February 01, 2001

Internet should enhance, not replace, classroom The new technology available to instructors can add a new dimension to traditional learning, but is unlikely to supercede a classroom education, educators stressed at the 7th Annual ABCD Multimedia Fair last week. Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Future phones face campus test today
The telephones of tomorrow are sitting on 100 desks across the University today in a pilot program that could give Harvard greater flexibility in deciding where and when to install a phone and simultaneously put the University at the leading edge of an eventual nationwide switch in telephone technology.

Glenn pushes math, science education
John Glenn addressed the current failing of math and science education in this country and the necessity for vast improvement in the years ahead, during an appearance at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Tuesday night.

Multimedia Fair sends out clear message
Harvard computer experts got a glimpse of an educational future filled with virtual experiences and real-time information-gathering last week, along with a warning that education, not technology, should drive the coming changes.

Fineberg sees tradition amid change
With a nod to failed predictions of the past, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg Tuesday painted a picture of Harvard in the 21st century as a place in even greater demand, with more adult students, and with learning occurring in different times and places.

Mathematics is a game of life
Professor Jun Liu thinks he may be able to use statistics to find answers about genes and how they control life more quickly than biologists can with experiments.

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