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...number of giving circles in the U.S. doubled from 2004 to 2006--to about 400, according to a study by the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers in Washington. Growth has continued since then: giving circles have donated $100 million over the past four years. And the ragged economy may be accelerating the trend. In Cadillac, Mich., Laurie Melstrom formed a giving circle in early October--just as the stock market was swooning. "This economic downturn has a lot of people breaking out into a sweat," says the 54-year-old homemaker. "Yet everyone said, 'Count me in.'" Individually...
...Hillel family, as opposed to the president of the most esteemed university in the world.” The floor at yesterday’s event was meant to be opened to all questions in what Hillel Director Bernard Steinberg termed “a completely open forum.” But students wasted no time narrowing the subject of their inquiries to the impending presidential election and the recent economic crisis, with one Hillel undergraduate questioning Summers on what the effects of an economic recession would be on the American workforce. According to Konstantin Pozin...
There was no lack of creativity at this year’s “Imagine, Invent, Impact: Harvard College Innovation Challenge,” sponsored by Harvard Entrepreneurial Forum, Harvard Student Agencies, and Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. The business suit was a rare sight as a sweatshirt-donning college crowd filled Fong auditorium to half capacity on Saturday...
...it’s just something genuinely different from the other South Asian dance shows on campus.” “Kalpanam” is also important as a venue for dancers trained in the classical style to continue to perform in college. It serves as a forum for them to share this part of their culture with the community. In portraying universal themes through an evocative traditional art form, the creators of “Kalpanam” hope to continue to broaden its audience beyond its devoted following. “Kalpanam,” which...
...Taliban regime in 2001, has prompted many in the Afghan government to consider reconciliation talks with moderate members of the insurgent group. Wednesday's bombing, however, may serve to dampen public enthusiasm for such talks. President Karzai, who was on his way to Turkey to attend the World Economic Forum on Europe and Asia, called the attack "heinous," saying "Our enemies are trying to undermine the recent efforts by the government for a peaceful solution to end the violence...