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Past Nieman fellows give the program very high marks. Terry Tang, a 1992 Nieman fellow and editorial writer for the Seattle Times, said he considers it "the most precious commodity in a busy career--time to read books missed in college and to consider how better to do my job," according to the foundation's worldwideWeb site...
...fellows say they anticipate an equally fruitful experience. Bill Graves, an education writer at The Oregonian of Portland and a Nieman fellow for the 1998-99 academic year, said he is "thrilled to be involved in the program...
...problem is an immediate and practical one for practicing doctors, said Medical School professor Harold J. Bursztajn, who is co-director of the Program in Psychiatry...
...year or longer. Clearly more of Harvard's resources should be devoted to fostering such experiences, but for those departmental administrators who complain that they have no control over resources, there is already at least one example of a large department which managed to create a successful mentoring program without additional resources--biochemistry...
...fact, the tutorial staff in the biochem department recognized the need for mentoring more than 70 years ago and instituted the senior scientist program. Under this program, Faculty volunteers, as well as post-docs and scientists in the biotech industry, act as tutorial leaders for a group of no more than eight undergraduates for a period of three years. Senior scientists sign study-cards, assist their tutees in finding a lab in which to work and often act as thesis advisors...