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...when the buyout is coupled with the hiring freeze, it suggests that the faculty intends to decrease the total number of professors it employs, which could seriously harm the diversity and breadth of course offerings and fields of study??a diversity that is central to Harvard’s educational strength. As a cost-cutting measure, the buyout has the potential to damage the depth, reputation, and integrity of the school by effectively eliminating positions and, possibly, entire fields...
...human cues. “Chimpanzees are much closer in many ways, in terms of genetics, but cannot follow this cue that we have been following since infancy.” While this mental sophistication might come as a surprise to some, an avid dog-lover attests to the study??s truth. “Of course it doesn’t surprise me that dogs behave more similarly to humans than chimps,” says Melissa C. Oppenheim ’12. “Dogs are man’s best friends...
...first six months of life may be at a significantly higher risk for obesity later on, according to a Harvard study published in the April issue of Pediatrics. These results imply that obesity can be rooted in the very early stages of life, according to Elsie M. Taveras, the study??s lead investigator and an assistant professor at the Medical School. “Some think, ‘oh, it’s just baby fat, it’s cute, it’ll go away,’” Taveras said...
...case study??being written by a task force formed in November by HBS Dean Jay O. Light to research the implications of the financial crisis for HBS—will analyze the School’s performance in preparing students during the lead up to the financial crisis...
...found in this study can be of “substantial public health importance,” said Hu, who was a co-author of the paper. Monik C. Jimenez—a fifth year doctoral student at HSPH and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine who was the study??s principal researcher—said that she hopes the knowledge of this link will lead dentists to play a more active role in educating their patients about their overall health. “I think dentists...have an obligation and a duty to connect with their patients...