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...have a place at Harvard after all. On the heels of the General Education report that added a religion requirement to the Core, a national study released last week revealed that the majority of college educators believe in some form of God. Assistant Professor of Sociology Neil Gross, co-author of the study, said he was surprised to find so many people of faith in the professorate. “Conservative critics of higher education paint the academy as a bastion of atheism,” Gross wrote in an e-mail. “There are indeed more atheists...
...deals with difficulties in life with remarkable optimism and poise, and almost always with smile and success. (This is very gross generalization, and I am doing him a big injustice by glossing over all the little fine qualities Hui possesses, which combine to generate joyful spirits in every companion...
...this year, will ultimately hinge on outside factors as well. "Regardless of what government is in power, if oil prices go down next year, then the economy gets a boost," says Supavud Saicheua, an economist at Phatra Securities in Bangkok. That would contribute richly to Thailand's gross national happiness...
...Harvard Business School opened the India Research Center in Mumbai—joining centers in Buenos Aires, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Silicon Valley, Calif. Harvard’s heightened focus on India comes as the world’s second most populous country experiences rapid growth. Its real gross domestic product—a common measure of the size of a country’s economy—expanded at a 7.6 percent rate last year. And last quarter, India’s economy exceeded expectations, registering a blazing 8.9 percent growth rate. “India...
...report’s recommendations need to be approved by the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences before they can be implemented. Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 wrote in an e-mail yesterday that the report would be the main topic of discussion at the Nov. 14 Faculty meeting, but it is not clear when a final vote could occur...