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...reflected in exaggeratedly graceful gestures, the use of the harpsichord and the theorbo (a string instrument more commonly used in the Baroque period), and the costumes, designed by Elisa M. Olivieri ’08. The 17th-century English audience expected actors to be dressed in the latest fashions. The cast of “King Arthur” was decked out accordingly, in shining gowns, pantaloons, and vests that were very appropriate for the opera’s 17th-century milieu. The set (designed by Julia E. Rozier ’08) was simpler than the costumes, consisting...
When it comes to intra-faculty vehicular stereotypes, the economics department is known as the one with the flashiest autos. “Look in back of Littauer if you want to see the latest models,” Mansfield says, referring to the building by the Science Center where most Harvard economists work...
...portion of the Republican base. Today it seems to have crossed party lines. When Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo says things like “[immigrants] are coming here to kill you, and you, and me, and my grandchildren,” we must wonder if this latest incarnation of anti-immigrant feeling is more intense and widespread than ever...
...Jacobsen does leave Harvard for MIT, it would be latest chapter in a long history of faculty moves between the two schools. In recent years, Harvard has attracted many top scholars from MIT, including behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan in 2004 and psychologists Elizabeth Spelke ’71 in 2001 and Steven Pinker in 2003. Harvard’s previous president, Lawrence H. Summers, came to Harvard as an economics professor from MIT, becoming at age 28 one of the youngest tenured professors in the University’s history...
...psychological baggage of Iraq war veterans is well known - other reports say a third of returning soldiers have mental health issues. But the latest JAMA effort is striking for its findings on reservists. The study found 42.4% of reservists had a mental health problem identified by a clinician, a high rate that the authors attribute to the fear of losing military health benefits, separation from a supportive military community and the stresses of civilian work...