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Once they were aware of the trend, Shiels and his colleagues analyzed the patients' medical records, finding consistent histories of self-injury and mental-health problems. There are numerous psychological and emotional factors that drive people to self-harm, but according to Harvard psychology professor Matthew Nock, who specializes in the study of self-injurious behavior and edited a book on the subject, Understanding Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (due March 2009), many do it for two broad reasons: to regulate their emotions and to communicate with others. "Self-injurers experience greater physiological arousal in response to stress, show poor ability...
...When I became a government witness, he interviewed me alone and knew the details of my case better than I did. He doesn't rely on a phalanx of aides, although he has them." - Former TIME journalist Matthew Cooper, on being subpoenaed during the Plame investigation (Portfolio, December...
...result stems from the skewed distribution of applications for the most popular seminars, often as a product of the high-profile names of their instructors. The 20 most sought-after seminars this term each received over 100 applications—nearly the same total as the other 62 combined.Freshman Matthew R. Vines, had hoped to take a seminar with Samantha Power, a distinguished human rights scholar and professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, since before he was accepted to Harvard. Out of hundreds of applicants to her seminar, “Extremism: Causes, Consequences, Cures...
...Matthew H. Ghazarian ’10, a Crimson editorial comper, is a government concentrator in Kirkland House...
...President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said that the proposal to use off-campus spaces remains tentative and open to change. But he said that two off-campus spaces—45 Mt. Auburn St., and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education—as well as the on-campus Malkin Athletic Center, would likely be available for the UC to rent...