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Researchers sought to identify ingredients in glass, bathroom, and general-purpose cleaners that may cause respiratory distress and skin irritation and then gauge the potential for exposure to these ingredients during common cleaning tasks...
...sense of curiosity, an ability to imagine beyond one’s own isolated experience, and a respect for language and communication.And I’m not alone in these crazy thoughts! The historian Benedict Anderson postulates that it was the shared sense of the world inspired by the common reading of newspapers that led to the social units that became the various American nations. And Richard Rorty, that intellectual juggernaut, makes a compelling, if slightly idealistic, case that novels, in eliciting sympathy from their readers for protagonists, play a key role in training individuals to exercise the sympathy necessary...
...associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and practitioner at Massachusetts General Hospital, who was involved in the research. Krainc said acetylation of the Huntingtin protein could be made more efficient through medication, leading to quicker degradation of the mutant protein, and potentially relief from the disease. Common symptoms of Huntington’s—an inherited disease affecting about 30,000 people in the United States for which there is no known cure—include uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual faculties, and emotional disturbance. Current compounds used to increase acetylation lack the specificity that would...
From Adams to Winthrop, Mather to the Quad, it has been a fixture of the College’s House system, a concept older than the 12 upperclassmen Houses themselves. But some Harvard administrators say that after a history spanning two centuries and an ocean, the Senior Common Room—an idea originally conceived at British universities—is in need of an extensive reevaluation.According to the Report on Harvard House Renewal, which College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds released to the public last Tuesday, the SCR is an “outdated” and disconnected component...
...establishing bridges,” says Capasso. Colleagues say her experience as both an experimentalist and as a manager is the right combination for leading SEAS.“She is able to look at both the big picture and at details, and that’s not a common thing,” says Capasso. “She has this impressive management experience. We need someone who has both the vision but also knows how to run things.”—Staff writer Alissa M. D’Gama can be reached at adgama@fas.harvard.edu...