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...issues with the Harvard Connections Web site emphasize that [user privacy] is a common and pressing problem,” Chong wrote...

Author: By Punit N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Privacy Concerns Shut Down Online Directory | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Constant glucose-monitoring systems face the problem of a delay between the release of insulin and its absorption in the body. If the body responds too slowly, too much insulin can accumulate and result in hypoglycemia—a worst-case scenario, according to Firas El-Khatib, a researcher at Boston University...

Author: By Robert T. Bowden, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Diabetes Treatment Advances with Trial of Artificial Pancreas | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...related problem is the semantics of the exact question; would it be in binary form—gay or straight?  What about bisexual and transsexual identities?  The Common Application is unlikely to produce a question that is both inclusive and specific enough to be useful.  How could applicants be expected to squeeze something as personal as their sexuality into a tiny box to be checked...

Author: By Ryan M. Rossner | Title: Should Colleges Ask? | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Given the course’s reputation for time-consuming problem sets, Malan said he often worries that interested students may shy away from taking the course, though 72 percent of students who took CS50 last semester said they had no programming experience...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Malan Plans To Cut Letter Grades for CS50 | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...school, Ellis needed to purchase some of the adjacent land to build an access road and the police station he had proposed. Hajji Lala, the local warlord, insisted he had that covered. "I kept asking him for the names of the landowners," Ellis says. "He kept saying, 'No problem.' " But it was a problem. Most of the property in the Zhari district is owned by absentee landlords. When Ellis pressed Hajji Lala for names yet again in late February, he was told, "You're going to have to find out who owns that land yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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