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...organizational chart. The best example at Harvard is the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, which brings together over twenty schools and research centers across Cambridge and beyond, forcing together scholars who might otherwise not associate with each other by unifying funding sources, providing common leadership, and creating a forum for discussion and debate. It also singles out the singular importance of stem cell research. The Stem Cell Institute is not alone; Harvard boasts many research centers that unify scholars based on the questions they tackle rather than the methods they use. Today, there is an area of study as crucial...
...less intrinsic value as a field of study than, say, science, history, or literature. Otherwise, why wouldn’t the general education committee require Harvard students to actually learn about religion as they do other fields? The general education report has relegated religion to the current events forum to be examined solely in the areas where it has overlap with society. In no way will students be able to acquire a deeper understanding of religion, knowledge that would help students develop a wide set of skills not present in any other field of study. In Harvard?...
...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, the growing Broad Institute for genomics research, and the Harvard Initiative for Global Health have already begun to (or soon will) provide a forum for development and exchange that no pre-existing entity can provide. But finding such organizations requires convincing a broad spectrum of stakeholders that such a move is for the benefit of the whole University, and this is no easy task...
...workers also enjoyed backing from a host of campus organizations. The Black Men’s Forum, College Democrats, Harvard Hillel, Harvard Progressive Advocacy Group, Harvard Initiative for Peace & Justice, South Asian Association, and Radcliffe Union of Students also sponsored the event, according to SLAM leaders...
...People’s History of the United States,” which has sold over 1 million copies since it was first published in 1980. Last night’s event, titled “The Inner Life of Democracy,” was part of the Cambridge Forum series, a weekly public affairs program taped at the church and broadcast on public radio stations across the country. Poet Mark Nepo introduced Zinn and interviewed him on-stage before opening up to the audience for questions. Zinn was interrupted on multiple occasions by applause while he criticized...