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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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Historian and Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust has won a $50,000 prize from the New York Historical Society for “This Republic of Suffering: Death...
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made popular Mar 10 2009
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Harvard University is planning to restore the luxury suite where Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived during his four years at the school.
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The economic crisis has forced Harvard University to consider pausing a planned expansion in Boston.
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made popular Feb 18 2009
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Harvard to cut 50 endowment jobs
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Professor who slammed Clinton will be Obama aide
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Samantha Power, the Harvard University professor who earned notoriety for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton a “monster” while working to elect Barack Obama...
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made popular Jan 29 2009
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Harvard gets record 29,000 applicants for fall
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A record 29,000 people have applied for a spot in next fall’s freshman class at Harvard University.
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Salsa star Blades donates recordings to Harvard
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Harvard's endowment takes $8 billion hit
AP, Cambridge
Harvard University says its endowment has tumbled $8 billion in the four months since the end of the last fiscal year.
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made popular Dec 3 2008
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Sen. Kennedy awarded honorary degree from Harvard
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Saying he has “lived a blessed time,” Sen. Edward Kennedy smiled broadly and flashed a thumbs up Monday as he accepted an honorary degree Monday from his...
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Despite amassing an almost $37 billion endowment, Harvard University is warning that the economic slowdown has reached America’s richest university.
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Ig Nobel winners inspired by fleas, Coca-Cola
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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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