Alan Lightman is founder and chair of the board at the Harpswell Foundation. He is also a novelist, physicist and professor of humanities at MIT. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/alan-lightman/rss en Education Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:47:00 +0000 Alan Lightman https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/03/16/empowering-girls-cambodia-starts-dormitories https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/03/16/empowering-girls-cambodia-starts-dormitories Female university students in Cambodia are often unable to find housing and are thus excluded from higher education. Dormitories give girls a place to live and a support system that breeds self-confidence and cooperation, says Alan Lightman of the Harpswell Foundation.