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Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, confronts the Bush administration’s legislative crimes, and calls for prosecutorial action to restore democracy.
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Harvard Thinks Big 2: “Beauty as a Call to Justice”– Elaine Scarry
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value; Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows
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Harvard College Professorships for 5
Five faculty members have received Harvard College Professorships in recognition of their dedication to undergraduate teaching. They teach an array of subjects: mathematics, biology, philosophy,...
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A time was had by all
JUNE 2011 Surgeons at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital perform face transplant surgery. JULY 2011 The city of Boston launches bike-sharing program Hubway, and University officials ink a...
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Following the missteps of giants
In the early 1950s, famed chemist Linus Pauling announced that he had won the race to figure out the structure of DNA. It is a triple-helix, Pauling said, arranged with the DNA bases sticking out of...
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A poet’s own epitaphs
In late August, the world lost poet Seamus Heaney, who died in his native Ireland at age 74. Harvard also lost this modest, tender, ebullient man who first arrived to teach in 1979, setting off a...
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Rose petals for the lost
Narayan Khandekar, Harvard’s head art conservation scientist, thought he had seen, analyzed, and repaired just about everything, from ancient broken pottery to faded Impressionist masterpieces to...
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There’s more to Harvard than grades, Transcript Project shows
With their poems, essays, videos, and photographs, students helped launch the Transcript Project this year, reflecting on their academic paths with submissions that matched the variety of their...
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