Word: sectionalism
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...indeed, what would continue to baffle him for months to come—is how his words that day would emerge as some of the most explosive ever uttered in the ivory tower.The notes Summers had prepared were scattered with underscores and marginal annotations, arrows pointing from one section to another halfway down the page, a map of his mind at work. At the very top, Summers had written, “women underrepresented,” and next to that an arrow pointing to the one-word question motivating his remarks...
...professors have a close affinity with many students. The relationship is reflected in multiple Facebook groups, including several focusing on the professors and one dedicated to the chalk they use to draw amino acids on their Science Center blackboard.The class boasts a team of 25 teaching fellows leading 33 sections. The course also features four formal labs in the field of pharmaceutical research, which Heller cited as “one of the strongest intersections between [biology and chemistry].”Students are also able to take advantage of an unusual number of resources outside of class, including weekly...
...area workers practicing a Western-style of meditation called mindfulness or insight meditation. "We showed for the first time that you don't have to do it all day for similar results," says Lazar. What's more, her research suggests that meditation may slow the natural thinning of that section of the cortex that occurs with...
...think it’s a really great system.”“I feel like there is a lot more supplemental-learning activity here,” Sarah Miller says. “Almost all classes have an optional additional class...whether extra section...or lunch with the professor.”KEEPING BUSYTheir status as unanticipated visitors left the Tulane students without many extracurricular options. With such a short stint at the College, there was little time to become involved in the activities that, for Harvard students, often define the college experience.Ordoyne was one exception...
...remain focused on appealing to Harvard audiences. However, ever since the show ended a long hiatus and was re-launched in 2003, it has been part of a growing national phenomenon: college-made soap operas. An October edition of Newsweek’s “Periscope” section profiled “Ivory Tower” alongside similar shows at Boston University and the University of North Carolina. The show’s website has also received hits and downloads from people as far away as Texas and the Pacific Rim. Degroff even claims that the production team...