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Harvard researchers have produced countless scientific breakthroughs, from developing surgical anesthesia in 1846 to creating new lines of embryonic stem cells in 2004. But cutting-edge research is not limited to the University’s Nobel Prize-winners or top-flight faculty??many undergrads are pursuing high-level scientific research every day. This week, the Crimson takes a look at five students who are tackling topics ranging from sustainable development in the Middle East to flying robotic insects...
...leaving no time to act on any of the several measures pertaining to the actual governance of the College. In light of important and time-sensitive proposals like a graduate program in Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) and reforms to the Q guide on the table, the Faculty??s dithering becomes all the more irresponsible. We encourage the Faculty to stop wasting the time of both its own members and of the students it governs, and to move forward on projects that actually matter. The debate over Professor Matory’s free speech motion...
...meeting was bogged down by countless amendments, vote counts, and quibbles over nitty-gritty details of the rules of order. Landscape studies professor John R. Stilgoe quipped, “I’m very happy...we decided not to broadcast these,” referring to the Faculty??s rejection of a proposal to broadcast meetings over radio. —Staff writer Maxwell L. Child can be reached at mchild@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Samuel P. Jacobs can be reached at jacobs@fas.harvard.edu...
...undercuts the validity of the course evaluation system for the majority.” It would also bring the guidelines for professors in line with those for TFs, who are currently required to be evaluated even if professors decline a full evaluation for their courses, thereby overturning the Faculty??s hypocritical and pompous position that teaching evaluations are important until one gets a Ph.D.—but unnecessary after.This mandate will demand reciprocation. The motion includes the expectation that students participate in course evaluations. Although complete enforcement is impossible, the motion does provide an incentive...
...list of candidates for the deanship of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has been narrowed to five, and the job might have already been offered to a top contender, the Faculty??s top administrator has told The Crimson...