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...reading.” Going beyond the standard medical and biological views of weight and obesity, “fat studies” examines the political and social ramifications of being overweight. And even at Harvard, weight and body image issues are squeezing into the Faculty of Arts and Sciences?? course catalog. Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (WGS) Karen P. Flood, who is acting director of studies for the department, teaches WGS 1402, “Body Sculpting in Modern America,” which tracks the increasing interest that Americans have in modifying their...
Although Harvard College’s decision to reimburse student groups for the “gift tax” is a welcome development, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences?? (FAS) refusal to rescind the tax or lend formal support to the College’s reimbursement is deeply troubling. The tax is unfair and, contrary to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles’ justification for his action, could be easily rolled back. Knowles should reverse course on the gift tax, which is symptomatic of the apathy toward student life that seems to have gripped University...
Even if no new professors can be hired immediately, courses in public speaking could and should be offered in the near future. Many Harvard professors are talented public speakers who could easily teach courses in the area—particularly those in the humanities and social sciences??and staff at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning specialize in teaching such skills. Future courses could fall under many departments: Dramatic Arts, English, Government, or a new area established especially for such a purpose...
...Cultural Traditions and Cultural Change,” “The Ethical Life,” “The United States,” “Societies of the World,” “Reason and Faith,” “Life Sciences?? and “Physical Sciences.” Those responsible for shepherding the report stress that it remains a work in progress. According to two members of the docket committee that determines the agenda of faculty meetings—University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Judith...
More than a year after the department bid adieu to popular teaching fellow Bruce D. Watson, saying he had reached the Faculty of Arts and Sciences?? six-year term limit for non-tenured instructors, Harvard has rehired Watson to serve as a TF in Economics 1813, “The Indebted Society...