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...Examples from Socrates to Sherlock Holmes teach us from an early age that smart people master their emotions and suffer no blind spots. Classic economic theory extends this fallacy, says Duke University's Dan Ariely, by maintaining that people and institutions rationally "weigh the costs and benefits of every decision in order to optimize the outcome...
...professorship could have in working with other faculty members and administrators.Since its founding in 1872, the Harvard College Writing Program—the first program of its kind—has served as the model for writing instruction at a number of other schools, such as Princeton and Duke. While Harvard’s director has traditionally been a senior lecturer, many colleges with writing programs comparable to Harvard’s have placed a tenured professor at their program’s helm.Bruce Beiderwell, director of the UCLA Writing Programs, said that his lack of a professorship has made...
...pinpoint locations of interest according to the user’s specifications. It sorts all hits by distance from the user and displays relevant contact information for the selected establishment as well as maps of the surrounding area. Rover follows in the vein of similar iTunes applications at Duke and Stanford, but, according to co-creator Alexander G. Bick ’10, “Stanford and Duke have applications that are more focused on student academic life than student social life”—providing an interface to access grades, on-campus happenings, and other campus...
Cohen burst onto the collegiate lacrosse scene in the Crimson’s season opening upset over then-No. 5 Duke. The attackman filled in for pneumonia-plagued sophomore Dean Gibbons and registered a hat trick against the powerhouse Blue Devils. Cohen was awarded his first Ivy League Rookie of the Week designation for this performance...
...made some big saves for us,” Gleason said. Princeton now leads the all-time series, 23-15, and has won the past 17 in a row. The Tigers hold a near perfect record this season, the only flaw a 13-12 loss to then-No. 4 Duke in Durham, N.C. “We didn’t come out well against Princeton,” Gleson said. “If we come out strong against Dartmouth we will have a much better opportunity to play all 60 minutes.” The Crimson looks...