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Harvard scientists called for more attention to controlling malaria at a high-profile symposium yesterday that signalled a push to use genetic technology to treat diseases in the developing world. “Genetics has not made the contribution to infectious diseases it should have,” said Eric S. Lander, a leader of the Human Genome Project and director of the Broad Institute, a joint venture between Harvard and MIT that specializes in genomics. Lander said genetic applications to medicine have largely focused on “first-world diseases,” such as cancer. The conference...
Over 150 Puerto Rican students from the Boston area descended upon the CGIS South Building on Saturday, armed with ideas on how to revitalize the economy of their native island. The symposium was part of a two-day conference, “Restoring Economic Growth in Puerto Rico,” presented by the Harvard-MIT Puerto Rico Caucus. The caucus held the conference so that professors, businessmen, government officials, and students could exchange their proposals for economic reform. “We wanted to create an intellectual forum,” said Luis A. Martinez...
...gives over much of the class to a Socratic symposium on Jesus' simplest yet most difficult sayings, which reveals a lot about the class's earnest attempts to make sense of rather disparate worlds. "'Turn the other cheek'--Does that mean we're supposed to let them hit you on the other cheek too?" she asks. A boy answers, "You should, you know, just take what's coming. It's not like if someone hits you. If someone doesn't give you the right change back, you shouldn't come back looking for a fight." A girl argues that...
...order to facilitate installation of the new bells, according to Eck. The old bells will be taken down around the time of next year’s commencement, she said, and will be accompanied by a farewell celebration. “We’ll have a general symposium and conference, and invite many past Lowell bell-ringers. It will be an appropriate send-off,” said Eck. The bell exchange is being financed by a foundation for the arts established by Russian metals mogul Viktor Vekselberg, and will cost around $1 million. Lowell’s bells...
Hard-core BOB DYLAN fans will find no rolling stone unturned at an ambitious symposium at the University of Minnesota's Weisman Art Museum later this month. "Highway 61 Revisited: Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World" includes a bus tour through the folk bard's hometown of Hibbing, Minn., and chats with authors and musicians on such topics as "Einstein Disguised as Robin Hood: The Enigmatic Jewishness of Bob Dylan" and "Hotter Than a Crotch: Bob Dylan at the Borderline of Sleaze." Symposium organizer Colleen Sheehy, explaining Dylan's appeal, says, "He's someone people love to argue...