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...smile never wavers and her hands are in constant motion as she explains her research on medieval China. Though the walls of her office on the second floor of the Harvard-Yenching Library are lined with all sorts of heavy volumes—in both Chinese and English??her demeanor is light and unpretentious...

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

...completely different childhood than David, because his was in Maine, and mine was in the mountains in the Philippines where I was born just before the war, and I spent the war in a Japanese internment camp. So it was a strange place, where although everyone spoke English??it had been in American possession for some decades—still, I was the only American kid in our mountain village, and although I had playmates, who were fairly social, I think still books were a refuge, a contact with the world I knew I had once come from...

Author: By Kriti Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Interview with the Damrosch Duo | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...English??s departments changes will also bring students closer to faculty outside the classroom. In addition to the current undergraduate advising on requirements, each concentrator will be paired with a professor. “There are broader advising questions that we plan to make a part of this program—guidance in pursuing interests,” said Donoghue...

Author: By Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: English Revamps Course Selection | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...edit the site have praised Medpedia for its potential to bridge the gap between doctors and patients. Michael N. Strong, a post-doctoral fellow at HMS, said the Web site’s distinguishing feature is the option to view articles in either “plain English?? or “clinical” terms. “I originally signed up out of curiosity, and I think the goals they’ve set up are excellent goals,” he said. HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine Graham T. McMahon said that Medpedia could enhance...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Medpedia Site Makes Debut | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...study is a crucial step toward keeping the humanities relevant and alluring to undergraduates. As higher education becomes more and more specialized and the job market becomes increasingly competitive, the temptation to concentrate in a subject with “real-world” applicability is strong. Yet English??and the other humanities—are valuable courses of study, along with more “practical” majors like economics or chemistry, but only if departments are willing to develop their curriculum to suit the times. Harvard’s new English program allows for much...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The English Revolution | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

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