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...acknowledges that there are only 24 hours in the day. But he already has the next few years mapped out. After he earns his Master of Music, he plans to attend graduate school and pursue stem cell research, continuing to practice cello while decreasing performance commitments. These days, Koh has orchestra practice at NEC three days a week for three hours at a time. He’s in the classroom four days a week, until 6:00 p.m. After all of that, he spends long nights essentially volunteering at the Scadden Lab he worked in as an undergrad...
...year clock has started ticking, and $21.5 billion from Obama’s stimulus package must be spent on research and development before September 2010. The University, hoping to claim its share of the federal funds, is scrambling to prepare preliminary proposals as it awaits further Congressional guidance. University administrators have asked faculty to submit grant proposals so that once federal agencies give the green light on funding, researchers will be prepared to move ahead with projects. While Harvard researchers anxiously await further guidance from federal grant-giving agencies, central administration officials are working with faculty across the science schools...
Substantial numbers of highly skilled immigrant workers have begun leaving the United States for their home countries, potentially damaging the economy’s ability to recover by removing a key source of talent, suggests a recent study led by a Harvard researcher. Skilled immigrants who have historically stayed in the United States have proved a key source of innovation for the nation’s economy, according to Vivek Wadhwa, a Law School senior research associate who led the study. Wadhwa said 52 percent of Silicon Valley startups and a quarter of startups nationwide were started by immigrants...
...people looking to lose weight, paying attention to calorie intake may be just as important as noting where those calories came from, according to a recent study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University. Though popular culture would lead many to believe that low fat diets are better than high fat diets with the same amount of calories, the study reveals that it is the number of calories that matters most. “I think that people can really pick whatever healthy diet they like...
...facts suggesting that, hey, maybe adult entertainment is not actually such a big deal; it seems like everyone is using it.” This isn’t the first time that Edelman’s academic pursuits have led him to the pornography industry. In his research today, he is interested in the adult entertainment industry as a surprisingly innovative, adaptive, and successful business model. “It’s an interesting management question,” he said. “The adult entertainment industry doesn’t have the benefit of many managers...