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...Harvard in a New Light As a medical student very much intent on going to Harvard Medical School, I read with interest Nicholas Lemann's Essay on how ?lite American universities serve faculty better than students [March 6]. In Nigeria, where I study, there is a great dichotomy between students and lecturers that is aggravated when the latter are given preferential treatment, no matter what their flaws. Even though Harvard's lecturers might be highly qualified scholars, I had to re-evaluate my expectation of enjoying a better relationship with them after reading Lemann's Essay. It was enlightening news...
...them. Electronic communication is not conversation. It lacks the characteristics of human interaction: the physical, mental and emotional sharing of thoughts. Tracey Gilpin Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. Harvard in a New Light As a medical student very much intent on going to Harvard Medical School, I read with interest Nicholas Lemann's Essay on how élite American universities serve faculty better than students [March 6]. In Nigeria, where I study, there is a great dichotomy between students and lecturers that is aggravated when the latter are given preferential treatment, no matter what their flaws. Even though Harvard's lecturers might...
...gift from Mr. Lemann is just extraordinary because it allows Harvard to establish ties to Brazil and makes sure the exchange of ideas and people will be greater than it has in the past,” Coatsworth said...
...million gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the office in São Paulo—“the informal capital of the country”—and fund scholarships for both Harvard students studying in Brazil and Brazilian students coming to Harvard, Coatsworth said. Currently only five students from Brazil are enrolled in the College, according to the Harvard International Office...
...first such gathering to take place in India, according to the University.The symposium, which was kicked off by India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, featured an assortment of Harvard professors including Lamont University Professor Amartya K. Sen.One of the speakers at the symposium, Tarun Khanna, Lemann professor at Harvard Business School, wrote in an e-mail that the event successfully reached out to alumni “by giving a flavor of diversity of research and teaching activity that is underway” across the University.“The turnout was phenomenal,” wrote Yasheng...