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While Schrock said he will “wait to assess his ideas” for the Board until the new members’ first meeting in September, he hopes he can put his scientific background...
Derek C. Bok has revived the president’s annual report, assessing his year in Harvard’s highest office and looking at the University’s future in a 34-page letter set to be released this morning. The “President’s Report,” as it is officially titled, had been neglected for over a decade, last appearing when former President Neil L. Rudenstine released a report covering 1993 to 1995 that focused on diversity at Harvard. Bok said in an interview last week that he had no grand plans...
...basic science chairs. The meetings have been informative and discussions productive. It is essential that they continue. And they ought to extend to more tangible planning efforts with the other schools at Harvard. It is the objective of the newly created Harvard University Committee on Science and Engineering to assess and define various options in this regard. I am pleased to see that the Medical School and the hospitals are well-represented on the committee’s membership...
...According to Adams House Resident Tutor Elizabeth E. Blair, tutors are trained in how to interview students, taught specific techniques to assess mental health, and instructed to refer students to professional resources offered by the University...
...partial evidence can have disastrous results. A thesis may begin with Paul’s version of belief, but it is developed only with a commitment to a process akin to the scientific method. You try out a hypothesis, have the guts to follow it through, and then evenly assess what you have. Crises of belief—“what if I am wrong?”—do threaten one’s resolve to forge ahead, but they also offer a check against becoming enamored with one’s argument. Cognitive dissonance...