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...says, pointing out the window of his office in Maxwell Dworkin, “with this box with the Mac logo on it.” His outstretched hand passes over bookshelves cluttered with titles such as “A History of Computing in the 20th Century?? and “Operating System Principles.” On his walls are computer science charts affixed with masking tape and hangings of Japanese calligraphy. But the most prominent feature in the space is his pristine, widescreen Mac desktop computer. “It was an exciting moment...
...General Education credit. The other two approved courses are newly-developed, but there is still some uncertainty about whether one of them will even be available next year. The Gen Ed Web site notes that Science of the Physical Universe 16: “Physics in the 21st Century?? is to be offered in the Spring of 2010, but the professor of the course, Christopher W. Stubbs, said that this might not be the case. “Gen Ed and the Core are not the only teaching demands our department has,” Stubbs said, adding...
...select band of individuals from across the country, “the” Boston Marathon happens in February, and requires 24 hours, not 26 miles, of endurance. Every year since 1976, a few hundred fans have spent one full day enjoying the best and worst of the last century??s science fiction cinema. The festival’s location has changed since the event first began—moving from the old Orson Welles Theatre in Cambridge (which burned down in the mid-80s) to West Newton to its present Davis Square home. And each year?...
...this node of finance was the New York Clearinghouse. Established in 1853, the Clearinghouse pooled reserves so that member banks could clear debits and credits daily. It also functioned as a private central bank, which took care of its own in the many banking panics of the late 19th century??especially 1857, 1873, 1893, and 1907—until the Federal Reserve System came to town...
...continuation of his involvement in the arts at Harvard as an undergraduate and with the Task Force, and as the inspiration for Greenblatt’s “English 127: A Silk Road Course: Travel and Transformation on the High Seas: An Imaginary Journey in the Early 17th Century?? and Harvard’s other Silk Road courses. Ma’s Silk Road Project brings together musicians from all over the world and influenced these courses, which focus on global expressions of art. President Faust and Professor Greenblatt will continue the discussion with a focus...