Tag: Sri Lanka
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Nation & World
The bright side of Pakistan
A January conference in Pakistan on urbanization was the first of five in the region and a result of Harvard’s South Asia Institute’s growing work there.
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Campus & Community
Leading the way
In a series of profiles, Gazette writers showcase some of these stellar graduates, including Lahiru Jayatilaka, who as a young computer whiz learned a lasting lesson about the importance of precision.
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Science & Tech
Scholar makes robots that detect land mines
On Oct. 10, 2005 — he remembers the date exactly — Thrishantha Nanayakkara was driving down a country road, headed for a science workshop at Jaffna Central College, a high school in the far north of Sri Lanka. The event was designed to distract potential child soldiers from the allure of war.
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Health
Fellow’s focus is foggy, froggy forest
In the dark of the Sri Lankan cloud forest, the researchers’ only guide was the headlamps they used to light up the night, illuminating the cold, gray mist that drifted through the trees.
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Science & Tech
Center for Environment announces new fellows
From Sri Lankan tree frogs and Australian algae to the grasslands of East Africa, the research topics of the latest group of Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) Environmental Fellows represent their diverse backgrounds. The five fellows — from five different countries — will begin their work this September, joining the five fellows from…