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Yesterday’s announcement by reclusive millionaire Jeffrey Epstein of his plans to contribute $30 million to fund a center for the study of mathematical biology provides a chance for redemption to the University, which recently lost a $12 million pledge by donor-activist Jane Fonda. Last week, Fonda reneged on her gift to the Graduate School of Education (GSE) in part because of the divergence of her vision of the center and that of the University...
...center often begins with a set of problems and often an entrepreneurial or charismatic leader and a donor,” Hyman said at the time. “What may happen years down the road when the leader has moved on is that the center may languish and may lack strong regular faculty leadership...
...year Lavietes entered Harvard, the family had fallen on hard times, and Lavietes often said that Harvard’s generosity in providing him with financial aid was a major reason he became a University donor...
...Kenyatta's son, Uhuru, as the next best man to rule Kenya. But this time the Professor of Politics, as Moi calls himself, faced a united opposition and an electorate set on punishing anyone associated with him. Kibaki won 62% of the votes. He hopes to woo back disgruntled donors, who have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for Kenya, by rooting out corruption - within 12 hours of the inauguration a policeman was arrested for taking a $1.20 bribe from a bus driver. That's a symbolic move; it will be much harder for Kibaki to go after...
...begun to see a very worrying regression, which we want to fight." Whoever wins will face the same old problems. Kenya's economy has been battered by two decades of corruption and negligence. The coffee industry has withered due to mismanagement and falling prices. Foreign investment and donor money have all but dried up because of worries over graft. Tourism is sure to be hit by the recent terrorist bombing in Mombasa. One in seven people is infected with hiv/aids, while more than half the population of 31 million lives on less than a dollar a day. "It's almost...