From the Boston Globe: “Harvard University said yesterday it received the largest individual gift in its history, a $125 million donation from entrepreneur Hansjörg Wyss. The money will underwrite a new biological engineering institute where scientists will research everything from new materials inspired by the natural world to restoration of diseased tissue….’Little did I dream when I began my career in engineering that we would reach a point where engineers and biologists would be using nature's templates to create solutions to our medical and environmental challenges,’ Wyss said in a statement.”