A young psychology concentrator is leading a class discussion on decision-making and emotion, and Christine Soutter, graduate student and teaching fellow for this sophomore tutorial, cant believe what shes hearing. Although its just a few months into the students serious engagement with the subject, their discussion of emotion is at the level of polished graduate students.
More than anything, perhaps, it is an act of defiance – of light defying the encroaching darkness, of silence insisting on peace amid the crashing noise of a world chasing madly after temporal rewards.
Recording Secretary John Hanselman, who has shepherded alumni gifts to the University for nearly a quarter of a century, is leaving Harvard. Hanselman steps down today to take a new position as executive director of Cambridge in America, the U.S. branch of Cambridge Universitys alumni and development organization. He will direct the American fundraising for the university as it approaches its 800th anniversary.
This past Sunday, Feb. 25, Harvard musicians, music teachers, and music lovers got a hint of what to expect when James Levine takes over as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO).
Theres a story told of a poor farmer in a developing country who, when given access to a computer hooked to the Internet, was able to check commodity prices in faraway markets to see how he should price his goods.
A famously handsome former star of L.A. Law and future co-star of Julia Roberts was the emcee at the 17th annual Cultural Rhythms festival. Actor, director, and producer Blair Underwood accepted the honor of 2002 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, which is headed by S. Allen Counter. In a packed Sanders Theatre, President Lawrence H. Summers and Harvard College Dean Harry R. Lewis presented Underwood with a plaque in his honor.The debonair Blair then took charge of a dazzling celebration of performing arts from around the world.
As a result of productive collective bargaining, Harvard University and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 254 have reached agreement on a new contract that will significantly increase wages and address the affordability of health care for Harvard’s custodial workers.
Breathing a collective sigh of relief that they are not violating federal law, the nations teachers return this week to the widespread practice of letting students correct each others papers. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Falvo vs. Owasso School System, deciding that grading another students paper is legal. The court rejected the politically correct view that students grades must be secret from their classmates. The court offered the view that students can learn as much from grading each others tests as they do from taking them – and save their teachers time, as well. Yet, the case is not closed on the educational effectiveness of such practices.
The Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies, chaired by Professor Lawrence Katz, released its final report (the Katz Report) on December 19, 2001, after months of consultation, analysis, and…
Daniel Lieberman can see millions of years of human evolution at a glance. The collection of skulls on his office shelves come from chimpanzees, long-extinct humans, and modern men and women. The hollow eye sockets, ancient teeth, and empty skulls pose the same question every day: What made us different from our archaic ancestors?
Five Massachusetts Democrats running for governor squared off on environmental issues Tuesday evening (Feb. 19), trading compliments, jabs, and even the occasional joke amidst talk of preserving open space, cleaning up Bay State waters, and disposing of ever-larger heaps of trash.
The human body shelters a zoo of microbes – thousands of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Some are helpful, some are harmful, many are unknown. Its a good bet that some of the unknowns provoke diseases whose causes remain a mystery.
At its 116th annual meeting in January, the American Historical Association (AHA) presented Kennedy School of Government Professor Ernest Richard May, the Charles Warren Professor of American History, the Award for Scholarly Distinction.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 16. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office from 4 to 5 p.m. on the following dates: March 5 April 10 May 8…
A memorial service for Charles Segal, Walter C. Klein Professor of the Classics, will be held on Friday, March 1, at 3 p.m., at the Memorial Church. The service will be followed by a reception at the Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St., from 4 to 6 p.m. Segal died on New Years Day after a long struggle with cancer. He was 65.
With spending on prescription drugs the fastest-growing component of the health-care budget, physicians and policy makers are concerned about the potential for direct-to-consumer advertising to accelerate this growth.
John M. Jack Barnaby, a 1932 Harvard graduate who coached Crimson tennis and squash teams for seven decades, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at his home in Lexington. He was 92 years old.
With $600,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS), in collaboration with the Boston Plan for Excellence, will provide $14,000 stipends for qualified midcareer professionals who would like to transition to teaching careers. The support will ensure candidates in GSEs MidCareer Math and Science Program a stipend of $4,000 per year for each of the two years in the program plus $10,000 for their role as BPS interns in the first year. Candidates who satisfy Boston Public School requirements will be guaranteed teaching positions immediately after graduation. The teachers will also be part of an ongoing support network and professional education network.
Nominations are now being sought for the fourth annual Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HMS/HSDM) Deans Community Service Award. Faculty, residents, and students at all affiliated institutions are eligible for the award, which recognizes outstanding personal efforts in serving the local, national, or international community. At least one faculty member, trainee, staff member, and student are selected each year in recognition of their participation in community service activities and programs. The award includes a donation of $1,000 to the recipients community service program. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 22.
The zebrafish floated on the video screen, the image piped in from a small container whose black and white striped walls rotated, providing motion on which the fish could focus. After a moment, one eye moved, indicating that the fish could see the motion around it.
Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade and director of the Center for International Development, has been named a special adviser to the United Nations secretary-general on the UNs Millennium Development Goals.
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