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Research into gamma-ray bursts fosters the understanding of the early universe according to Astronomy Professor Johnathan E. Grindlay...
...said David Charbonneau, a professor of astronomy and the director of undergraduate studies.As a relatively small concentration to begin with, the Astronomy department noticed a “very disturbing trend” of declining numbers of concentrators, said Jonathan “Josh” E. Grindlay, a professor of astronomy. “Astrophysics as a part of physics is becoming more exciting, and we thought, ‘We need an overhaul,’” Grindlay said. “We don’t offer enough exciting and appropriate-level courses...
...John Monro, will be unveiled at Phillip Brooks House on Oct. 16, and, on Nov. 10, a new portrait of President Drew Faust, also painted by Coit, will make its debut at the Schlessinger Library. “Drew hasn’t seen it yet,” Grindlay says. “It’s really great. It’s very, very successful...
...contains some stunning examples of the genre. There is, for instance, the exquisite portrait of John Quincy Adams that sits near the tray disposal in Adams dining hall. It is a work by Gilbert Stuart, perhaps the most famous American portrait artist, and was finished by Thomas Scully. Grindlay calls it “a very major work of American art.” Another Singer Sargent, of Charles W. Eliot, rests in Eliot Dining Hall, and the Winthrop House Library contains the largest private collection of John S. Copley portraits...
...Harvard students; they create an ambience but are rarely examined. When Widener Library was renovated in 2004-2005, the relevance of the portraits that once lined the walls of the circulation room was questioned. “The students didn’t want them back,” Grindlay says...