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...abroad programs, Winnie explains that close ties aren’t always easy to come by. “Especially if you go with another group of schools,” she adds. Harvard’s current exchanges include the Killam Fellowships Academic Exchange Program in Canada, the Uppsala University-Harvard College Exchange Program in Sweden and L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris in France.“What’s important to us is a good match,” Hill says. And academics, of course, are at the forefront...
Putnam, who is the Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard, first revealed the results of his most recent study in Uppsala, Sweden on Sept. 30, where he received the Skytte Prize, a $50,000 award granted annually to the “scholar who...has made the most valuable contribution to political science.” He spoke again days later at the University of Manchester in England, where he is launching a transatlantic research project...
...changing attitudes to religion, among other topics. A member of both the British Academy and the U.S. National Academy of Science, Putnam was recently awarded the 2006 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, one of the most prestigious honors in the field. At a ceremony last Satuday in Uppsala, Sweden, Putnam was lauded for his interpretation and popularization of the theory of social capital, which describes the advantages that a person can gain through social networks. In his main works, including his 2000 book “Bowling Alone,” Putnam argues that social cohesiveness...
...having continuous communication between schools and parents in order to evaluate and individualize the education for each student. It remains to be seen, however, whether school communities the world over will recognize the various complexities in child behavior. Children do have different needs and learning abilities. Nils-Erik Lundborg Uppsala, Sweden Ford Focused You asked if Bill Ford can save the American auto industry [Feb. 6]. Yes, he can. Thank you, Bill Ford, for your vision and leadership of your company. They will affect the industry for generations to come. And thanks for my 2006 Mustang GT. It looks great...
Palmer, who left Harvard in 2004, now lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a professor at the University of Uppsala where he teaches courses similar to those that he taught at Harvard. He is also in charge of designing a Core curriculum for the university that will take inspiration from Harvard’s Core curriculum but place more emphasis on social ethics and citizen engagement...