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...months. “Flier’s only mandate was that we get started,” Golan said. There is currently little interaction among the seven individual graduate programs, Golan said. Four of the Ph.D programs are based in the Medical School Quadrangle in the Longwood Medical Area, and the remaining three—biophysics, chemical biology, and systems biology—are University-wide initiatives. Golan said that he hopes to identify and revamp components of the curriculum that are currently “relatively underdeveloped.” Although Golan said he does not know what...
...know how it’s going to impact people,” said Winthrop HoCo Co-Chair Kelley A. Humbert ’10. HoCos and their counterparts at Yale, College Committees, are the only undergraduate groups allotted designated parking space in the student tailgate area. “I’ve heard a lot of people are not even planning on going,” said Rafael A. P. Miranda ’09, co-chair of the Pforzheimer HoCo. “I know that some HoCos are doing extra things, but with the tailgate being...
...speculation that health-care reform in the Obama Administration will have to take a back seat to fixing the economy. Daschle has argued that one can't happen without the other, and his selection suggests that Obama agrees. But Daschle also knows from experience that health care is one area in which Obama's mantra of change has always been a hard sell. Shortly after the 2006 election, Daschle met with Obama at Tosca, Daschle's favorite Italian restaurant in downtown D.C., and urged him to consider running for President. "My message to Barack was, 'Don't always think...
...they have more than dumb luck going for them last Saturday, when they seized the Saudi supertanker MV Sirius Star and its cargo of more than $100 million worth of crude oil. This occurred despite the attention of navies from the U.S., NATO and others that were patrolling the area to protect shipping. (The Ukrainian vessel, MV Faina, remains one of 11 captive vessels currently moored off pirate ports as ransom negotiations continue...
...hijacking of the Sirius Star is also an embarrassment to NATO and the U.S., which had deployed naval vessels to protect shipping in the area in response to the recent uptick in attacks. According to the International Maritime Board, there have been some 80 pirate attacks off Somalia's coast this year. More than half of those were repelled, but the remainder have made for a highly lucrative year for Somali piracy...