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...Institute at the Harvard Kennedy School will endow new faculty positions and provide Kennedy School students with scholarships, grants, and internships as part of a new initiative, the Kennedy School announced last week. The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation will endow about five to six new professorships over the next few years, according to Executive Director of the Ash Institute Marty Mauzy. It will also provide $10 million in new scholarships for its Mason Fellows, working professionals from developing nations who are students at the Kennedy School. Additional funds will also support students who are applying this spring...
...resistant to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. (Researchers have long known that about 1% of Europeans carry a genetic mutation that makes their cells resistant to HIV infection.) Bone marrow produces the cells that HIV attacks. So, the thinking went, inserting marrow that produces HIV-resistant cells might endow the patient with a means to repel the infection. Twenty months after the transplant, Huetter says, the man shows no signs of carrying the virus. (See stories of people surviving with...
...Despite the depressing nature of his subject, Moskos manages to draw a colorful portrait of Baltimore, even adding dashes of dark humor that endow the desperate inner city with humanity. On a disturbance call, Moskos must ascertain whether the relationship of a man and a woman is sexual and therefore legally “domestic,” a task requiring sensitivity to Baltimore slang...
...this new dynamic, the freshman insists that he has room to improve.“My personal goal is just to keep getting better through the year and continue getting acclimated to the game,” Gibbons explains.The rookie’s abundance of talent and insight endow him with tremendous potential to be an asset on the field. Yet, any exchange with Tillman suggests that the rookie’s admirable qualities extend far beyond the sidelines.Although Tillman is also a new face at Harvard, meaning that he did not recruit Gibbons himself, the coach recognizes that...
...Harvard, for the benefit of the student body, by forging and leveraging relationships with Harvard administrators and faculty members.” Chadbourne said he had not yet determined the amount of the award. “As a student myself, I am not in the position to endow millions of dollars to give a huge prize,” Chadbourne said. University policy calls for a minimum of $25,000 to establish the cheapest variety of permanent award. Originally questioned as an April Fool’s joke over the UC general e-mail list, the self-titled award...