and lawyers, Islamic scholars and anthropologists. Malaysian investment bankers sat in seminars with social workers from New Zealand, Thai anthropologists and American law professors. Feminist activists traded business cards with Islamic scholars. U.N. officials attended lectures parsing Koranic verses. Catholic and Jewish progressives shared their strategies for taking on hide-bound religious authorities. "Being here, you feel we are not alone," says Shilpa Kashelkar Nipunge...
...fact that one brave dining-hall worker had to stand in front of students last Thursday night as a representative of those who felt too threatened to be there otherwise was shocking. He told us that when people are already afraid of losing their jobs in this harsh economy, Harvard’s service workers feel as though they must keep quiet about their beliefs or closeted about their sexuality in front of their managers...
Winters, who is also an Extension School professor, praised Murphy as a hard worker behind the scenes of the Council...