Ingenious: Molecular Prosthetics
When Martin Burke, M.D., was making his rounds at Harvard Medical School in 1999, he visited a young woman suffering with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that can severely damage
In Class: Power Transformer
Our engineering students are technically brilliant. They’re going to be fantastically successful in what they do. But can they reflect? I’m afraid that we’re getting them to think too much
In Class: Comics Connection
I teach graduate students who are going to be working with young people in school and public libraries. This includes a readers’ advisory course on helping library patrons of all
In Class: Dig Leader
Archaeology is very much a part of our Center’s work because this is how we understand the histories of indigenous societies in the Americas. Even though my position is primarily
Critical Thinker
The official title of the course Psych 598 is the Personality Journal Club. But its participants know it as PIGIE: Personality Interest Group, Including Espresso. Once a week, psychology professor
In Class: Identity Explorer
I teach graduate students in our writing program, and I teach literature and cultural studies courses, as well as creative writing, to undergraduates. One of my courses is on slavery
In Class: Ethical Strategist
I teach a required undergraduate class in business dynamics. Students engage in a complex, very cool computer simulation, running one of six companies making sensors and all competing against each
In Class: River Runner
I am a geomorphologist by training. I study how rivers are natural agents of erosion and deposition on our planet. Earth is unique because of its large amount of surface water.
In Class: Middle Ager
The Middle Ages covers at least a thousand years. It’s a huge period of time, and a lot is happening—knights in shining armor and chivalry and cathedrals, but also disease
In Class: Data Driven
Five years ago, no one really knew what data science was. Now, the buzz is it’s where all the new jobs are. I teach Data Science Discovery, a freshman-level course,
