http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20433 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/stimulus-funds-provide-welcome-research-boost <!--paging_filter--><p>In remarks last month at the <a href="http://www.nih.gov/recovery/index.htm">National Institutes of Health</a> (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-the-American-Recovery-and-Reinvestment-Act-at-the-National-Institutes-of-Health/">President Barack Obama</a> said not only do we need stimulus money to create thousands of jobs in the sciences and technology, but also to get the progress of the nation’s research back on track.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/stimulus-funds-provide-welcome-research-boost">read more</a></p> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:15:58 -0400 705287540 21109 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/engineering-technology/articles/hansjorg-wyss-gives-125-million-create-institute-biologically-inspir <!--paging_filter--><p>Engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist <a title="" href="http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/awards/2007/wyss.html">Hansjörg Wyss</a> MBA ’65 has given Harvard University $125 million to create the Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.</p><p> Investigators at the Wyss Institute (pronounced “Vees”) will strive to uncover the engineering principles that govern living things, and use this knowledge to develop technology solutions for the most pressing healthcare and environmental issues facing humanity. Wyss’ gift is the largest individual gift in the University’s history.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/engineering-technology/articles/hansjorg-wyss-gives-125-million-create-institute-biologically-inspir">read more</a></p> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:48:09 -0400 404132862 20432 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu