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...previous summer, Yasin, then a Weissman intern, worked in Zambia developing public health information systems. But it was the summer he spent with children in Albanian refugee camps, the summer after his first year at Harvard, that indirectly brought him grief over “American Jihad...
Director of OCS William Wright-Swadel said the decision affected applicants for two major programs: the Weissman International Internship Program and Study Abroad...
...especially in the sciences, where Harvard provides the best education in the world and there is not the obvious curricular connection that there is in the literatures, history or elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences, would prefer summer experiences, short-term programs like the Weissman Fellowships [which fund student-initiated summer internships outside the U.S.] or postgraduate study opportunities...
...controversy. Says Irving Weissman, a stem-cell biologist at Stanford: "I don't think anybody believes the debate is over." It only got hotter when an independent company, Advanced Cell Technology, said recently that it had cloned human embryos to produce stem cells. This so-called therapeutic cloning produces cells with the patient's own DNA, reducing problems with future organ transplants. Congress will debate the issue anew next year, when opposing bills on cloning and stem-cell related research will be presented...
...series of 30-minute sessions, listen to talks, chant and relax in nearby hot springs. Find more details at suanmokkh.org. An hour from Samui by boat is Koh Phangan, home of legendary Full Moon parties and the austere Wat Kow Tahm meditation center. Rosemary and Steve Weissman's retreats, which last for anywhere from 10 days to three months ($83 for 10 days), are not for the daydreamer. Talking, reading, writing and even sign language are banned. Click onto watkowtahm.org for more information. Don't even think of bringing a packed lunch...