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...Lowin vied with over 150 other students for a spot in the 90-person class, Harvard, too, aims to secure a spot at the forefront of research that combines economics and psychology, also known as “behavioral economics...
...forward, there is much for all of us to do to ensure that Harvard advances opportunities for women in science and in academic life more generally. I continue to hope that we can draw on all the energy currently around these issues to ensure that Harvard is at the forefront of progress. The leadership of Professor Grosz, as chair of the new task force on women in science, and of Professor Friend, as chair of the chemistry department, will be critical toward that...
...Professor Schier’s enthusiasm for new ideas, inventive studies of zebrafish genetics and insightful analysis of his results place him at the forefront of developmental biology,” Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby said in a statement. “He is highly regarded as an inspiring educator of undergraduate and graduate students...
Professor Hoxby is also a distinguished and important member of the Harvard community. She has been at the forefront of the fight to increase the number of females and minorities receiving tenure as a member of the Standing Committee on Women. As an African-American woman in a field dominated by white males, Professor Hoxby is a role model for female and minority academics, the type of role model that Harvard is privileged to employ...
Todd Boyd in The New H.N.I.C: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop writes that “unlike previous eras when politics and ideology produced culture, hip hop stands at the forefront of contemporary culture for it seems to both reflect and produce the politics and ideology of its time.” It is important for the leaders of hip hop culture to identify such potential for empowerment and enlightenment. An open dialogue will expose the uninformed to new ideas that will equip blacks with a political consciousness, knowledge of the markets and investment...