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...donation will strengthen the center’s research and encourage student study abroad...
...research with the intention of creating disease- and patient-specific stem cell lines. With respect to globalization, Summers has helped effect considerable cultural change at Harvard. After years in which the conventional wisdom was that a semester spent away from Harvard was a lost semester, students have begun studying abroad in record numbers. Summers also helped establish a Chilean office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and upon his recent visit to India, indicated that a similar initiative will soon be underway in Mumbai.Summers combined his astute sense for today’s big ideas with...
This has been a year of change for the academic and social lives of undergraduates. Some of our most established programs continue to expand, with about one-sixth of the student body planning to study or work abroad during term time or over the summer, and almost three-quarters of all freshmen enrolled in one of our 125 freshman seminars. The implementation of the curricular review’s proposals has begun, most notably in rethinking concentrations, creating new foundational courses, and revamping advising. And the campus life of the College has begun to thrive in new and exciting ways.The...
...very glad some people abroad are able to fully understand the Catalan spirit. I have to say, your article was very close to the thoughts and feelings of many Catalans. May one day freedom reach us as well. As a matter of fact, we in the south of Europe are a key component in preventing fanaticism around the world. The day the geographically big nations listen to the small ones, things will be better for all. Roger Bofill Vic, Spain...
Harvard Summer School also expanded its study-abroad programs, facilitating students paths’ to a summer outside the U.S. Just five years ago, Harvard offered only two such programs, forcing students to hunt through third-party offerings and plow through piles of paperwork and petitions. But despite the recent expansion in programs, Harvard has allocated limited financial aid for the students enrolled in them. And last April, the shortage of international study grants for Harvard’s students came to light as an increase in applications (eased by a new common grant application) meant that many students...