Singer Rihanna is presented with the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award by Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation. It wasn’t Rihanna’s singing, but her caring and giving that was recognized last week when she received the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year honor for her philanthropic efforts aiding adults and children around the world, according to the Associated Press.
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Nobel laureate visits Dornsife’s speaker series
Nobel laureate Vernon Smith, commenting on society’s most basic structural elements, said that “the rules of property and modern conventions have ancient origins.” Commerce has existed since prehistoric times, and even primitive tribes increased their economic wealth through methods like specialization.
Bill Gates and Federal Minister Gerd Muller to speak at TUM
Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gerd MuISller, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, will be featured in the “TUM Speakers Series”. The founder of Microsoft and the politician will meet on February 17, at 4:45 pm, in the Technical University of Munich Audimax to speak with student Nicki Weber about development policy.