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...administrators say that this model should no longer be the mainstay of modern academia. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences—which consists of nearly half of the Harvard’s faculty—has devoted itself to establishing the young, dynamic, multicultural faculty of the future...
...Modern technology and the Internet have delivered enormous capability into the hands of institutions and individuals around the globe. However, our dependence on this network carries the seeds of great vulnerability. Protecting our assets and the security of our transactions in cyberspace is not only a technical challenge, but also a legal challenge. What are the legal responsibilities of institutions and even countries for securing global cyberspace against "rogue" threats arising within their own domains? What are the rules and laws of cyber warfare? What is the new legal construct for privacy in an age when so much...
This sanctification of labor permeates Lamont, where Harvard students, hounded by the insatiable need to stay busy enough to deserve their privileged place in the modern meritocracy, combat fears of inadequacy through righteous striving. In the library’s confines, undergrads complain about work even when they have none, as if terrified by the prospect of idleness. For, as Max C. E. Weber wrote, in capitalist society, the waste of time is “the first and in principle the deadliest of sins...
...been continually adapted to new opportunities, and it supports our work today. Now 12,000 Harvard alumnae and alumni work throughout the world to encourage students to consider Harvard, and they interview applicants to assist the Admissions Office in selecting each year’s entering class. Our modern tools include the Internet and other technological innovations...
...adding that the only discussion he recalls among fellow undergraduates over the proposed housing changes had to do with the architecture of the new buildings. According to Smith, a former resident of Leverett House, the issue was that the new buildings like the Leverett Towers “were modern and square and very utilitarian and did not have the grace and charm the old buildings...