Academics
Business School Professor Examines 'Cheater's High'
As the unprecedented academic dishonesty case that rocked Harvard last year remains on the minds of students and faculty, a recently published article argues that cheating boosts self-satisfaction.
Scholars at Risk
“Will I be safer?” Birtukan Midekssa echoes. She lets out a laugh, pauses, then shakes her head, but her wide smile doesn’t flicker. “I don’t know,” she says. “Honestly.”
In Study, Open Access Science Journals Accept Fake Papers
More than half of over three hundred fee-based, open access science journals accepted a bogus research paper for publication in a study conducted by John N. Bohannon, a visiting scholar at the Harvard Program in Ethics and Health.
How To Pick the Right Concentration
If you’re a sophomore, you’re probably freaking out about having to declare your concentration by mid-November (and by even earlier for some programs). To help you avoid picking the wrong one, Flyby compiled a cheat sheet detailing some possible areas of study.
Academic Integrity Panel
Cabot House Co-Master Rakesh Khurana listens to Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister share his thoughts on the culture of academic integrity. The panel, titled "Doing Good Work in a Noisy, Messy World," was moderated by Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, who is also Chair of the Academic Integrity Committee.
Academic Integrity Panel
Associate Professor of Psychology Joshua Greene, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature Stephanie Sandler, and Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister listen to Cabot House Co-Master Rakesh Khurana discuss the culture of academic integrity. The panel, titled "Doing Good Work in a Noisy, Messy World," was moderated by Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, who is also Chair of the Academic Integrity Committee.
Academic Integrity Panel
Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister shares his thoughts on the importance of building a supportive community within the world of academia during a panel last fall.
Academic Integrity Panel
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature Stephanie Sandler, Cabot House Master Rakesh Khurana, and Interim Dean of the College Donald Pfister, listen to Associate Professor of Psychology Joshua Greene discuss research on the impact of social influence. The panel, titled "Doing Good Work in a Noisy, Messy World", was moderated by Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay Harris, who is also Chair of the Academic Integrity Committee.
Panel Discusses Academic Integrity
At a faculty-led conversation about academic integrity on Thursday afternoon, more than 70 administrators, students, and members of the faculty gathered and discussed campus academic and extracurricular culture and how to best encourage academic honesty at Harvard.
“Doing Good Work in a Noisy, Messy World”: People Cheated in Gov 1310 Last Year
On Monday, you no doubt received but did not actually read an email from Jay M. Harris, Dean of Undergraduate Education and Chair of the Academic Integrity Committee. While its title may have tricked you into thinking it was a guide to actually getting work done when you live in a tiny Wigg suite with four other girls, it was in fact yet another reminder that students at Harvard have cheated.
One Year Later: The Impact of the Gov 1310 Cheating Scandal on Harvard Athletics
Today, with many departed athletes now back on campus and with their teams, the spectre of Government 1310 no longer looms in quite the same way over Harvard’s athletic courts and fields, though the memory of the scandal remains fresh.
Gov 1310 Timeline
Since resident deans were first made aware of the Gov 1310 cheating scandal in August 2012, the incident has been a central part to many lives at Harvard and affect the athletics teams.
Gov 1310 Flow Chart
According to NCAA bylaw 14.2.3.1, a student-athlete begins a season of eligibility as soon as he engages in a contest against outside competition. This flow chart follows the path a student-athlete could have taken after being accused of collaboration in the Gov 1310 scandal.
Science of Cooking Lecture Series Continues to Draw Crowds in its Fourth Year
A packed audience filled Science Center Hall C on Monday, passing around samples of spherical gelatinized spinach during a public lecture entitled “Diffusion and Spherification.” The lecture was the fourth in a series associated with the popular course Science of the Physical Universe 27: “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science.”
Making the Cut: The Real Pre-med Requirements
The story of droves of students entering college expecting to be pre-med, but later switching tracks—whether because of the rigor or the draw of other disciplines—is a familiar one. However, at Harvard unique factors play into this whittling down of aspiring doctors.
