Gen Ed
The Science of General Education
While some science professors are embracing Gen Ed by using innovative teaching methods, other faculty members have kept their courses—holdovers from the nearly defunct Core Curriculum—virtually unchanged.
Gen Ed SLS 21 Presents Projects
Students presented their “novel hypotheses”—original interpretations based on research on diseases—for SLS 21.
The Evolution of Medicine and More
Samantha Singh '14, presents her novel hypothesis on the evolution of rabies yesterday during a poster fair at the Holyoke Center. The new General Education class, The Evolution of Medicine, will compile all the students' corresponding papers into a journal of evolutionary medicine.
Conant Prize Recognizes Creative Science Projects
For the first time in its over 50-year history, the James Bryant Conant Prize is being awarded to a project consisting of wood, clay, twisted wire, and beams of light rather than a collection of words on a page.
Number of Seniors In Gen Ed Doubles
The proportion of seniors completing the General Education program has doubled from 10 to 20 percent since the start of the academic year, according to the Gen Ed office.
Students Study ‘Tangible Things’
After teaching fellows distributed chips to the roughly 300 students in the audience, history professor Laurel T. Ulrich and senior lecturer Ivan Gaskell, who co-teach the course, instructed students to write down observations about the chips they held in their hands.
Seniors Petition for Core Class Credit
About 300 juniors and seniors have petitioned to receive Core credit for departmental courses this year.
Science and Cooking Course at Harvard To Be Offered Again
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced its decision Wednesday to continue its relationship with the Alícia Foundation and famous chef Ferran Adrià—founders of the popular course Science of the Physical Universe 27: “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter”—following a successful first semester of the class.
Science Gen Ed Courses Draw Non-Concentrators
Since the very beginning, Physical Universe 27, “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter” has found itself at the center of attention for its ability to attract not only science concentrators, but also the larger undergraduate population.
New Course Emphasizes Objects
A 100-year-old Mexican corn tortilla, a 19th century American painter’s palette, and a stuffed Bengal tiger will count among objects undergraduates will study in a new General Education course University Professor Laurel T. Ulrich will teach this spring.
Science of Cooking Offers Feast of Lecturers
Sections of the Science Center were roped off yesterday to limit student crowds for “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter.”
Science and Cooking
The instructors of Science of the Physical Universe 27: Science and Cooking present a lecture at the Loeb Drama Center. (CORRECTION: The caption incorrectly stated that the image depicted Lowell Lecture Hall. The caption has been fixed to reflect the error.)
Today in Photos (09/08/10)
Freshmen stargaze on the roof of the Science Center yesterday as Astronomy Lab Manager Allyson Bieryla points out salient celestial objects. The roof was open to promote the course SPU21: Stellar Measures of the Universe.
Science of Cooking Proves To Be ‘Haute’ Draw for Undergraduates
Students lined the stairs and poured out of the double doors of a Science Center Hall yesterday, as Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics Professor Michael P. Brenner debuted the new course "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter."
Gen Ed Identity Still Emerging
Tariq A. Musa ’10 left three Core classes for his senior spring semester, hoping they would “vanish” if he waited long enough.
Gen Ed Promotes Creative Classwork
When Nur N. Ibrahim ’13 visited her Culture and Belief class’s art exhibit last week, she found herself surrounded by God—the letters of Allah’s name, that is, depicted using everything from DNA helices to Solo cups.
Art and Islam
Students in Culture and Belief 12, "For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures," showcase their artwork representing a variety of calligraphic depictions of the word “Allah” at a special reception yesterday.
With Gen Ed’s Rise, Core Program Loses Assistant Director
Assistant Director of the Core Program Charles G. Ruberto ’88, the administration’s primary contact for students seeking information about the Core and for faculty teaching Core courses, announced in an e-mail Friday that he will be leaving for a new position outside Harvard.
Today in Photos (2/22/10)
Photos published in the Monday, February 22, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.
Science Gen Ed Course Exhibits Final Projects
Marina S. Magloire ’11 and Kelly N. Bodwin ’11 sang to the tune of Haddaway’s “What Is Love,” at the inaugural Science of the Physical Universe 20 project exhibition Friday afternoon.
My Fair Gen Ed Project
Teaching fellows discuss student projects at the project fair for "From Quarks to Consciousness: What is Life," a General Education class taught by Andrew Berry, Melissa Franklin, and Logan S. McCarty.
Kremlin on the Charles?
First, Der Spiegel accuses some Harvard students of being "abstinence apostle[s];” then, Newsweek accuses the faculty of harboring “general disdain” towards faith? Is it a case of being “damned if we do, and damned if we don’t”—or is it the case that we are just damned period?
Shopping Week, Day Five: Harvard Meets Hollywood
A wise man we made up once said that the best class is the class you don't have to go to. Who knew Harvard would take his advice and let professors videotape courses and post them online? Not that we're complaining.