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...weeks for meetings, and spends her summers in France. Poilâne, who also supervises a functional sculpture and jewelry gallery started by her mother, has kept a low profile at Harvard. Since she rarely speaks about the firm unprovoked, few people even know to be impressed. Blockmate Juliet R. Girard ’07 remembers learning of the full weight of Poilâne’s responsibilities. “When I mentioned her last name offhand to this French guy in my lab, he was just like: ‘Wait—that Poil?...
...Busch ’07 of Leverett House, Olivia H. Gage ’07 of Adams House, Emily W. Hogeland ’07 of Currier House, Kelly L. Lee ’07 of Currier House, Oludamini D. Ogunnaike ’07 of Lowell House, Annie R. Riley ’07 of Quincy House, and Amy R. Tao ’07 of Currier House. The fellowship was established in 1966 in memory of Michael C. Rockefeller ’60, who drowned off the coast of New Guinea following a Peabody Museum Expedition there...
...recruits College students—including non-athletes—to run the Boston Marathon in April and raises money for charity. “Having conquered the marathon, you have the feeling that you can pick up and go full speed at anything,” said Matthew R. Conroy ’07, who is in charge of training for the group. But as Wood’s study demonstrates, it’s not a challenge to be taken lightly. “We want people to understand that we want them to keep running, but running...
...getting approval from the Human Subjects Committee on what they can and can’t ask.“In different parts of the world, the data collected by students can be damaging to the subjects’ reputation or legal standing,” said Dean R. Gallant ’72, an executive officer on the Committee, DANGEROUS QUESTIONSThe University set up the committee in the fall of 2003 to review applications submitted by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members, who propose research projects that involve human subjects. When the group considers projects...
...Mirage of the Maverick” stated that HR 810 would provide funding for adult stem cell research but not embryonic stem cell research, and that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) voted for the resolution. In fact, HR 810 sought to increase embryonic stem cell research by providing stricter ethical standards for such research. McCain voted for the resolution in order “to ensure that this research does not expand into ethically objectionable ground in balancing the promise on the foreseeable horizon of stem cell research with the protection of human life,” according...