The following article is by Steven Pinker, a Harvard University Professor of Psychology. This essay is adapted from his 2011 book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined,” published by Viking. On the day this article appears, you will read about a shocking act of violence. Somewhere in the world there will be a terrorist bombing, a senseless murder, a bloody insurrection. It’s impossible to learn...
Read MoreThe Department of Geography’s web designer, Guylene Gadal, has built a new and classy undergraduate section for our web site that is designed, hopefully, “to get students excited about taking our classes and becoming majors” (to quote Dar Roberts, our Chair). Guylene enlisted the help of several undergrads, notably Heather Berry (research, content, and logo), Sarah Harris (picture collection, color design, and...
Read MoreThe following text is from a University of Montreal press release of October 11, written by International Press Attaché William Raillant-Clark and titled “New computer program promises to save the whales”: Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a computer program that enables regulators to evaluate the ecological and economic tradeoffs between marine mammal conservation, whale watching and...
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