Word: maths
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...heavy metals for the course “Environmental Science in a Changing World,” Brown sophomores Megan E. Whalen, Matthew L. Wheeler, and Libby Delucia discovered that lead levels in certain campus buildings exceeded the federal limit. The lead content of the water in the applied math building peaked at 150 parts per billion—ten times the legal threshold. But this startling discovery was old news to Brown professor Steven P. Hamburg, formerly a Bullard Fellow at Harvard. “One of the recommendations in an old city like Providence is that you shouldn?...
...League math major, Zornow may fall outside the typical DJ demographic, but he said that the DJ community is very accepting...
...sorting out other coherent positions with a method that will yield a legitimate result. Harvard tried this experiment recently. After months of navel-gazing, consultations, focus groups, and faculty meetings, they came to a compromise: Students would have to take courses in certain categories, like history or literature or math or science. But within those categories, there were limited choices, and students were free to make them. That is what the current system of decision-making among Harvard’s faculty came up with, and Berkowitz doesn’t seem to have a better solution—though...
...following year, in the wake of an infamous suggestion that innate differences may hinder women in science and math careers, the beleaguered Summers launched the Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering with current University President Drew G. Faust and Provost Steven E. Hymen...
Harvard pledged to open an educational center in Allston by this spring that will provide free math and science tutoring to area residents. The center is one of the community benefits being offered as the University comes closer to breaking ground on its new campus across the river. The educational center, planned for 175 North Harvard St., will provide at least 100 hours per month of tutoring and lectures for any interested students and adults in Allston. The announcement at a meeting of the Harvard Allston Task Force last night came one week before the city is expected to approve...