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When Darryl W. Finkton ’10 and Sangu J. Delle ’10 set out to improve water sanitation in Agyemanti, they found that much of it didn’t pan out. Despite its success in Kenya, Professor Michael Kremer’s model for bringing water to East Africa was not feasible in Agyemanti. No matter how cutting edge and brilliant the use of solar panels sounded at first, they realized that once those panels broke, no one would be there to fix them. Higginbotham concludes, “Some of what we do academically...
...Professor Diane L. Hendrix, who is teaching Making Media Across Cultures in the African American Department for the first time this year, notes the ability of students to apply academic theory in the real world. “Students take this class...and learn about the shifting media landscape from traditional TV broadcasters to the new media of the internet and the influence of YouTube and individual producers on culture,” she says. “They also learn what’s new in development theory and newer approaches to collaborative change in developing nations. Students bring...
...maybe the ivory tower is just one of those misconceptions concocted by the haters (read, Yalies). Professor Hendrix seems to think so. “I asked someone what’s the difference between MIT students and Harvard students…she said that Harvard students seem to be more aware of culture and society and how everything fits...
Whether the program is a novel step toward revamping academia or a return to the African and African American Studies Department’s roots, it is taking education into what Darryl calls the “reality realm.” If there is an ivory tower, Professor Higginbotham is tearing it down...
Anyone in Science of Living Systems 20: “Psychological Science” could tell you that Freud thought dreams brought up a person’s subconscious issues. A study by Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry J. Allan Hobson, who graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959, postulates that dreams have another purpose. The study says that dreams might actually physiologically help our brains prepare for the mental activities ahead—a sort of mental warm-up. FM thinks up a couple of dreams and what they might be prepping for. Dream: You?...