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...HSPH’s researchers will be focusing on the use of mathematical models to analyze the spread of infectious diseases. In contrast, MIDAS’ other centers have primarily relied on “individual-base models,” which involve finding patterns in tracking an enormous number of individuals. “With a mathematical model, you give up a little realism, but you gain understanding of what’s happening,” Lipsitch said. “I’m really excited about the Harvard center,” said Eckstrand...
...packed panel discussion with three political experts at the Institute of Politics Forum last night. Sandel explained the three basic schools of thought behind justice, succinctly represented by the words “Utility”—seeking the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people; “Consent”—respecting the rights and freedoms of individuals; and “Virtue”—promoting virtue through government and law. Using examples from hotly-debated political issues such as universal healthcare, the Wall Street bailout, and same-sex marriage...
...fear that I will always be a lonely number like root 3," he recites from memory. "The three is all that is good and right. Why must my 3 keep out of sight, beneath a vicious square root sign...
...Such is my reality, a sad irrationality," Kumar continues. "When hark, what is this I see? Another square root of a three comes quietly waltzing by. Together now we multiply to form a number we prefer—rejoicing as an integer...
...sink in. A Pew Forum poll conducted that November found that only 17% of Americans held unfavorable views of Muslim Americans, a decrease from 24% just eight months earlier. The shift was most striking among conservative Republicans - in March 2001, 40% viewed Muslim Americans unfavorably, but by November, that number had plummeted by more than half to 19%. In the wake of the attacks, Americans were also reluctant to say that Islam encourages violence more than other faiths; only one-quarter agreed with that statement in March 2002. But by the time the war in Iraq began one year later...