Word: houres
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Greenberg, one of his past students from Albany, NY, wanted to drive to Cambridge to go over course material. Even oceans can’t stop the DEP students’ commitment to learning. According to Greenberg, one student from the United Arab Emirates dealt with an eight hour time difference by watching lectures in internet cafes between two and three AM his time. Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Paul G. Bamberg Jr. ’63, whose class on classical geometry is open to both undergrads and Extension School students, echoes Greenberg’s positive experience with HES. Bamberg...
...oldest college library, and Camille I. Johnson ’06-’07 is sitting in an upholstered chair, reading a book. Suddenly, a loud beep shatters the silence of Widener. After a few seconds of static, an automated female voice proclaims that the hour of closing is nigh. Johnson does not look up—she has heard the recorded message so many times it has ceased to have any meaning. Johnson’s uncomprehending reply does not surprise Frank E. Oglesby, Deputy Director for Customer Service for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA...
...says he’s looking forward to having his brother here in the fall, though he’s a bit apprehensive. “He spent his last year bungee jumping, sky-diving, and white-water rafting—and being stuck in a lecture for an hour may make him want to jump out a window,” the elder Melvoin says. The younger Melvoin, however, is anxious to get back to the daily grind. “I feel like a bum after awhile, so I’m ready to start working...
...rest of the hour, Bayh fielded heavily policy-oriented questions from the audience...
...Pediatrics David S. Ludwig—conducted an observational study with over 500 children in four Boston communities. The researchers measured dietary intake, weight, physical activity, and television-viewing time before and at the end of the study. Among the subjects, whose average age was 11.7 years, each hour increase in television-viewing resulted in an additional 167 kilocalorie intake. According to the study, television advertisements compose about 75 percent of food services’ advertising expenditures. Wiecha used television-viewing time as a proxy for exposure to advertising, assuming that more television-viewing leads to more exposure to food...