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...direct it coherently.Most research at Harvard is funded through external grants, but faculty recruiting, new equipment and space, and lab renovations are all funded by Harvard based on requests by department chairs. Departments are less likely to expend resources recruiting scholars who work on the periphery of their respective fields??but these are precisely the scientists Harvard needs if it is to be a leader in cross-disciplinary research. Operating independent of the departments, HUSEC will be able to fill that gap: Its mission includes hiring faculty and providing labs for researchers whose work does not fit neatly...
...cases, graduate students think that they have quite a bit of time to do it because they don’t expect to teach. Suddenly, they find themselves, sooner than they thought, teaching.” Skocpol cited the Economics Department and “some of the science fields?? as having the greatest difficulty in regulating the quality of their non-native English speaking teaching fellows. The committee report, ”Steps to Enhance Teaching Fellow Training,” continues the GSAS effort this year to further professionalize the experience of teaching fellows. In December...
...said, is a book that Smiley put together called “The Covenant with Black America.” Published earlier this year and known simply as “The Covenant,” the book is a collection of essays by African American experts in various fields??including medicine, education, and technology—about the challenges and opportunities for African Americans in the 21st century...
...concentration. And in a departure from most of the chapter’s 225-year, male-dominated history, the group selected this fall is balanced evenly between men and women. The Registrar’s Office culls the names of students with the highest GPA in each of three fields??humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Alpha Iota then picks exactly half of those students, based on two faculty recommendations and the rigor of their courses, and with an eye toward academic diversity. “If 25 percent of the class are natural science concentrators, then...
...relocation of the tailgate—due to wet fields??from Ohiri Field to the parking lot south of McCurdy Track decreased the amount of space for student tailgates...