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Graduate Student Council Passes DoubleTree Resolution
The resolution, which is nearly identical to one passed by the Undergraduate Council earlier this week, calls upon the graduate body to urge relevant Harvard administrators to support fair process as workers decide whether or not to unionize.
Philosophy Dept., Professors Endorse Effort to Cap Sections at 12
A movement to limit the size of course sections to 12 students that began among a small group of graduate students last fall has grown into a formal campaign backed by members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and endorsed by the University’s Philosophy Department.
At Town Hall, Teaching Fellows Air Grievances
Graduate students voiced complaints about the systems that govern teaching fellows and their responsibilities, sharing stories about teaching for months without getting paid and scrambling to find teaching posts as enrollment numbers fluctuate during shopping week.
Graduate Student Council Announces Forum for Teaching Fellows
The Graduate Student Council will host a “Teaching Town Hall” on Feb. 19 for teaching fellows and other graduate students to air grievances and look for solutions to problems in the classroom and in dealing with faculty members.
The Five-and-a-Half Types of Teaching Fellows You’ll Have At Harvard
Remember when you used to dream about going to Harvard? About eating in Annenberg, living in a beautiful, bell-towered House on the river, and learning from Nobel Prize-winning professors? Now that you’ve been here a while, you’ve no doubt learned that (spoiler alert) Annenberg isn’t actually Hogwarts, that the River Houses have cockroaches, and that you’ll spend as much time learning from graduate students as you do from the likes of Karplus and Mankiw. But never fear, Harvard TFs tend to be amazing—and just as diverse as Harvard students. Here are the five-and-a-half types of teaching fellows you’ll have at Harvard:
Brain Inspires New Type of Circuits
Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have employed a new material to mimic the low-power, high-performance functioning of the human brain in simple circuits.
Horizon Scholars
Harvard Horizons, an initiative to recognize and celebrate the contributions of PhD students at Harvard, awarded these 8 scholars on Monday, May 6th, 2013. Fenna Krienen, Hansun Hsiung, Jeff Teigler, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, Aaron Kuan, Alex Fattal, Stephanie Dick and Edgar Barroso were named the 2013 Horizon Scholars.
GSAS Hosts Symposium on Student Research
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ inaugural Harvard Horizons initiative—a program designed to highlight some of the best work of Harvard Ph.D. students—culminated in a TED Talk-style symposium on Monday.
How to Save a Life
Nalini Ambady, a former associate professor of psychology at Harvard, is currently fighting for her life against leukemia. Ambady, who is now a professor at Stanford, has just seven weeks to find a bone marrow match before her next round of chemotherapy. According to the website nalinineedsyou.com, Ambady has a one in 20,000 chance of finding a matching donor.
GSC Works For New Mental Health Programs
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ Graduate Student Council is adapting mental health programs implemented the College to fit its own independent mental health resources.
Students Explore Global Music
Songs ranging from a Chinese tune that depicts the seven states of being drunk to a rendition of an instrumental piece in the French film ‘Amelie’ filled Dudley House dining hall Sunday night during the World Music Ensemble’s fall concert.
Student Dissertation Sticks to Schedule Despite Hurricane Sandy
Although Hurricane Sandy interrupted all but core Harvard University operations Monday, the so-called superstorm was no match for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ph. D candidate Mollie A. Woodworth.
Caribbean Diaspora
Robert A. HIll, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses race, ethnicity, and African identity at the graduate student-organized conference "Reconsidering Caribbean Diaspora." FridaSeptember 28
Jay Herlihy Appointed Dean of Finance for FAS
Jay Herlihy will be the new Dean of Finance for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as of Sept. 26, according to an email sent to members of FAS Friday morning.
GSAS Appoints New Dean
Meng will replace classics professor Richard J. Tarrant, who has served as interim dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science’s graduate school since Dean Allan M. Brandt stepped down in February due to poor health.
Lattes and Laptops
On bad-weather days, the inside of the Gato is packed and one is often hard-pressed to find a seat. The small tables and prevalence of laptops often means sharing a table with a new friend, or searching for a new location.
Coffee and a Smile
Offering cool drink specials like "the Undertow" or the "Honey Badger Latte", the baristas at the Gato put a cool spin on coffee and tea. Customers can choose from a wide selection of black and green teas in addition to customizing their own lattes with different milks and flavor syrups.
Smith Assembles Committee To Find GSAS Dean
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith has convened an advisory committee to begin the search for a new dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Daniel A. Hirshberg
Daniel A. Hirshberg speaks of the orgins of concatenated reincarnation in Tibet. The talk is part of the Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Lunchtime Lecture Series.
Grad Student Council Election Draws Large Voter Turnout
At the end of one of the longest and most contentious elections in recent memory, current President Cammi N. Valdez, along with a slate of other incumbent candidates, maintained control of five of the six contested positions on the Council.
FM Investigates: Backpacks
Backpacks: bulging with books, heavy with technology, guardians of our stuff, and utterly shrouded in mystery. Can we judge the contents of a backpack by its cover?
FM Investigates: Backpacks
Backpacks: bulging with books, heavy with technology, guardians of our stuff, and utterly shrouded in mystery. Can we judge the contents of a backpack by its cover?