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If all goes well this semester, Flat World hopes to offer its books to all academic institutions starting next January and eventually expand its titles across several disciplines. But it still faces a long road to success. There is, for one, its business model. Founder Frank and his partner, Jeff...
Faust announced the formation of a student and faculty task force in February to study cuts in Harvard's greenhouse gas emissions, giving the committee until the end of the academic year to outline a set of recommendations.
Past studies have shown that day care can enhance or accelerate babies' cognitive development; it may even boost their academic performance later in life. But eating habits established during this same time may also have long-lasting - and unhealthy - effects. Kim believes early feeding habits may contribute to the growing...
The Harvard China Fund, a University-wide initiative to support teaching and research in and about China, has already been able to place between 20 and 25 Harvard undergraduates in internships with Chinese companies through the Shanghai office, said Todd S. Washburn, assistant provost for international affairs. The Fund will...
Camps have always reflected children's dreams and parents' fears. In the 1880s, many rising middle-class families worried that industrial society had broken off some piece of the American soul, some tie to the frontier. Boys were growing soft: too much time with their mothers and their teachers, not...