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These days, Bill Gates is as well known for setting new trends in humanitarianism as he is for advancing technology. On Jan. 29, Gates announced that his charitable foundation would, over the course of the next decade, donate $10 billion to vaccine development, research, and delivery—the largest...
The need for vaccines in developing countries is still great, and the amount of lives to be saved with immunizations for epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and pneumonia numbers in the millions. While many agencies and international organizations like the World Health Organization are working for similar improvements in this area...
Yet, while the benefits of this announcement are laudable, one part of Gates’s presentation of this effort has stirred some controversy—with good reason. During the initial announcement of this campaign, Gates outlined the risk of governments diverting aid normally marked for health toward climate...
While it is true that many of the world’s problems are intricately linked, Gates unnecessarily antagonized much of the global community with his statement. His donation speaks to his own priorities, and he did not need to conflate his good deed with a comment on a separate...
Anyway, these three professors—who tweet about a range of topics related to their respective areas of expertise—have made the effort to leave the Ivory Tower and communicate with the world beyond the gates of Harvard. Here’s a little rundown of each...