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...school has hired more faculty for this purpose and is also working to develop a degree program specific to the genre. “A few of the students at Berklee formed this group called the Video Game Music Club,” says Michael D. Sweet, a professor in the Film Scoring department who teaches a class on “Interactive Scoring for Games.” “Now it’s over 200 members, and they were really instrumental in pushing the administration. All of my students are super excited. They?...
...comics artists and writers have sought to emulate. Driven by the philosophical influence of “Watchmen,” the past few decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in comic books, from childhood escapism to serious art, a development noted by fans and scholars alike. Though some professors have introduced the medium in the classroom, the graphic novel has still not been fully integrated into the Harvard curriculum. FROM PAGE TO SCREENAs the quality of comic books has improved, there has been a proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent of which is “Watchmen...
Michael W. Shannon, the first African-American professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, whose work on environmental health and modern dance delighted colleagues and audiences alike, died Tuesday. Shannon was returning from vacation when he collapsed for unknown reasons, according to the Boston Globe. He was 55. The former head of emergency medicine at Harvard-affiliate Children’s Hospital was a leading authority on pediatric toxicology, said Gary R. Fleisher, chair of the Boston hospital’s department of medicine. “He was extremely reliable—you could depend on him for anything...
...past, celebrations of the irrational number have included pie-eating and pi-counting contests. Last year, a Boston College senior won the contest by rattling off 3,141 figures of pi.This year’s celebrations were put on hold because organizers would not be available. Math professor Noam D. Elkies, who has been one of the main organizers of the event, will not be in Cambridge this weekend and said that he was not able to find someone to take his place. Former Math Preceptor Bret J. Benesh had also been active in preparing the event, but he left...
...When Professor of Biological Oceanography James J. McCarthy heard about President Barack Obama’s reforms promoting scientific integrity in government earlier this week, he said he wasn’t shocked. “Nobody was surprised he did this,” said McCarthy, who was one of the original signers of a document in 2004 that accused former President George W. Bush of “misrepresenting and suppressing” science for political reasons. “Mr. Obama has surrounded himself with the very best scientific talent any president...