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Harvard Puts Plans for Health Unit on Hold

By Maria Di Mento

Harvard University has halted a plan to hire 155 staff members and scholars after it failed to receive any of the $115-million Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of the Oracle software company, promised to give the university.

The proposed Ellison Institute for World Health, which Harvard planned to create with the money, has laid off three managers, who...

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