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Attendees of the Chicago Sinfonietta's 20th anniversary season performance on Oct. 1 and 2 will be asked to do something unusual: turn on their cell phones. Quirky chimes, song melodies and ring tones will be the concert's opening notes...
...funding,” explained a spokesman for Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael P. Rutter. Since its inception, the foundation has opened 10 institutes around the world dedicated to furthering research in the three areas, including sites at Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, according to the foundation’s website. “We identify possible sites by asking scientists, people in the know, what the centers of excellence of research in these three areas are,” foundation spokesman Das explained. “Then we make site visits...
...Tribune Co. of Chicago, which bought the L.A. Times six years ago, has been asking that question and answering it with demands for cuts in budget and staff. One might ask what the point of the Tribune approach is as well. The Tribune paid a premium for a premium paper and seems intent on dragging it down into mediocrity. That may improve margins in the short run, but it does nothing to address the fundamental crisis of newspapers. Two weeks ago the Times's editor and publisher publicly refused to chop any further, which doesn't address the crisis either...
...organization lacking credibility into a paradigm of tried-and-true New York. The Mets are a diverse, dramatic (37 come-from-behind wins), free-spirited team that has relegated the Yankees, who also clinched a play-off spot last week, to second billing. Like last year's champs, the Chicago White Sox, the Mets have been that other team in town. But this year the Sox--both the Chicago and Boston versions--have folded, increasing the possibility of a Subway Series. The silver lining for baseball fans elsewhere: two New York teams to hate...
...from other universities: Bruce H. Mann from the University of Pennsylvania, Mark V. Tushnet ’67 from Georgetown, George G. Triantis from the University of Virginia, Gerald L. Neuman ’73 from Columbia, and C. Adrian Vermeule ’90 from the University of Chicago. Neuman is an expert in immigration law, a speciality that Harvard has sought in recent years. In addition to the lateral hires, two of the Law School’s assistant professors—Kenneth Mack and Ryan Goodman—received tenure, while two others—Jeannie...