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...indicate her preferences of lyrics and musical styles. Linguistics professor Bert Vaux, who has lectured on Koko in his class, Social Analysis 34: Knowledge of Language, responded to early claims that Koko was a songwriter, saying, “This scheme is consistent with what [The Language Instinct author Steven] Pinker accuses the animal trainers of doing with Koko and the other ‘talking’ animals – taking utterances of limited content and coherence and augmenting them with more fluid pronouncements from the imaginations of the human handlers...
...being informed of the magnitude of the change. Pressured to take action, the administration created a new committee to review the College’s responses to sexual assault. The committee will present a final report to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and the faculty by this coming April. The committee, called the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard (CASAH), which began its review this September, must make substantive recommendations to improve Harvard’s sexual assault education, prevention, resources for victims and disciplinary procedures...
Your article on psychologist Steven Pinker's new book, The Blank Slate, discussed the author's views on how much of human character is shaped by genes and how much by environment [SCIENCE, Oct. 28]. I am always amazed when I hear the phrase nature vs. nurture. What about free will? For most of us, neither nature nor nurture governs our ability to choose freely, at least not in a democratic society. Genetics, environment and upbringing can powerfully influence us to choose a specific path, but we are still able to choose an alternate...
...don’t know yet what the best investments are, what works best, what changes education in a positive way,” said Provost Steven E. Hyman...
...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has not made any arrests in the two robberies, but did arrest a juvenile in connection with the assault shortly after it occurred, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano...