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Hindustan Times
24-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Who is Harvard President Alan Garber and what is his salary?
Alan Garber, current president of Harvard, has been making headlines recently due to his stance against the Trump administration's efforts tp revoke the college's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and deny it up to $2.3 million in federal grants. Born in 1955 in Rock Island, Illinois, to a Jewish family, Garber's association with Harvard has spanned well over five decades. After passing out from Rock Island High School in 1973, he then went on to graduate summa cum laude from Harvard with an AB in Economics in 1976 and an AM in Economics in 1977. In 1982, he further earned a PhD in Economics from the same university, along with receiving an MD with research honors from Stanford University School of Medicine in the same year. This was followed by his employment as a faculty member at Stanford University from 1986 to 2011. Read More: US judge blocks Trump administration's move to revoke Harvard's international student enrolment rights Graber then joined Harvard as provost and chief academic officer in 2011. He took over as the university's interim president on January 2, 2024 following then-president Claudine Gray's resignation amid concerns over her handling of pro-Palestinian and antisemitism sentiments on campus. Owing to his proven leadership and conflict management skills, he was named president on August 2, 2024. Harvard's official website currently describes Garber as, 'the Mallinckrodt Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, a Professor of Economics in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Public Policy in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. An economist and physician, he studies methods for improving health care productivity and health care financing.' Read More: Mark Carney's daughter, Belgian royal among high-profile Harvard students affected by Trump's move Though Garber's exact salary for FY2025 remains undisclosed, according to Harvard's most recent publicly available tax filing, he earned more than $1.1 million a year in compensation as provost. In order to deal with the drastic cuts in university budget due to the freezing of federal funds, Garber recently announced his decision to take a voluntary 25% cut in his paycheck. Several senior administrators have also agreed to follow in his footsteps and take voluntary cuts in pay to ease the university's financial burden. In other cost-cutting measures, Harvard froze all staff hiring in March, urged schools to reduce discretionary spending, paused taking up multi-year commitments, and halted capital projects. Merit-based pay raises for faculty and union staff for FY2026 are to be discontinued, according to an announcement made in April, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has been instructed to create backup plans to deal with budget shortfalls. About 80 faculty members across various academic units have pledged 10% of their salaries to Harvard for up to a year if they continue to resist fiscal threats from the federal government. Garber had last taken a voluntary 25% pay cut in 2020 to deal with the financial blowback faced by the university due to COVID-19.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Students celebrate diversity at Rock Island High School Culture Festival
Rock Island High School is home to students from more than 30 countries. Students came together to celebrate that diversity. Our Quad Cities News photojournalist Mike Colón takes us on a tour of the 3rd Annual Culture Festival. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Rock Island High Class of 2025 will receive scholarships
The Rock Island High School Class of 2025 will receive $180,700 in scholarships from the RockIsland-Milan Education Foundation at the Austin Academic Achievement Awards andScholarships Night, according to a news release. The annual event will be held on Wednesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the RIHS Auditorium where 68 accomplished RIHS seniors will receive $36,000 in Austin Academic Achievement Award (AAAA) scholarships and $144,700 in RIMEF Named scholarships at the annual ceremony. AAAA Departmental Award Scholarships are selected by teachers within 10 individual academicareas. First place students in each area will receive $2,000 and second place will receive $1,500. This is the 45th year these scholarships will be awarded and funded by the RIMEF. RIMEF Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000 and are awarded for academics, athletics, community involvement, etc. RIHS students completed just one application for the 52 separatenamed scholarships providing over 80 individual scholarship opportunities. One new award wasestablished this year – Nature's Treatment of Illinois Scholarship – awarded for community service and GPA. In addition, the RIMEF will recognize the academic accomplishments of the Top Ten from eachclass. These hard-working students will be rewarded with a gift-bundle along with a certificate ofrecognition. During this special night, 128 Rock Island High School scholars will celebrate with their parents, family, friends, and teachers. The Austin Academic Achievement Award program and RIMEF Scholarships are made possible through the generosity of individual/family and business contributors/benefactors. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Weapon found on student entering Rock Island High School
Rock Island High School parents were sent a message Monday morning from the Rock Island-Milan School District alerting them to a handgun being found on a student by the school's weapons detection system. Here is the message sent to the parents of high school students: 'RIHS Families, RIMSD staff and the Rock Island Police Department are investigating a situation at Rock Island High School Monday morning. During arrival time, a student was flagged by our weapons detection system. After a search, a weapon was found. The student willingly consented to the search and gave up the weapon. The school was immediately placed on a hold. No one was harmed and there is no threat to the school.' Our Quad Cities News reached out to the school district for comment, and it provided this statement: 'RIMSD staff and the Rock Island Police Department are investigating a situation at Rock Island High School Monday morning. During arrival time, a student was flagged by our weapons detection system. After a search, a handgun was found. The student willingly consented to the search and gave up the weapon. The school was immediately placed on a brief hold. No one was harmed and there is no threat to the school. We are thankful for our school leadership and safety team at RIHS who acted quickly to ensure the safety and security of our scholars and staff.' This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Local 4, Fox 18 and for updates. Got a news tip? Forward it to Our Quad Cities News on Twitter or Facebook or download our app on your iPhone or Android phone. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rock Island High students help blood supply with donations
Rock Island High School students beat Thursday's collection goal of 34 blood donations, according to a news release from ImpactLife. Others who want to support the region's blood supply can schedule an appointment at a local Donor Center or find a nearby mobile blood drive by calling 800-747-5401 or book online here. The blood drives at high schools important for making young people aware of the need for blood donors, according to ImpactLife. Across its service region, ImpactLife holds about 500 blood drives with high schools every school year and recognizes the importance of student donors through the Student Impact Award, which is given at the time of graduation to students who give blood, recruit donors, and/or organize blood drives while in high school. To receive the Student Impact Award, recipients must earn six credits in any of the following categories before high school graduation: donating blood (one credit per donation); recruiting a new or lapsed donor (one credit per donor); volunteering for blood drive planning (one credit per blood drive); or by serving as a Blood Drive Coordinator (six credits per blood drive). For more information on the Student Impact Award, visit here. In addition, ImpactLife offers the LifeSavings Grant to recognize and thank schools that sponsor blood drives. Primary and secondary schools that host blood drives qualify for the grant program by sponsoring blood drives that collect at least 20 donations. LifeSavings Grants can be used to fund scholarships, make a charitable donation, provide for classroom or curriculum needs, or help defray expenses related to the blood drive. After each blood drive, schools can apply to receive a grant of $250, plus $1 for each donation. During the previous school year, ImpactLife awarded more than $130,000 in Lifesavings Grants to more than 450 schools that applied. For more information, visit here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
