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Two schools share $4 million estate
A 92-year old resident of Somerville, Mass., split her $4 million estate between Tufts and Boston universities in her will. Doris W. York had no relation to either institution, graduating from Portia Law School and working for the United States Trust Co. in Boston. York’s act was partially defiant. A lawyer and bank executive, she worked her way through school after her father refused to give her money, claiming that women had no place in higher education. She stipulated that the money be used toward scholarships to women from Somerville, Mass.

MIT will help build $100 laptops
The United Nations Development Programme and the nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child signed an agreement to develop $100 laptops for schoolchildren around the world. The plan includes assistance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory for production of the laptops, which are battery operated and rechargeable by a hand crank. A prototype was revealed at the United Nations World Summit on the Information System in November. The U.N. agency and government leaders in developing countries have agreed to aid with distribution efforts once the first computer is available in early 2007.
—Emily Begnaud

 
 
 


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