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...percent. The winners were selected from 543 other scientists, a pool comparable in size to those of previous years. “The process for earning the fellowship is quite rigorous,” Kovachy said. “You are expected to not only have done significant research in the sciences, but to have a general knowledge of virtually all scientific subjects.” To win a Hertz fellowship, candidates are required to submit a detailed application and participate in two rounds of interviews. During the first interview, applicants were asked questions from all areas of physics, chemistry...
...banquette, she plied a group of patrons to order another round of cocktails, and it was as if nothing had ever happened.It goes without saying that music can greatly influence mood and behavior—more so for some than others, and often in unpredictable ways. A group of researchers in Austria, however, has recently taken this truism to trial—clinical trial, that is—and has begun to market what might be the most promising music therapy system to date, SANOSON.The concept of music as clinically-proven therapy is not as foreign as it might have...
...preparing for them in college.” The exam is not representative of pure mathematics, according to Boreico. “It’s different because of the limited amount of time,” he said. “The questions are much easier than math research questions but you have to be very quick and careful.” Teams of three students are chosen to represent their schools each year, but students can also participate individually. Boreico and Alex Zhai ’12 were among the top 16 ranking individuals, each winning a prize...
...their online petition—“outrage,” “scandal,” and “travesty”—would better connote the curtailing of federal funding for safe abortion procedures, the outlawing of taxpayer-funded stem-cell research, or the barring of marriage equality than the sins they attribute to Obama. Moreover, not every commencement speaker or honorary degree recipient at Notre Dame needs to espouse political beliefs that conform to Catholic doctrine. Presumably, the university awards degrees to students who are pro-choice...
Notre Dame’s invitation to Obama does not imply that the university condones his positions on abortion, stem-cell research, and gay marriage, but rather that Notre Dame recognizes and appreciates its status as a premier institution that should facilitate intellectual exchange—including debate on this issue itself. Critics of Notre Dame’s choice have chosen to engage the issue intelligently: One image designed to protest the speech depicts a Shepard Fairey-style fetus underlined with the word “HUMAN,” invoking the popular representation of Obama during the election...