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...announced the creation of a new program to provide impoverished women in developing countries with business and management education. Goldman’s $100 million initiative, “10,000 Women,” will provide economic support for HBS’s own “Colloquium for Participant-Centered Learning”—a program that brings faculty from around the world to Cambridge to study HBS’s famous case method. Senior HBS lecturer Michael Chu, whose research focuses on the intersection of business and market mechanisms with low-income populations, described women...
...York Public Library, where he will work on an intellectual history of the Cold War. Menand said he postponed his leave for a year in order to complete the general education proposal, as well as to co-teach Humanities 10, “An Introductory Humanities Colloquium,” with Renaissance scholar and fellow English professor Stephen Greenblatt. When he returns in the fall of 2008, Menand said it is unlikely that he will continue to teach English 177, “Art and Thought of the Cold War,” his popular departmental course that counts...
...Jack Bauer-esque terrorist standoff, is it ethical to torture a horse if it would compel a terrorist to reveal the location of a ticking bomb and save thousands of lives? At the April 24 “Facing Animals” colloquium, this scenario is presented as one of many to explore the controversial nuances of ethical animal treatment. “I think our intuitions provide clear direction. We ought to torture the horse,” says Patricia Herzog, panelist and author. Not all panelists agree: Martha C. Nussbaum, a professor of law and ethics...
...hiring personnel for the new system, all of which the new FAS dean will decide.The General Education system can only be a drastic change if it includes a plethora of new classes and an emphasis on pedagogical innovation. For instance, Humanities 10, “An Introduction to Humanities Colloquium,” which brought together two of Harvard’s most renowned and brilliant scholars to create a new class focused on small discussions, is a prime example of what the new curriculum should strive for. Currently, however, the rewards for creating such a class are next...
...With an emphasis on video games, the group attempts to connect the Harvard gaming community, the growing community of “game studies,” and the professional developer community.HIMG itself consists of four branches: the Harvard Gaming Initiative (HGI), the Harvard Interactive Media (HIM) Colloquium, the Harvard Interactive Media Development Group, and the Harvard Interactive Media Review, all of which relate to the development, study, and enjoyment of interactive media.DREAMS OF PIXEL GRANDEURThe centerpiece of the HIMG, though, is the Review. “There’s nothing like the Review right...