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...transnationalism” as a concept has not been adequately defined. In the words of anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, “No idiom has yet emerged to capture the collective interests of many groups in translocal solidarities, cross-border mobilizations, and postnational identities.” Ethnic or postcolonial studies??the two closest versions available today—examine only partially the variety of ways in which humans interact in time and space.Luckily, the historical current does seem to be taking us into uncharted waters. As Hist and Lit Assistant Director of Studies Andrew Romig wrote...
...series of studies recently featured in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch newsletter substantiates the claim that optimists are generally healthier than pessimists. The research—which includes long-term studies beginning in the 1960s, and more recent short-term studies??primarily focused on cardiac health, including blood pressure and heart disease. Researchers used a variety of psychological and personality tests to place respondents on a spectrum between optimistic and pessimistic, concluding that in all of the categories examined, people who were deemed to be more optimistic fared better than those deemed to be more...
...rowers were chosen to represent endurance exercise and the football players were chosen to represent strength exercise. Endocardiography studies??ultrasound pictures of the heart’s structure and function—were taken at the beginning of the training...
...interim dean, Grosz convened a “policy studies?? committee made up of faculty from across the University and led by Radcliffe Executive Dean Louise M. Richardson. Grosz said the committee brings Radcliffe’s interdisciplinary approach to tackling policy issues...
...work to not only appreciate it, but also to understand it.”Van der Velden, who plans to organize a sophomore excursion to Spain next year, says the focus of the seminar, and therefore the location of the trip, will change annually. Depending on what the class studies??the HAA department teaches on broad artistic subjects from Mesopotamian archaeology to Japanese woodblock prints—students will be able to view works from relevant sites abroad.This year, the excursion program will take sophomore HAA concentrators to Turkey. Highlights include Ephesos, Troy, and Istanbul, according...