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...English—and the other humanities—are valuable courses of study, along with more “practical” majors like economics or chemistry, but only if departments are willing to develop their curriculum to suit the times. Harvard’s new English program allows for much greater flexibility of study and can incorporate a wider variety of interests.English is no longer a field whose scope can be limited to Great Britain and North America. Literature written in English is truly a transnational corpus, as migration and colonization have spurred the creation of English works...
...intend to resume searches once the financial situation turns around. At that time, we plan to allow departments to proceed with their original searches or to switch those searches to new fields, so long as they align with the departments’ academic plans. Thus, it is imperative that we continue with the academic planning process...
...said that if I were at a different school or if I had a pro career, he’d clear me. But given my circumstances, the risk was too great,” said Groszyk. Most would have taken the specialist at his word. Groszyk refused to allow for the injury to define what he could and could not do. Abandoning his game was out of the question. “The biggest reason why I am here is to play basketball.” Groszyk said. “When that was taken away from me, I definitely...
...example, if a bacteria is treated with two drugs, A and B, and becomes resistant to drug A, then drug A is no longer an effective treatment. But if drug A suppresses some of the effect of drug B, then developing a resistance to drug A might allow drug B to become more potent, thus having an overall deleterious effect on the bacteria. In effect, Kishony said, “getting beat up by one is worse than getting beat up by both...
...enough fuel to land the plane?’” The plane had crashed as a result of this miscommunication, and, for Gladwell, the reason was clear. “There was a social breakdown...It was a symptom of a culture’s inability to allow subordinates to question their superiors,” he said. “This plane crash cannot be understood just on the basis of the individual, it has to be understood as part of a much larger cultural context.” In “Outliers...