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...valuable time trailing a patient instead of a doctor? At Harvard and other medical schools across the country, educators are beginning to realize that empathy is as valuable to a doctor as any clinical skill. Whether it's acknowledging that a patient was inconvenienced by having to wait an hour before being seen or listening when someone explains why he didn't take his meds, doctors who try to understand their patients may be the best antidote for the widespread dissatisfaction with today's health-care system...
...puzzled as to why increased space in Hilles must coincide with a reduction of space in the heart of the University. Even without the transformation of some Yard basements into social space for first-years, future freshmen will have a new pub in Loker Commons and possibly a 24-hour café in Lamont Library nearby. While some may argue that freshmen should have the same number of kitchens and common rooms as their upper-class brethren, marginalizing large student groups in the face of an already colossal increase in the Yard’s social space seems counterproductive. Move...
...times, I found myself staying afterwards for up to an hour chatting,” says Wong, a biochemical sciences concentrator. She recalls one especially talkative man who took a particular interest in her studies...
...handle the printing and photocopying of their own examinations.” To make up for the delay, students were given a choice on the short-answer portion of the exam; they only had to answer 50 of the 65 points. Exam time was reduced from the traditional three hours to two. “Really our main objective was to get all of the students out and finished in the time allotted. We understand that everyone is really busy,” said Glazer. In an e-mail to the class after the exam, Shahar told students to contact...
...movie offers few clues. It is, essentially, a two-hour PowerPoint presentation, enlivened - if that's the right word - by periodic shots of Al Gore staring pensively out of plane windows, Al Gore frowning contemplatively at computer screens, and Al Gore pacing thoughtfully through airport terminals. The man could make playing a kazoo look like meditation. The movie is about the threat of global warming, and it is full of dire predictions and horrifying scenarios for the Earth's future should we not change our fossil-fuel-guzzling ways. Rising sea levels, hordes of refugees, parching draughts: Call...