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...First, the biggest obstacle to a broader audience is political scientists?? use of jargon. Mangled terms like “import-substituting industrialization” and “competitive authoritarianism” litter the typical textbook. In theory, these labels should make the discipline more precise, but in practice, they make it inaccessible. Not only are they hard for casual readers to understand, they also are difficult for students to remember. What is “amoral familism” again...
...between scientists and evangelicals on the issue of global climate change. Eric S. Chivian ’64, the director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment, and Reverend Richard Cizik, spoke of their environmental activism in a discussion titled “God and Global Warming: Scientists?? and Evangelicals’ Common Voice.” Chivian and Cizik founded the Scientists and Evangelicals Initiative, a joint effort between the NAE and the Center for Health and the Global Environment, in the fall of 2006 after making a week-long trip to Alaska with leading...
...conflicting. The angles of view that an artist can bring to bear are equally as valid as those that a scientist can bear.” However, Purcell admits that despite her frequent collaborations with natural historians, she has encountered difficulties in attempting to reconcile her approach with scientists?? when depicting biological collections.“Egg and Nest,” Purcell’s latest exhibition, opened yesterday. It will be on display through March 15. The exhibition features images of the eggs and nests of various bird species. Photographed from a collection of the Western...
...said. “The lectures that Bank of America has sponsored have allowed Harvard to host speakers from all over the world.” In addition to the importance of a global perspective, Schrag also emphasized the need for both “economists, engineers, and scientists?? and “experts in cultures and civilization” to bring diverse expertise to the problem. “To me,” he said, “Bank of America’s sponsorship is just a small piece of what I hope will...
...Harvard’s leading scientists??some actively pursuing the new approach to stem cells—have responded by saying work on both methods needs to continue...