Word: jefferson
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Yesterday afternoon, the American Physical Society designated Harvard’s Jefferson Laboratory as a Historic Site, citing the special role that it and the Harvard Physics department have played in encouraging physical sciences education...
...crowded Jefferson 250, Harvard President Drew G. Faust was presented with a rectangular plaque by APS President Cherry A. Murray, who is also the incoming dean of the newly-minted School for Engineering and Applied Sciences...
...decision to choose Jefferson Laboratory was made by the APS nominating committee. Murray said the committee saw Jefferson as an obvious pick thanks to its deep history...
Opening its doors in 1884, Jefferson was not only one of the oldest physics buildings in the nation, but also one of the first buildings to be created for both research and education...
...liberal-arts education has taken on a queer form indeed at Harvard College. A student may arrive here from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va.—among the best secondary schools in the nation—ready to study mathematics. He ambitiously prepares a plan of study that allows him to earn an honors degree, a foreign language citation, and a Phi Beta Kappa key, all before his 22nd birthday...