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Some professors argue that, with female presidents at three Ivies and at MIT, the appointment of a Harvard helmswoman would hardly be groundbreaking...
Richard has also gained praise for her efforts to globalize Cambridge’s image. She has traveled throughout the world raising money and, in the process, raising the school’s profile. She has encouraged students to study abroad and backed a joint research effort with MIT...
Nancy Hopkins ’64, the MIT biology professor who walked out on Summers’ 2005 women in science speech and told reporters that Summers remarks had made her physically ill, said it would be wrong to associate the choice of a female president with the Summers scandal...
...when most schools let out. Because most Harvard students must wait until late May to leave, we often miss a good deal of enriching summer experiences. Moreover, while most schools start classes in early September, we begin much later in the month, making it difficult to cross-register with MIT or other colleges or graduate schools that have a “normal” schedule. Aligning our schedules would help alleviate these problems.As the Committee on Calendar Reform found several years ago, calendar change cannot be achieved without sacrifice. Reading period may need to be shortened...
...only that, but according to the MIT Technology Review, researchers are developing ways to make the little rascals friendlier - injecting bits of DNA into bacteria to make them "glow, detect light," or even smell sweet. "Minty-fresh foot fungus" is projected as a real possibility. Of course, so was democracy in Iraq, but why drag that...