Word: connectedness
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This much seems clear: the traces of memory--or engrams, as neuroscientists call them--are first forged deep inside the brain in an area called the hippocampus (after the Latin word for seahorse because of its arching shape). Acting as a kind of neurological scratch pad, the hippocampus stores the...
For many of Harvard's faculty and staff, perhaps the most unique perk of working for the University is that it lets alums stay connected with young, motivated 20-somethings who glow with optimism. The Harvard community, Nuscher says, tends to be more intellectual, more literary and more socially concerned...
If that happens, the College's apprehension of treading the "bleeding edge" could degrade Houses into mere living quarters unless they invest in tools to transform themselves into Net-connected communities.
According to an FAS Computer Services annual computer use survey, in 1997 only 74 percent of seniors had computers that were connected through their dorm room into the network. This year's survey didn't even bother to ask the question. The assumption was that nearly all of the 98...
And the technological capabilities for Net-connected student life have grown faster than the central College administration and Houses have been able--or willing--to deal with.For example, Steen says, upcoming network improvements will largely serve to increase the entertainment potential of each student's desktop computer--thereby circumventing a...