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Biomimicry might be an unfamiliar field to many undergraduates, but in 2008 it was the beneficiary of the largest gift in the University’s history, when Business School graduate Hansjörg Wyss gave $125 million to found the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. The institute seeks to “discover the engineering principles that Nature uses to build living things...[to] revolutionize healthcare and create a more sustainable world,” according to its Web site...
...thousand custodial and security personnel across campus—has begun a listening tour with professors, secretaries, managers, deans, janitors, students, alumni, security guards, researchers, donors, and representatives from the Cambridge community. Engaging in broad-based, frank discussions of where our university is headed means embarking on an unfamiliar, uphill road for each of us, one that demands trust, overcoming old divisions and stereotypes, and realizing that, as partners, we can alter Harvard’s course. This, then, is the crossroads at which Harvard finds itself...
...work with therapists on social skills and language. The Lambs expect that Charlie will ultimately attend a regular school. "His autism is subtle," says Susan Lamb. "Most people say they can't tell." But like most children with autism, Charlie suffers from anxiety and is especially vulnerable in unfamiliar situations...
...people in the metropolitan area, it’s their coming of age story. They really relate to Harvard Square as where they grew up, whether they came here for college, or came here to hang out. They were hearing music that was unfamiliar, and meeting people that had new ideas that they were unfamiliar with,” said Rahn...
After relinquishing early leads against both Colgate and Cornell last weekend, the Crimson found itself in the unfamiliar position of being on the offensive during the contest’s closing minutes. Harvard managed to claw its way back against the Tigers with a tie when junior forward Michael Biega found the back of the net with just 57 seconds left in regulation...