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...about the windows, stating over e-mail that he has never noticed the shape of their grates. Nevertheless, some house residents think that the supposedly sultry windows might be sending subliminal messages. “Leverett does well in the sex survey,” says Leverettite Alana I. Mendelsohn ’09, referring to the Harvard Independent’s annual sex survey, which in 2004 declared that Leverett had one of the highest “non-virgin” rates of the undergraduate houses. “Maybe this has something to do with...
...characters are often juxtaposed to reveal the dualities that exist within the scientific world, sometimes fueled by overwhelming outside pressure. Sandy Glass, one of the directors, brilliantly raises funds for the lab, but his “motives were not entirely pure.” Marion Mendelsohn, the other director, masterfully grooms the young incoming scientists, but is too conservative and very seldom takes any risks. Robin is an ambitious scientist derailed by her obsession with trying to dig up evidence against Cliff, and Cliff is an obsessed scientist derailed by his ambition...
...she’s one of the sharpest teachers around. Be sure to shop her class, History of Science 177, “Stories Under the Skin: The Mind-Body Connection in Modern Medicine.”And this year, Darwin will make a triumphant return to Harvard: Mendelsohn used to teach a Darwin Core class, but professor Janet Browne, a new (female!) hire who somehow managed to survive a Summers-era tenure process—will teach Historical Study B-45, “The Darwinian Revolution” in the spring. It turns out she was more...
...some professors indicate that the Council should do more than just reclaim the powers granted to it in its original charter: Mendelsohn says that the FAS dean should be demoted from chair of the Faculty Council to an ex-officio member or guest...
...project was very significantly driven by President Summers and unless that push is taken up by [Interim University] President Bok, I’m not sure it can move ahead,” says Professor of the History of Science and Faculty Council member Everett I. Mendelsohn. “It would not surprise me if during this period there were a slowdown.”Slowdown or not, Allston is poised to become Harvard’s project for the next half-century.THE SUMMERS STAMPBok initiated the purchase of land in Allston during his first Harvard presidency in the 1980s...