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There are several reasons why enrollment in Introduction to Computer Science I increased from 500 students in 2013-2014 to more than 1,000 this year, and many of them rest on the efforts of David Sullivan. The College of Arts & Sciences master lecturer in computer science and director of peer education and assessment radically redesigned the course with an eye toward exposing students to the expanding universe of subject areas that now constitute computer science. He replaced customary programming assignments with creative projects, and he developed a departmental course assistants program, where undergraduate teaching assistants hold regular office hours, greatly increasing the availability of one-on-one help.
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With rapidly growing demands on health care systems, nurses typically spend 18 to 40 percent of their time performing
direct patient care tasks, oftentimes for many patients and with little time to spare. Personal care robots that brush hair could provide substantial help and relief.
This may seem like a truly radical form of “self-care,” but crafty robots for things like shaving, hair-washing, and makeup are not new. In 2011, the tech giant Panasonic developed a robot that could wash, massage, and even blow-dry hair, explicitly designed to help support “safe and comfortable living of the elderly and people with limited mobility, while reducing the burden of caregivers.”
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The first and only building in the United States designed by the 20th Century architect Le Corbusier sits among some of the oldest buildings that date back to before the United States was organized. Completed in 1963, the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is located on Harvard University s campus. Designed in conjunction with Chilean architect Guillermo Jullian de la Fuentes and Josep Lluis Sert - dean of Harvard s GSD at the time, the Carpenter Center stands out among the traditional architectural styles of Harvard Yard as a combination of Le Corbusier s earlier modernist works.