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...dangerous radiation. Then, there is the question of timing. In most cases, patients with type 1 diabetes do not show symptoms of their disease - such as high blood sugar levels - until they have depleted their beta cell population considerably. Dr. David Nathan, director of the diabetes center at Massachusetts General Hospital, notes that at this point, there may not be enough beta cells remaining to seed a new population of insulin-growing cells, even with an infusion of stem cells to give them a more hospitable environment. "This study shows that it can work, but how long it will work...
...Harvard fulfilled half of Taylor’s nightmare when the College instituted a Committee on Degrees in Women’s Studies. And, this coming fall, undergraduates here may fulfill the other half by enrolling for a new General Education course to be taught on animal studies. It could, and should, be the first step toward Harvard’s newest academic discipline...
...Here at Harvard, William R. Kennan Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies Marjorie Garber is currently teaching “The Visual Animal”—a graduate seminar designing the General Education course on animals in literature, art, and popular culture to be offered next year. And Associate Professor of the History of Science Sarah Jansen launched a class on the history of dogs this semester...
...this academic focus on theme over method reflects a broader pedagogical recognition that students can learn multiples modes of inquiry by researching just one theme—a realization behind the reform of Harvard’s Core Curriculum into thematic General Education areas. Moreover, as Etienne Benson, a graduate student who chairs Harvard’s animal history group, notes, the multidisciplinary nature of animal studies fosters dialogue. At a recent meeting of the group, Aramont Professor of the History of Science and Darwin scholar Janet Browne engaged with MIT cultural historian Harriet Ritvo on the history of sheep...
...that equation belongs to the new U.S. African Command (Africom), set up 18 months ago to help provide security to permit the rebuilding of shattered nations like Somalia. But don't look for quick action. "We do not have a military presence in Somalia," the command's chief, Army General William Ward, told Congress last month. In fact, the military is in no rush to head back to that lawless nation in the Horn of Africa. President Clinton's Pentagon was first bloodied there when 18 soldiers died in a 1993 firefight memorialized in Black Hawk Down. As a reminder...