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...If there’s one thing Melinda Maxwell cannot abide, it is musical complacency. “It’s easy to think, ‘I’m making a nice sound. Can’t I just stay here? This is all I need to do.’...
...As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it’s something she does – and which she believes, from experience, is the key to making a greater impact....
...The honours list, the first signed off by King Charles III, also includes awards for Melinda Simmons, Britain’s ambassador to Kyiv, and Deborah Bronnert, her counterpart in Moscow....
...But the concertos by Melinda Wagner and Richard Wernick, Shulamit Ran’s Symphony, and Roberto Sierra’s new Ficciones could in no way even approach this task....
...She went on to Duke University, where she crammed a degree in computer science and a masters in business administration into just five years....
...But, for others, Covid-19 turned out to be a catalyst for growth and reinvention, writes chief business commentator Brooke Masters....
...Part of it, writes Brooke Masters, is about money. Powerful, well-funded opponents, like Epic chief executive Tim Sweeney and Spotify, are helping make the case for change....
...Over 120 influential speakers including Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, David Malpass, president of the World Bank, Melinda Gates, co-chair and trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Sebastián...
...Prof George Feinberg [at the University of London] “sparked my enthusiasm and made immunology so interesting and understandable, it was a really important milestone” on a masters....
...Melinda Gates has called on wealthy nations to stop “hoarding” coronavirus vaccines....
...Smart reads The Moment of Lift As prophesied by the title of her 2019 memoir, Melinda French Gates has reached a pivotal moment....
...While Swensen’s approach helped to drive billions of dollars of investment into private equity and hedge funds, transforming their founders into the “masters of the universe”, it wasn’t always smooth sailing...
...Third, as Brooke Masters notes in the FT, company boards need lateral vision to cope with a bewildering new range of ESG pressures....
...(FT, Reuters) Max von Sydow, actor, 1929-2020 Long feted in Sweden on stage and screen, Max von Sydow, who has died at 90, was a master of higher miserabilism....
...It’s like having an opportunity to go back to school and do another master’s. I never got to study something fun.” The networking potential of this kind is another part of the appeal....
...Scooter Braun and The Carlyle Group are currently learning how it feels to be one of Swift’s exes as she seeks to frame a battle over her masters as a fight for artists’ rights. Don’t bet against her....
...Also in Miami this week was the third Red auction to raise money to fight Aids, which on December 5 made a total of $10.5m, including matching funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Sotheby’s...
...After his masters degree he returned to his hometown of Manchester and got a job with a financial services company — but wanted to return to engineering....
...Before joining USAID, Shah, a medical doctor by training, spent time working in global health, including at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation....
...(NYT) Goldman Sachs has serious questions to answer Allegations about the bank’s dealings with 1MDB have the potential to cut deep, says Brooke Masters....
...In May 2018, Oxitec launched a pilot project in the Cayman Islands and has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation....
...Melinda Aulie left Europe aged 15 when her American parents moved from Madrid back to the family home in Chicago....
...His tastes are eclectic, he says, ranging from Old Masters to works inspired by travels with Susan, his third wife....
...Understanding how the brain works will enable people to master emotions such as pain and fear, Chen says....
...“I loved studying economics,” he says wistfully of his time taking a masters at the University of East Anglia....
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