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With a new caretaker prime minister in place and elections promised for next year, the leaders of Thailand's Sept. 19 coup spent last week reassuring the world that the country was returning to some semblance of normalcy. But will the economy do the same? Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, a former general installed by the junta on Oct. 1, began his tenure by publicly committing himself to the "people's happiness." But Surayud's definition of happiness, which emphasizes "self-sufficient" economic practices over GDP growth, and consumption of local goods over foreign products, worries some economists and investors...
...would conclude his term in July.The Medical School will now begin a dean search at the same time as Harvard looks for a new president and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences seeks to find a new dean.The search won’t be concluded for several months. Interim President Derek C. Bok, who has already said that he will not select the next Faculty dean himself, has chosen as well to defer this decision to the as-yet-unnamed 28th University president.“Joe Martin has served the Harvard Medical School and the University with integrity, imagination...
...missed. For all its rhetoric during last winter’s Solomon court fight, the University has done precious little to exercise its clout in the interest of repealing both Solomon and DADT. What effect the University could have is unclear, but we can never know unless we try. Interim University President Derek C. Bok could easily write a letter to Congressional leaders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the White House, and send a copy along to the New York Times for good measure. One amicus brief from a group of law professors is not enough.Students, too, should focus...
Cambridge Public Health Department’s interim chief of public health, Karen A. Hacker, revealed that the department is currently examining the issue and New York City’s approach to it. In the mean time the department is “doing tremendous things for obesity prevention in Cambridge,” she said...
...College as well as the Harvard graduate schools—were selected in May of this year. Together with the faculty advisory group, they will report to the Presidential Search Committee, comprised of members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers. The committee does not include Interim President Derek C. Bok. Murray describes the role of the committee as one of “synthesizing” input from students and passing on such information to the search committee. He said that student advisors have regular contact with members of the search committee, “sometimes directly...