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While the U.S. remains at the forefront of science education and research worldwide, American innovation in science and technology—and the economic prosperity that accompanies it—may be eclipsed by that of other countries if this trend continues, according to “Rising Above the Gathering Storm...
...mother Cherie worked as a secretary for a lawyer who happened to be a speed-skating official and suggested that her son try the sport. Within two years, Davis was winning regional titles. Now 6 ft. 2 in., he propels himself with long, powerful strides to the forefront of the long-track events, in which two skaters race next to each other but against the clock. This winter, defying speed-skating convention, Davis tried to become the first skater to compete in both long-track and the more roller-derby-like short-track events at the same Olympics...
...State Colin Powell and Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge ’67 in which he criticized the damaging impact of visa complications on universities. “We risk losing some of our most talented scientists and compromising our country’s position at the forefront of technological innovation,” Summers wrote.Ladd wrote that since then, “we have seen some real changes and improvements in this area.”Casey said that Harvard and other universities will continue to work with the government to balance concerns about security with an awareness...
...similarly interdisciplinary classes are limited to concentrators or non-concentrators respectively, the LSEC members worked to create a course attractive and accessible to students in all concentrations and to incoming students regardless of previous science background.The class begins with fundamental concepts, but quickly moves into advanced examples at the forefront of modern research, such as the chemical strategies behind the development of HIV protease inhibitors, according to Liu.“A significant number of concepts taught in LS1a are traditionally reserved for upper-division or even graduate-level courses,” he adds.STUDY GROUPS AND FACEBOOK GROUPSThe course...
Stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk, whose groundbreaking cloning of human embryos thrust South Korea to the forefront of bioscience research, is fighting for his professional life in a controversy that is degenerating into one of the biggest scientific scandals in years...