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...History of Science department unveiled a new gallery of historically significant scientific artifacts at a dedication event in the Science Center yesterday. The Putnam Gallery showcases Harvard’s collection of centuries-old scientific instruments. The pieces range from a Grand Orrery solar system model with decorative figures cast by Paul Revere to headphones developed at Harvard during World War II. The gallery is evidence of a recent transition within the History of Science department, from merely studying texts to analyzing scientific tools themselves. “The Putnam gallery is much more than a collection of tools...
...back?originally designed by Louise Campbell for an invitation-only competition to give form to a chair for Denmark's Crown Prince. Swede Monica Forster was inspired by snow crystals and sunbeams when building her zinc-plated, polyester-powder-coated Cake and Sun tables, which catch light to cast shadows in magical and dramatic shapes...
...active role in determining their future, rather than simply being shuttled from university to university without any sense of agency. Perhaps this would be cold comfort to the visiting the students who are not accepted, but the opportunity to transfer is better than getting rejected a priori and summarily cast...
...message is absolutely absurd.For those of you who have been living under a rock in outer space, “Rent” is a movie about young artists living in New York’s Alphabet City at the beginning of the 1990s. It starts with the diverse cast explaining that it doesn’t want to pay its rent for the previous year, the next year, or, presumably, any year after that. The action accelerates as the protagonists battle Benny, a former friend who has sold out by buying the building they all live in and occasionally...
...that PLENTY of Republicans are happy to be seen with the President, despite a few recent snubs from candidates who either passed on the opportunity to appear with him, or indcated that they would rather not do so at the moment. But the GOP appearances carry a cost: They cast him in the role of Republican-in-Chief at a time when he is seeking the support of Democrats on issues important to his legacy-most prominently, the confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. for the Supreme Court, and the first overhaul of the nation's immigration laws since...