Academics
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.
Harvard’s APR Scores Could Have Fallen Due to Cheating Scandal
When student-athletes withdraw from Harvard, they generally either impact the retention or eligibility component of their team’s single-year APR score, depending on whether they leave before or after the study card deadline.
Fall Course Enrollments, Fall 2010-2013
Ec 10a was Harvard's highest-enrolled course this semester, narrowly beating out the rising CS50.
CS50, Stat 110 See Continued Increases in Enrollment
In fall 2009, computer science lecturer David J. Malan welcomed 337 aspiring coders to his introductory computer science course CS50. Four years later, the course’s enrollment has more than doubled, closing in on—but just failing to surpass—the introductory economics course Ec 10a as Harvard’s most popular class.
Courses Lotteries
Lotteries for popular courses experienced low acceptance rates, such as a 7 percent admission rate for Maria Tatar's Folklore and Mythology 128.
With Demand for Popular Courses High, Course Lotteries See Low Admissions Rates
Folklore and Mythology 128: “Fairy Tale, Myth, and Fantasy Literature,” which accepted just 31 of 440 interested students, was among many that conducted lotteries over the past week to reduce overcrowding in their classrooms.
Course Lotteries
Lotteries for popular courses experienced low acceptance rates, such as a 7 percent admission rate for Maria Tatar's Folklore and Mythology 128.
Harvard Today: Sept. 10, 2013
Study card day is upon us, and it's pretty much a measure of how on top of our lives we are. Get it handed in, avoid the obnoxious fine, and then voila! School is officially in session. It might even be time to start actually doing the reading (just kidding!).
Freshman Survey Part III: Classes, Clubs, and Concussions
One year after the announcement of the Gov 1310 scandal, 17 percent of freshmen surveyed by The Crimson admitted to having cheated on a paper or a take-home assignment before to coming to Harvard.
Introductory Humanities Courses Aim To Fill Gap
Introductory courses have long been the backbone of many a Harvard student’s undergraduate experience. But while science concentrators enroll in Life Sciences 1a and economics concentrators opt to take Economics 10, students interested in the humanities have not had the same opportunity to take a broad introductory course.
Harvard Today: Sept. 5, 2013
If you weren’t thrilled with the results of Tuesday’s shopping, now’s the time to try something new for that Tu./Th. slot you’re looking to fill.
Greenblatt and Vendler Weigh In: What if We Abolished English Tomorrow?
Attention sophomores thinking about concentrating in English: Stop reading op-eds. This summer, it seems like English—not to mention most disciplines in the humanities—have been denigrated and abused by columnists, cash-strapped universities, and graphs everywhere. Despite the fervor over this certain oncoming apocalypse, level heads still exist: In a recent piece for The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik points out that "If we abolished English majors tomorrow, Stephen Greenblatt and Stanley Fish and Helen Vendler would not suddenly be freed to use their smarts to start making quantum proton-nuclear reactor cargo transporters, or whatever; they would all migrate someplace where they could still talk Shakespeare and Proust and the rest." But where would that place be? Flyby decided to find out.
Students Adjust as Rosh Hashanah Overlaps with Shopping Week
As members of the Harvard community prepare to celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah—which begins at sunset Wednesday and restricts all work, including writing—students and professors are working to accommodate those observing the holiday.
Harvard Today: Sept. 3, 2013
It may be Day 1 of the Fall 2013 semester, but it’s not Monday. All classes that normally meet on Tuesdays will meet today. If you need a break, treat yourself to an early afternoon trip to the Farmer’s Market for a demonstration by Joanne B. Chang '91 of Flour Bakery.
