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...that departments will continue searches they have already begun. Terminating searches will mean the school might miss out on hiring opportunities, especially chances to woo promising young professors. Fortunately, however, FAS has recognized that there may have to be exceptions to their no-search policy if, for instance, a window opens for a distinguished luminary to join the faculty or if a new position is desperately needed. Although only 15 ongoing searches remain, departments will likely still keep tabs on key academics moving into the Boston area, and informal discussion among professors at other universities concerning future available positions here...
...there are an astounding 690 other kids who are hurt seriously enough to miss school or work. Those nonfatal falls are the most common reasons for visits to hospitals and for long-term disability. Childhood and public-information programs, redesigns of nursery furniture and playground equipment, and laws requiring window guards can all help...
...crowded room at Sherman Fairchild Hall yesterday evening. Pinker’s lecture, the fifth in an informal seminar series hosted by the Harvard Society for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (HSMBB), centered on issues discussed in his new book “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window.” Human nature, Pinker said, can be studied by looking at how language works in our everyday lives. “Humans are very, very touchy with their social relationships. When boundaries are breached there’s an emotional cost,” Pinker said. Popular culture...
...move that may tug voting totals the other direction, students will only have a three-day window to log their votes online, down from a four-day period last year...
Trethewey's advice is simple: Plug up those holes. "If you see light coming through from outside, that means heat is leaving the building," he says. Windows can be particularly tricky: It's easy to forget to lock your windows (unless you live in my New York City neighborhood), but unlocked windows, even when shut, can bleed heat on a cold day. "You might walk by that window outside and think it's nothing, but if you took that thin crack and turned it into a circle, you'd have a hole as big as a nickel or dime," says...