Word: steven
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ethicists to speak on a dozen issues at the intersection of modern medicine and organic chemistry. Last year, a few of Harvard’s top scientists, such as stem cell demigod Prof. Douglas A. Melton and former National Institute of Mental Health chief (and now University provost) Steven E. Hyman dropped by, as well as a few HMS researchers and pharmaceutical company executives. And what course on medicine and society wouldn’t be complete without a visit from Prof. Michael J. Sandel himself? But beware, for all the dazzle of the star-studded cast, the problem sets...
...Renaissance in Florence” is big enough and draws enough sweatshirt-wearing, non-concentrator athletes to be an attractive out for students trying to slip through the cracks of the Core. And beware the notoriously irrelevant lecturing of McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History Steven Ozment, who leads B-18, “The Protestant Reformation.”If major historical events interest you less than the everyday lives of dull, dead people, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s B-40, “Pursuits of Happiness: Ordinary Lives in Revolutionary America” receives consistently high...
...classes (almost anything can count if you make a case for it) and classes and tutorials in the History of Science department itself. The concentration also boasts some of the best advising at Harvard. The director of programs, Allie Belser, and the new director of undergraduate studies, Steven Shapin, are always willing to talk. You’ll usually find Shapin in the lounge on the 3rd floor of the new wing of the Science Center, lurking around the sandwiches and muffins. The concentration also throws a Christmas party at the Sheraton Commander, white wine included. And while the department...
Hundreds of students each semester elect to take Steven Pinker’s famous course, expecting an easy, fun class about brains. The verdict? A common one for Science B classes, unfortunately. To wit: “That class was so much fucking bullshit...
...know they’re on the steering committee or that there is even a steering committee. For all practical purposes, Anya Bernstein (the Dean of Undergraduate Studies) is the face of Social Studies. If you’re lucky, you’ll come across Professors Michael Hiscox, Steven Levitsky, and Peter Gordon, who’ll all single-handedly make Social Studies worth your time and sweat. Did we mention that Social Studies cannot have its own tenured faculty since it is not a department but a committee? If you have any hopes that Social Studies will ever...