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...controversies, and celebrations. The bleak state of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been moderated to some extent, but new challenges for the United States and the world—including a resurgent Russia, a rising China, and economic turmoil all over the globe—put a great deal on the new Obama administration’s plate. Last August, we watched—along with much of the world—the spectacular Olympic ceremonies held in Beijing. While we remained concerned about the Chinese government’s human rights record and its occupation of Tibet...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Challenges and Opportunities | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Some theoretical physicists are terrific at mathematical or geometrical imagination. Some are better at imaginative thinking about the actual phenomena,” Georgi wrote in an e-mail. “Lisa is great at both...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Lisa Randall | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...great ad because it didn’t actually tell you anything,” recalls Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis, “it just told you that it was coming.” Lewis was one of the first people at Harvard...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Computing Gets Personal at FAS | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...reforms also included a plan to introduce merit pay in up to 150 school districts. Merit pay incentivizes good teaching and has great potential to improve underperforming schools. In many professions, a higher level of performance is rewarded with a higher level of pay, and teaching should be no exception. New York City’s Chancellor of Schools, Joel I. Klein, has already instituted a modified version of merit pay: The district gave $14.2 million in bonuses to schools that improved their performance in the 2007-2008 school year. A more effective system would be a hybrid model...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: From Student Loans to School Uniforms | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...many people have signed up,” said Nitin Nohria, a Business School professor who co-authored a 2008 article proposing a business code of ethics. “When [Anderson] first proposed the idea, I said if 100 people sign up before graduation that would be great...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HBS Students Take Ethics Oath | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

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