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...Duffy takes over from the current incumbent Andrew Motion (who admitted he found writing about royal happenings "very difficult") and has already said she'll give the annual $8,500 salary away to the Poetry Society to fund a new prize for the best collection published each year. As for the "butt of sack" - the 600 bottles of sherry traditionally given to the laureate - Duffy has asked for delivery up front, after learning that Motion hasn't received his yet. (Read: "A Brief History Of The Poet Laureate...
...fact that she's the first woman to do the job would also add a fascination and a glamour - and a sense of rightness." -Current holder of the post, Andrew Motion (Financial Times...
Long-time Harvard economics Professor John Y. Campbell will take over as chair of the Department of Economics on July 1—taking the helm in the midst of an economic downturn that has made its mark on the department. Campbell will replace the current chair, economics professor James H. Stock, who has served out his three year term. In his 15th year at the University, Campbell specializes in asset pricing and macroeconomics. Since 2004, he has also served on the board of Harvard Management Company—the organization charged with managing Harvard’s endowment. Campbell...
...affect people on a visceral level, in a non-cognitive, aesthetic manner.” Now, with graduation fast approaching Videt says that while her plans might not be concrete, her goal is to start a theater company. She expects to work with several other current and former Harvard students that she has collaborated with in the past. Though Videt hopes to continue developing “The Space Between,” the company will not necessarily be grounded in any sort of theme such as the link between theater and science. Instead she envisions it as more...
City Councillor Sam Seidel said that lawmakers should ideally be able to both protect businesses and to provide funds to towns, but that the current economic climate necessitated a trade off between...