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...economic concerns, international relations, and environmental politics centered on energy-related issues. Harvard’s center, however, should leverage its world-class resources in the sciences, design, law, business, and government—perhaps even collaborating with neighboring institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—to address energy issues in a comprehensive manner. Energy sustainability is among the most pressing issues that our society faces today, and Harvard should capitalize on its potential to provide groundbreaking solutions...
...source e-mail address raised some students’ suspicions...
...wider role in the world as well. As (bad) luck would have it, the first set appeared on the same day that the German Defense Ministry unveiled a security report that argued its military should bolster its presence overseas to levels not seen since World War II to address emerging threats from terrorism and weapons proliferation. That would be quite a change. Germans, mindful of their own history, have only in recent years agreed to dispatch troops abroad, mainly for peacekeeping or humanitarian missions. Volker Perthes, director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, an independent think tank...
...ones. The global changes affect Asia and vice versa. The U.S., whose citizens consume 10 times more energy per capita than the Chinese, must also reduce its environmental impact. The U.S. government has been reluctant to work within international frameworks, such as the Kyoto agreement, which are needed to address the global environmental problem. The U.S. must join such international environmental efforts before it is too late. Katz Tomono Tokyo...
This is not the only shortcoming of the Faculty that the next president must be willing to address. The departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are marked by tribalist tendencies, hampering their willingness to collaborate with each other and with the University’s professional schools. Harvard’s research and scholarship add invaluably to the greater knowledge, skills, and decision-making of mankind, but in many cases individual departments and schools can accomplish more through interdisciplinary efforts. Already, we see some fruits of efforts to cross-pollinate the University. The Harvard Stem Cell Institute...