Daniel Lieberman: ‘Dieting is a disaster for everyone’ Interview by Ian Tucker, theguardian.com Harvard’s professor of human evolutionary biology explains why obesity is the major 21st-century problem – and why we are ill-equipped to deal with it Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard and has published… http://flip.it/F9R8p Related articles Making … Continue reading Anthropological perspectives on why dieting is a waste of time
(via The New Science of Building Great Teams - Harvard Business Review) Related articles When Hell Froze Over - in The Harvard Business Review (blogs.berkeley.edu) Harvard Business Review reduced to quoting dead eugenicist for argument against Bitcoin (peculium.net) When Hell Froze Over - in the Harvard Business Review (xconomy.com) The Two Most Important Words Managers … Continue reading The New Science of Building Great Teams
2U One-Ups MOOCs, Coursera, Now Offers Online Undergrad Courses From Top Schools For Credit Rip Empson, techcrunch.com Four years after it launching its first graduate program with USC, 2U today has announced its foray into undergraduate education through a new program called Semester Online. The company will be powering a virtual classroom… Related articles Exploring … Continue reading 2U now offers online MOOC courses from top schools for credit
Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university? Carole Cadwalladr, guardian.co.uk Publishing, music, shopping, journalism – all revolutionised by the internet. Next in line? Education. Now US academics are offering world-class tuition – free – to anyone who can log on, anywhere in the world, is this the end of campus life? Tw… … Continue reading Online courses challenge universities
Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them” Rip Empson, techcrunch.com If you get the opportunity to hear Clayton Christensen hold court, seize it. Christensen is a Harvard Business School professor and renowned author and innovation expert, perhaps best known for his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” wh… http://flpbd.it/vxutu Related articles Turning openness into … Continue reading Clayton Christensen: “Disruptive Innovations Create Jobs, Efficiency Innovations Destroy Them
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Anant Agarwal believes an online education from MIT and Harvard should be available to all - Magazine - The Boston Globe. Related articles Why Comparing edX to MIT is Like Comparing a Toyota to a Ferrari (bostinno.com) UC Berkeley latest to join edX program (zdnet.com) Q & A with Anant Agarwal: Anant Agarwal Discusses Free … Continue reading Anant Agarwal: expanding online education from MIT and Harvard with EdX
Yikes. His conclusion is that MBA students at Harvard insecure overachievers and "a factory of unhappy people". Related articles Is management a religion? (lucasolari.com) How MIT Became the Most Important University in the World (bostonmagazine.com)
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Professional master's degree programs in regulatory affairs and biomedical quality systems : Article : Nature Biotechnology. Related articles RAPS Publishes New Edition of Fundamentals of EU Regulatory Affairs (biotechblog.com) Drug discovery (economist.com) Bio-engineered Jellyfish Swim (the-scientist.com) Scientists engineer a cyborg jellyfish from rat cells and silicone (io9.com) Schadt reflects on first year at $100M genomics … Continue reading Professional master’s degree programs in regulatory affairs and biomedical quality systems : Article : Nature Biotechnology
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