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Happily, the brain's other defining characteristic is that it is flexible. Once we know our weaknesses, we can compensate for them. The part of your brain associated with conscious thought, called the prefrontal cortex, has a direct line into the amygdala and can quiet it down. This requires effort - and creativity. "The most productive thing is to recognize that it's natural to feel anxiety in the context of unpredictability. A rat would be going through the same stuff," says Forsyth, and he means that in a reassuring way. "And then sit with it. Do not let your feelings...
...Bois Institute of African and African American Studies. According to Janet M. Sartor, a program coordinator at the Harvard Art Museum, the collaboration between different parts of the University allows for greater participation among the Harvard community. “The museum is moving forward with making an effort to bring in many, many more students, and we’re trying to offer programs that have a broad approach,” Sartor said. Martabel Wasserman ’10 said she enjoyed the collaboration. “I think it’s really great that they incorporated...
...Bruderlein said the University’s involvement has been deliberately limited out of concern that too close an association with Harvard’s brand name could alter the character of the Lab by drawing too much publicity too early. “In part, this is an effort to avoid a brain-drain and keep local conditions intact,” Bruderlein said. But Bruderlein added that he hopes Harvard can still serve to connect the fledgling Lab with research being conducted at Harvard, despite the loose affiliation. The Harvard program now serves primarily as an information...
...lectures. Past bloggers include students enrolled in the course, as well as TFs. An added component of the site is an interactive forum where users can create an account, make a group, invite friends to join, and assign various tasks (i.e. lecture notes for certain lectures), all in an effort to promote more effective learning and more transparency among study groups...
...that the proposal is much more than a cynical attempt to stay in power. Bloomberg has not always been such a fervent opponent of term limits—in 2002, he vetoed a measure that would have extended terms for several City Council members—and his current effort smacks of political opportunism. There is no case to be made for overturning term limits in New York—and even if there were, Mayor Bloomberg himself is certainly not the one to argue...