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Full access to antiretroviral drugs would cut AIDS deaths drastically in South Africa
Sep 14 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

Approximately 5 to 6 million South Africans are infected with HIV. Nineteen percent of the country’s adult population aged between 15 and 49 carries the deadly virus. Unfortunately, only one-third of the HIV infected South Africans have access to...

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Alum gives Harvard $125M for bioengineering center
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A business school alumnus has given Harvard University its largest individual donation ever _ $125 million to start a bioengineering institute.
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The 2008 Ig Nobel winners, awarded Thursday at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine:
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They don’t play games quite like Auburn-LSU at Harvard University or Hutchinson Community College.
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Harvard's endowment grows to nearly $37 billion
AP, Cambridge
Harvard University’s endowment has survived market turbulence and a transition in leadership to grow to nearly $37 billion in the recently completed fiscal year.
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Harvard to review campus police after complaints
AP, Cambridge
Harvard University is reviewing its campus police department amid concerns officers have unfairly stopped black people because of their race.
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made popular Aug 27 2008
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Survey: Gas and violence among hurricane worries
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Nearly one-fourth of people in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina would refuse to evacuate for a storm if told to, a survey released Wednesday by Harvard University...
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Kennedy getting honorary degree from Harvard
AP, Cambridge
Sen. Edward Kennedy is being awarded an honorary degree by Harvard University.The Massachusetts Democrat was to receive the degree as part of Harvard’s 357th...
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Harvard Says Hacker Broke Into System
AP, Cambridge
Harvard University is notifying thousands of graduate students and applicants that their personal information may have been exposed by a data breach.The Ivy League...
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made popular Mar 13 2008
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Harvard Tries Women-Only Gym Hours
AP, Boston
Harvard University has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week, a move to accomodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot...
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made popular Mar 4 2008
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India is growing but no Indian university among top 200 in world
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India is said to be the country of cheap labor and great human resources. Indian economy is going great and being termed as one of the fastest growing economies in the...
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Harvard researchers develop world's first flying robotic insect
Jolly, Jalandhar
Flies! The detestable little creatures. Who’d have thought that they could be useful for anything, anything at all? Well, thanks to a group of Harvard...
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David Halberstam, journalist turned author dies in a car accident
Neha, shimla
David Halberstam, the author who won Pulitzer Prize for his reports on the war was killed in a car crash yesterday. He was 73. Halberstam was a passenger in a car that...
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p53 tans skin and fights skin cancer
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Skin cancer is the most common type of human cancer today, and it is increasing at an astounding rate. Thus it is a sign of relief that the Researchers from the...
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Dinosaur bone-genomes surprise scientists
Irani, New Delhi
The new finding of dino bones surprisingly reveals that the genomes of both the birds and the dinosaurs are short, defying the earlier fining that relatively shorter...
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A big waist is a big waste
Asmita, Shimla
According to U.S. researchers, a slim waist is the standard of feminine beauty most often mentioned in literature from a variety of cultures. For ages, the benchmark...
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Harvard & IIM A prepares combined program to teach IAS officers in India
Pratyush, New Delhi
Now Harvard University is all set to teach Indian civil servants on “Governance Challenges in India.” Harvard University’s Kennedy School of...
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Chala Lalu professor banne, 'Political Joker' wants to be professor now
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Image Lalu Prasad, most of the time, said, as the man doing foolish acts to get popularity in Indian Politics, is country’s Railway Minister. His presence,...
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Indian Railway Minister and RJD supreme Lalu Prasad has turned Indian railway in a profitable unit. Now the management gurus are coming to this new age avatar of Indian...
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Statement from Kennedy's doctors on brain tumor
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Statement released by Sen. Edward Kennedy’s office from doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital:Over the course of the last several days, we’ve done a...
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Irani, New Delhi
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