Word: peering
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...University. All those universities were ranked higher this year than last, when THES first issued its rankings. University of California, Berkeley, ranked second last year, fell four spots to number six in this year’s edition. The rankings were based on a several criteria including reviews by peer institutions and recruiters, and the percentage of international students and faculty at the institution. Two hundred universities worldwide were ranked by THES. Yale and Princeton, ranked seventh and ninth respectively, were the only other Ivy League institutions to crack the top 10, which also included Cal Tech and France?...
While Harvard’s health experts are working to inform students, there is no shortage of campus student groups that focus on nutrition, either. Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) is dedicated to peer-counseling those with concerns about body image, eating disorders, and nutrition concerns. The Undergraduate Council (UC), generally regarded as a source of party funds and not health help, is forming a freshman dining committee with the hope of informing HUDS about the freshman dining experience at Harvard...
...study, if she ate seafood while pregnant, your IQ might have increased.Last week, a team of researchers led by a professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) published a scientific paper stating that mothers who eat seafood during pregnancy have smarter children.The study, published in the October issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is a new wrinkle in the debate over the safety of fish consumption for pregnant women.Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that pregnant women limit their seafood intake to two servings per week.FDA guidelines say that some types of fish, such as shark...
...where North Koreans are churning out watches, shoes and kitchenware in newly built South Korean-owned factories. After a two-hour drive, the bus stops on a bridge in the middle of nowhere. No industrial park here, just a few farmers. This is it, our guide informs us. We peer into the distance at a hazy outline of blue factory sheds shimmering like a mirage on the horizon. "You see that building over there under the mountain?" asks our guide. Can we get any closer? No, comes the curt reply, "that area is banned from others...
...lunatic," I asked. Of course, he doesn't speak English, and I don't speak Farsi. The interpreter was between us, and he looked at me like I was a nut case. He puts the question to him, and I must say, for the first time he began to peer at me. Who is this who is asking this question? He predicted not much of a future [for Sadat...