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Reimers said that, despite Harvard’s high spot in the ranking, there was much for America to learn from China’s education system, where schools, for instance, have a greater focus on reaching out to the public...

Author: By Damilare K Sonoiki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Takes First In International Ranking | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...program. Unfortunately, reports surfaced that the vaccine was causing people to develop an autoimmune disorder and had resulted in several deaths.  The program ended abruptly on Dec. 16. Thirty years later, swine flu has reemerged as a prime health concern, with the same attendant public paranoia. This focus examines the H1N1 epidemic and its impact on the Harvard community, both in terms of the university’s public health response and student experiences of illness, whether serious or facetious. Including a Crimson article chronicling the 1976 scare, it aims to provide perspective, and poke some...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske and Adrienne Y. Lee | Title: Focus Introduction | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...We’re just going to focus on playing strong and hard hockey,” sophomore forward Alex Killorn said. “It’s a little different playing away, but we’re just taking it game by game...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 5 Cornell To Provide Early Test on Road | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...need to tell people somehow how the reforms will affect them so they can better judge what their opinion will be,” said Benson, who is a research associate at the School of Public Health. He encouraged both supporters and opponents of the bill to focus the discussion on aspects that will realistically influence the American public...

Author: By Renee G. Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HSPH Studies Support for Health Care Proposal | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

While productions of “The Taming of the Shrew” traditionally focus on the play’s portrayal of gender stereotypes and the domestication of women, what intrigues Bensussen about the show is the idea of transformation. In the director’s notes, she writes, “Within the world of ‘Shrew,’ everyone is playing at what they are not, and class, as well as gender, are exposed as performances in which performer and viewer are complicit...

Author: By Matthew C. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Taming' is Less Than 'Shrew'd | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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