Faculty | August 19, 2011

Leading professors on the future of their fields

Leading professors on the future of their fields

From The September-October 2011 Issue

Pamela Silver — Pamela Silver | Photograph by Jim Harrison

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Social sciences still young

Edward L. Glaeser

Engineering in the twenty-first century

Cherry A. Murray

Reading Is elemental

Helen Vendler

Educating business leaders for a global century

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Biology in this century

Pamela Silver

For Harvard’s 375th anniversary, leading professors predict the future of their fields:

Biology in This Century, by Pamela A. Silver

Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century, by Nitin Nohria

Reading Is Elemental, by Helen Vendler

Engineering in the Twenty-First Century, by Cherry A. Murray

Sciences Still Young, by Edward L. Glaeser

Published in the September-October 2011 print issue under the headline “The Progress of the Disciplines,” in the Features section.

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