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...lifelong neighbors turned against each other in a spiral of ethnic enmity; two of the four women lost their fathers, while another watched as an uncle was dragged away to his death. As rockets pummeled the city, the girls huddled in the makeshift basement that served as their classroom. Deeply shaken, all four opted to study in Egypt after the war under a religious sponsorship. They returned at 18 in hijabs - a sharp break from their families' traditions. Their transformation was hardly unique. Aida Begic, 33, a director whose first feature film Snow has won numerous awards, says her teen...
...Richardson did not, in fact, violate any of the Medical School’s existing conflict of interest policies. But the AMSA students had touched upon an important matter—there was no written disclosure policy for the classroom at the time...
...following the widely-publicized departure of African American studies Professors K. Anthony Appiaha and Cornel R. West ’74 for Princeton the previous year. She quickly built a reputation as a student favorite, both for her engaging lectures and her accessibility to undergraduates outside the classroom. Carpio’s colleagues and teaching fellows described her as warm and sensitive. “I’ve noticed that students who have taken one class with her often go back for a second class, or will ask her to direct their senior theses,” said Professor...
...optimistic that technology alone will be able to carry the curriculum. “It’s not a magic bullet,” former Dean of the College and Computer Science Professor Harry R. Lewis ’68 says of the use of technology in the classroom. TRANSFORMING INTO SOMETHING ‘TRANSFORMATIVE’ The Gen Ed committee dedicated its first few months to trying to define what kinds of classes would fit into each of the eight categories mandated by the Gen Ed legislation of 2007, according to committee members—an indication...
...significant, there always seems to be considerable evidence that fails to confirm that trait’s importance. Context is often more important than traits. The athletic child who is the natural leader on the playground may lose that dominant position when the group returns to a well structured classroom. For example, in January 1940, Winston Churchill was regarded as a failed politician, but after the British defeat in France, he was seen as a charismatic leader who could rally the nation. Churchill’s traits did not change in 1940; the situation did.The traits-centered approach...