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...after meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and a memorial service marking the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rice plans to stop in Amman, Jordan, to offer King Abdullah her condolences for Wednesday's suicide bombings, and also counter-terror assistance...
Three distinguished lawyers debated the legality of counter-terrorism measures yesterday as part of the Dean’s Forum series at the Harvard Law School (HLS) moderated by HLS Dean Elena Kagan. During the discussion, entitled “Executive Power in an Age of Terrorism,” HLS alum Bradford A. Berenson argued in favor of controversial methods of combating terrorism. The former associate counsel to President George W. Bush said that measures such as indefinite detainment of suspected terrorists, military commissions, and even the use of torture were appropriate in extreme cases. “[September...
Harvard researchers have found new ways of assembling nanowires—ultra-thin wires that have the potential to revolutionize electronics—and a new application of the technology that may make over-the-counter cancer tests available in drugstores in the near future. Ritesh Agarwal, a former Harvard postdoctoral associate, published a paper this week in Optics Express on a new technique for assembling and arranging nanowires, which are smaller than any circuitry currently available, even on microchips. The ability to construct specific, three-dimensional, nano-scale devices at the whim of a researcher has until this week...
...report also calls for the creation of full-year foundational “Courses in General Education.” It stresses “the importance of providing students access to courses that counter the fragmentation of knowledge” by looking at issues beyond the scope of any one particular course. But the report calls for these courses as well to be optional, not required...
...This event we hope is the beginning of a discussion that will last a while and bring substantive changes to how campus politics function,” said Magdey A. Abdallah ’07, outreach director of the Dems, who spearheaded the town-hall discussion. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, opened last night’s discussion by describing the increased diversity and minority participation he has observed in his 35-year involvement with the University. “I’ve watched our student body go from virtually...