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...Rapier was brought on to spearhead the University’s long-awaited capital campaign, originally scheduled to be launched in 2006 or 2007. But the campaign was delayed several times amid the tumult surrounding Summers’ comments about women in science and his persistent battles with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which left many alumni disaffected...
...holding reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Ibrahim Jaaber to nine points on 3-of-7 shooting. All three of Jaaber’s makes from the floor were dunks. But like Housman, Jaaber made his impact on defense, harassing Housman and picking up six steals to spearhead Penn’s 10 fast-break points.“For my money, Jaaber is one of the best kids to ever play in this league,” Sullivan said. “He’s got pro hands and pro quickness. It’s no fluke...
...sufficiently worrisome that former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is once again leading a drive to contain Ahmadinejad and his political ambitions. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who heads the executive branch in Iran's system, asked Rafsanjani - who was beaten by Ahmadinejad in the last presidential election - to spearhead a similar effort last year, after Ahmadinejad's remarks about Israel sparked an international outcry. That intervention was late and ineffective, but this time Rafsanjani is moving more quickly and aggressively to defuse tensions with the West. The former president has been meeting with MPs critical of the President, and issued...
Harvard and its teaching hospitals have invested $200,000 to spearhead an effort that would help the spouses of faculty members find jobs in the region. The New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (NE-HERC), a online partnership of 36 academic institutions, was launched over the weekend, specifically to accommodate dual-career searches of spouses and partners. In trying to address this challenge, the NE-HERC offers directories of regional resources such as childcare, lifestyle, and relocation services. The NE-HERC website had 12,000 visitors yesterday, and already has over 300 registered users. “In the past...
...that was already being arranged before he landed. So he started looking for beyond the obvious, for something that would make both a difference and a statement. Within a few weeks, he and former Senator Bob Dole, the man he had defeated for President in 1996, announced they would spearhead a $100 million effort to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those who had been killed or disabled in the attack. It was a prelude to an even more unexpected Odd Couple act: An unlikely partnership with George Herbert Walker Bush that raised $1 billion for tsunami...