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...national conference three years ago, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni deplored the nation’s efforts in translational science, the process of using basic scientific research to improve patient care. Later that year, Zerhouni announced a major NIH-led initiative to address the problems in translational science, a push that paid off for Harvard last week when the University landed a major grant to fund its efforts in the area, according to a Harvard Medical School spokesman.Medical School professor Lee M. Nadler will lead the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) in a University-wide initiative...
...Harvard, Princeton, and Virginia went on four major joint-travel trips in November. On a stop in Washington D.C. this fall, over 1,300 students, parents and guidance counselors attended an information session. Fitzsimmons said that in the almost 20 years of recruiting travel leading up to this year, the largest turnout Harvard had ever seen...
...languages and civilizations, Near Eastern languages and civilizations, and Sanskrit and Indian studies. But what is still missing from Harvard’s academic offerings is the opportunity to study these fields as integrated pieces of history, literature, and social theory. While it is possible to be a history major and devote much of your studies to the history of Africa, for example, the introductory courses in history are exclusively Western. A deep investigation of African history necessitates dipping heavily into the anthropology and African and African American studies departments. It is worth pausing and asking why the histories...
After an epic six-month primary battle, Senator Barack Obama, a Harvard Law School graduate, emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black nominee from a major political party...
While the Gen Ed program suffered from a lack of publicity, Harvard’s new financial aid initiative was showered with media attention. And for good reason: The program is a major step forward in eliminating socioeconomic barriers to attending college. The initiative—which limits annual tuition payments to no more than 10 percent of income for families making between $120,000 and $180,000 annually—allows families in that bracket to save several thousand dollars in tuition payments per term. Other aspects of the initiative demonstrate a sensitivity to college life for students receiving...