Word: peering
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...services, so people can learn more about their own faith and explore others in a nonsectarian format. Each week experts will present a debate on a new topic, such as religion on the Web or abortion. Moreover, all the content on the streamlined, reader-friendly site is written and peer-reviewed by divinity scholars and other experts, including theologians at Harvard and the University of Southern California, where some undergrads will be using Patheos in introductory religion classes this fall. (See pictures of a drive-in church...
...force. Google Book Search really does not change the game. It merely translates the outdated paradigm of musty tomes and card catalogs to the internet age. The library we want is not a public library funded by the government or a benevolent nonprofit, but rather a decentralized network of peer-to-peer sharing, with works freely copied, perhaps even illegally copied. So file your objections, bibliophiles! For the sake of libraries, for the sake of books, for freedom’s sake.—Staff Writer Sanders I. Bernstein can be reached at sbernst@fas.harvard.edu
...unifying impetus for them to get together and share ideas and collaborate and learn from each other, so the idea is to offer a home for those people and provide continuity.” For Laubacher, who learned most of her design skills through hands-on experience, peer mentoring is a priority.“The most learning happens when you’re able to make mistakes and see where they lead you. I started working in the shop in the Loeb not knowing what a screw gun did and went from there,” she explains.Laubacher...
...proud but took the rankings with a grain of salt. “While we are heartened by this news, we do not believe that such ranking systems capture the full scope of the student experience,” she said. “Like all our peers, we are constantly striving to improve and augment educational and research opportunities in order to better fulfill our mission.” The medical school came in 15th in primary care. The business school was able to take sole ownership of the top spot after tying with Stanford last year...
...Obama Administration fully realizes this, which explains the moderate path it has chosen to follow. The President has asked the Senate Intelligence Committee to, behind closed doors, peer into the torture(d) past, but opposes a Truth Commission supported by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Quietly, the White House isn't blocking a commission to be formed to look into Wall Street's lapses of judgment that led to the economic collapse, but not empowering it with real teeth: any findings of wrongdoings would simply be reported to the Justice Department for possible prosecution...