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...begin, Harvard once had an undergraduate engineering school. It began in 1847 as part of the Lawrence Scientific School and was, in 1938, completely subsumed into FAS. Once absorbed, engineering was the only part of the College to eschew formal examinations for undergraduates. (Physics and chemistry, both subjects in the Scientific School, had mandated them). It was also the only discipline to confer undergraduate degrees besides the A.B. (Bachelor of Arts) and S.B. (Bachelor of Science) degrees—in Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Metallurgical Engineering. And even the S.B. degree in 1906 did not even require Latin...
...independent validation of research methods and strategies.In addition, the researchers said yesterday that they would be using “fail-to-fertilize” eggs from in vitro fertilization clinics. They added that they are in the process of taking the necessary regulatory steps so that they can begin to harvest fresh eggs from donors on a strictly voluntary basis.The research is complicated further by government regulations in place since 2001 that prohibit the use of federal funds for human embryonic stem cell research that uses new cell lines.To ensure compliance, Hyman said, the HSCI...
...find evidence of discrimination. What the Council did do was inform a large—and repeatedly harrassed—segment of the University population that the administration is unconcerned about their situation. In much the same way, Harvard has not taken the concrete steps it should to begin to solve the problems of race relations on campus. But it’s not simply oversight that prompts administration neglect of these issues. It’s fear, mostly of alumni. The men who run this University think those who went there in years past and who now provide...
...insurgency movement that set the stage for Kenyan independence. But there was no secondary literature. Elkins handed in her thesis and decided that if she ever went back to graduate school, she would investigate these detention camps.Following a brief stint on Wall Street, Elkins arrived in the Yard to begin her graduate studies in history and the search for an untold story.CHASING CHALLENGESWhile most research relies on existing records, Elkins’ project was propelled by gaps in the record.Encountering destroyed files and a government-imposed 50-year silence, Elkins realized the immensity of the cover...
...worldwide,” says Lieberman, who adds that reducing the occurrence of genital herpes would make HIV much less transmissible.In addition, Lieberman says, RNAi could, “in principle,” be used to repress HIV—a hypothesis her laboratory will soon begin to test in a macaque-monkey model.LIKE THEY DO ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNELIn ancient times, humans and chimpanzees might have known each other—in the biblical sense, that is.Last month, a team of geneticists at HMS and MIT compared the human genome to that of chimpanzees and two more distant...