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Encarta Africana, a multimedia CD-ROM encyclopedia of African culture around the globe that was edited by two prominent Harvard professors, was released Monday by Microsoft Corporation...
...idea has its roots in W.E.B. DuBois' 1909 proposal for a Pan-African encyclopedia, Appiah said. DuBois, who graduated from Harvard in 1890, never saw his idea come to fruition because of a lack of funding...
Should you still find yourself giftless for that special someone who is passionate about dress, this beautifully illustrated 510-page style encyclopedia could be your salvation. Surveying the past 150 years of fashion history, the book goes beyond what might be expected of such a compilation, offering up entries not only on celebrated designers from Paul Poiret to Helmut Lang but also on tastemakers generally less well known--for example, textile creator Zika Ascher, cobbler Pietro Yantorny and early 20th century cosmetics manufacturer Alexandre Napoleon Bourjoi. Another plus: at $39.95, The Fashion Book is about one-sixth the price...
...Students has not always been as receptive to the needs of students as some of us would have liked, he has been passionate in his support of the arts at Harvard, particularly choral music and the Glee Club with which he once sang. And he is a walking encyclopedia of the University's history, sharing stories of Harvard past with students and non-students alike. In 1995, he recounted his painful experience during the '69 takeover in a speech to the Massachusetts Historical Society...
...This is the first complete encyclopedia about the entire black world," Gates said. "[For me to win a medal] says there's a growing acceptance of Afro-American studies...