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...does all this science affect the millions of patients banking on the promise of stem-cell therapies? Each of the investigators stress that their results, while exciting, have not yet been tested with human cells, although those studies are already under way. But the basic principles involved in generating stem cells in mice and man are the same, and with a few modifications, the scientists hope to have similar success with human cells. "It's likely to be the case that since this discovery is based on such fundamental cell biology principles, that the overarching rules [for mouse and human...
Harvard will adopt a University-wide calendar aimed at facilitating cross-school collaboration and reducing the stress of student vacations, Interim President Derek C. Bok announced yesterday...
...this stress on the dignity of service industry labor that supporters of the campaign to redefine McJob like to emphasize: "Service sector employees ... should be respected and valued, not written off," said Sir Digby Jones, former chief of the Confederation of British Industry. Skeptics suggest that the language used to describe such jobs will change when the conditions and prospects associated with those jobs change. But whether the Oxford English Dictionary changes its definition of McJob may depend on the outcome of this summer's word...
...does approve changes to the calendar, students would still have a long wait before they can enjoy stress-free winter breaks and easy cross-registration at the University’s other schools. Any large-scale changes to the calendar must be approved by the Harvard Corporation—the University’s executive governing body—which is set to meet on June 6. If the Corporation approves Bok’s recommendation, the changes will take at least two years to implement, according to Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian...
...maybe it’s not that bad. As much as having fun has become a perverted source of stress, it has also been a blessing in disguise. I’ve learned something over the past semester. It gets better. All of the people we’ve met here at Harvard, whether it was drunk at senior bar, in a slightly more comprising way at the Last Chance Dance, or even on move-in day of freshman year, have improved our lives, the total benefit of which we won’t comprehend until many years down...