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...could conduct research in his lab. Moran was surprised at the time that a physics student would seek out research in astronomy. “We are up here in the observatory—it’s rare to have a physics kid tramping through looking for projects, at least back then,” he said.Though Moran said it was a bit unusual to give a project to an undergraduate, he was willing to take Greene on.Twenty-five years later, Moran still recalls Greene’s extraordinary proficiency in computer programming.“Nowadays people...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Brian R. Greene | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...After the book’s publication, Randall was contacted by a composer who wanted to collaborate on an opera. The project would require Randall to write all the lyrics for the show. Randall decided to approach the challenge the same way she approaches physics...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Lisa Randall | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...empower you with the possibility of exercising agency, of discovering meaning, of making choices” because “the meaning of your life is for you to make.” In other words, liberal education is an essentially self-contained and self-serving project...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: Education Without Substance and Without a Soul | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...even offshore balancing will only limit China’s power, not erase it. China still leverages its sway over North Korea to keep the West anxious, and its recent veto on a major Asian development bank project also illustrates its might...

Author: By Nicholas Tatsis | Title: Managing China? | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...genes elucidates disease mechanisms. Fourth, the unparalleled geographic, social, and cultural diversity may reveal risk factors as yet unknown. The final reason is to generate locally relevant results to stimulate political will for health promoting policy. The Harvard School of Public Health and African scientists have begun an ambitious project to start cohorts of 100,000 people in each of 4 countries covering west, east, and southern Africa. Doing so would reduce the US-Africa disparity in cohort enrollees from 1,000-to-1 down to 20-to-1. Cohort studies require substantial investment in personnel and infrastructure, but give...

Author: By Shona Dalal and Michelle D. Holmes | Title: Time for Cohort Studies in Africa | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

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