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...women’s “natural mental capacities” were up to the challenge. Co-education was, of course, unthinkable, even when bright young Bostonian women were pounding on the doors. Eliot could barely imagine the consequences of trying “…to teach together sets of persons, who like young men and young women, differ widely in regard to sensibility, quickness, docility, and conscientiousness.” Lesser institutions, like Boston University, might try “social experiments,” but Harvard knew better...
...class spanning sophomore year. “We have to be a little more selective in what we include,” said History and Literature Lecturer Amy L. Spellacy, emphasizing that the point of the tutorial was not to cover a specific set of material, but rather to teach students the skills required of history and literature concentrators. “This is a methods course,” she said. She added that this semester Hist and Lit offered a range of new seminars to offset the lack of a fall tutorial. Similarly the history department has added...
...Club (HCCCC) 2) Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) 3) Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy Group (MHAAG) 4) Harvard College Association of Practice and Learning of Yan Xin Life Science and Technology (HCAOPALOYXLSAT) 5) Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe (STAHR) 6) Circle of Students: Reach and Teach Across Borders (COSRATAB) 7) Recreational Experience and Arts Creativity with Harvard (REACH) 8) Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) 9) Harvard College Venture Capital and Private Equity Club (HCVCPE) 10) The Alaska Klub of Harvard University (TAKOHU) 11) Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service (OAASIS) 12) Harvard...
...when students and teachers gather, in-person, in the classroom, in a lab, or around a seminar table. If it can, then something is wrong with the way we are teaching.3.FM: Who are better students: the alums or the undergrads?MJS: Alums bring experience, undergrads an openness and inquisitiveness. Teaching undegraduates is a special privelege (except when they worry too much about grades).4.FM: You also teach Government 1093: “Ethics, Biotechnology, and the Future of Human Nature.” What sparked your interest in biotechnology?MJS: Serving on the President’s Council on Bioethics...
...Medicine” value, allowing it to be more accessible than a medical textbook and more credible than an online source. Context is also where Corey, Czakó, and Kürti’s book transcends its visual resemblance to a reference book; it allows them to teach rather than just enumerate points. The pages explaining underlying biological systems connect the details of any given molecule to the big picture of a medical condition.A section on immunology manages to be not only informative but also strikingly clear despite the surfeit of names and medical jargon necessarily associated with...