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Every undergraduate commencing today has been at the University long enough to have experienced Harvard’s academic excellence firsthand. Each has also been here long enough to recognize that Harvard is a stressful place, fertile ground for mental health concerns to develop or worsen. The 2002 National College Health Assessment, which surveyed 930 Harvard students, found that 58.6 percent of undergraduates at the College felt things were hopeless during the previous year while 9.5 percent had been diagnosed with depression...
...associate dean in 1969, Epps experienced firsthand the social upheavals on campus during the tumultuous period. When University Hall was taken over by the Students for a Democratic Society, Epps resisted the takeover and was physically carried out of the building by the students...
...Having worked with Cooper, Robertson on the Boston Seaport Master Plan, I know firsthand that they bring to this project a high level of expertise, professionalism, and a sensitivity to the fabric of urban life,” Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said in a statement. “I am looking forward to an exciting and innovative planning process for one of our most vibrant neighborhoods...
...That was easier in theory than in practice, though, and nowadays astronomers use other methods to measure the distance to the sun. The world will be watching next month, but mostly out of curiosity and wonder at seeing a planet move across the face of the sun-firsthand proof that the seemingly two dimensional sky is anything but. Another transit is coming June 6, 2012. If you miss that one, you're out of luck. There won't be another transit until...
...Seth W. Moulton ’01 has seen the horrors of war firsthand. A marine under his command was seriously injured by artillery fire during the fight for Baghdad last April. “They didn’t think he’d make it, but he did,” Moulton said...