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Pilots have always had a pretty generous standard for judging what constitutes a safe return home: any landing you can walk away from, they say, is a good one. All the current handwringing about the gouge on the belly of the space shuttle Endeavour notwithstanding, the odds are extremely high that the seven astronauts aboard the ship will indeed walk away when their mission ends 10 days from now. That doesn't mean that there won't be plenty of knotted stomachs in Mission Control and the homes of the crewmembers until then - and with good reason...
...recall, I reported earlier this summer that Benedict Gross had chosen to step down as Dean of Harvard College at the end of this month to return to full-time teaching and research as a member of our Faculty. To provide more time for me to consult with all of you concerning a permanent replacement, I am delighted to announce that Professor David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution and Curator of Paleoanthropology at the Peabody Museum, has generously agreed to serve as Dean of the College on an interim basis effective September...
...self-described “old-time Texan,” Baldwin will return to his home state to preside over 7,000 staff members at the Health Sciences Center’s five schools. Texas Tech is home to a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in addition to schools of pharmacy, allied health sciences, nursing and medicine...
...native Spanish speaker and a fifth-generation Texan, Baldwin said that the chance to return to his Texas roots played a significant role in his acceptance of the university’s offer...
...return to Harvard at such a pivotal moment and to have the opportunity to work with President Faust is an incredible privilege," Mostafavi said in a statement...