Search Details

Word: difficult (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...M314 in the Mallinckrodt Chemsitry lab is open. Through the doorway sits a large, smudgy whiteboard—just begging to be written on. And across from that whiteboard, behind a chic, silver-grey desk sits Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Tobias Ritter. Though Ritter has the difficult job of teaching the second half of the notoriously grueling Chem 20-Chem 30 sequence of organic chemistry, his Q ratings glow—a breathtaking 4.7 for fall 2007-2008. “I take every single student as seriously as I do my colleagues,” Ritter...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: Tobias Ritter | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...really tries to engage the class even though it’s really difficult to do so considering the subject matter,” says Sisi Pan ’11, who is currently enrolled in Tian’s Foreign Cultures 68: “Authority and the Claims of the Individual in Chinese Literary Culture.” “She’s so incredibly supportive,” Pan adds...

Author: By Sanghyeon Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: Xiaofei Tian | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...budget] is very explicit about what it is, what it does, and where the allocations are made. It’s very difficult when people say they want a transparent budget but don’t say what that means or looks like,” she said...

Author: By Danella H. Debel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 2010 Budget Drafted Despite Uncertainty | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...stem from teaching easy material—hers is Harvard’s only course that teaches Thomas Pynchon’s notoriously daunting novel “Gravity’s Rainbow” to freshmen. “I absolutely respect Professor Carpio for attacking such a difficult book. Making challenging texts accessible really speaks to her teaching ability,” says Sabrina A. Sadique, a teaching fellow for English 192p...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glenda R. Carpio | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Talent and intellect aside, Carpio also possesses a physical beauty that is difficult to ignore. “She’s a really attractive woman with a fantastic fashion sense,” Henderson says. “She has a distinctive style that I think is part of her being a rising star. She’s very hip and knows what’s going on.” This professor just might be cooler than her own students...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glenda R. Carpio | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 | Next