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Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith expressed his support for the Dowling Committee’s recommendations to simplify the structure of student-faculty committees in a letter sent to Neuroscience Professor John E. Dowling ’57, who served as the chair of the Committee to Review the Undergraduate Council. Smith stated that he and Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds agreed with the basic recommendations of the committee but still had reservations about some of the conclusions drawn by the report. “Dean Hammonds and I agree whole-heartedly with the recommendation...
Benjamin G. Edelman ’02, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, is a leading authority on the Internet. His recent paper in The Journal of Economic Perspectives, “Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?” presents evidence that traditionally conservative states actually purchase more online pornography than their blue counterparts. Last week, FM sat down with him to discuss business, politics, and 3D porn. 1. Fifteen Minutes: How did this study come about? BGE: I’ve always been interested in funding models for online media. The question is: Who will...
Lino R. Becerra, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard who lives in the affected neighborhood, presented the council with a study of the shadows that would potentially be cast by the proposed building, which he said would make neighboring homes 3 degrees colder...
Tonio Buonassisi, an MIT professor who runs an interdisciplinary photovoltaic lab, said that he had recently spent $18,000 to install solar panels on his home, which he said would be rendered useless by shadows if the proposed zoning change is passed and the is building constructed...
...recent Harvard History lecture, the ninth president of Harvard College, Edward Holyoke (1689-1769), wrote Harvard Time into the bylaws of the Harvard Constitution after he noticed that plays and NBA games don’t begin until seven minutes after the hour. Tardiness was customary then: the professor went on to state that the American Revolution could have been avoided had the British Redcoats not committed a faux pas by showing up early to the Boston Tea Party. (I missed the first half of that lecture, but I’m pretty sure this is all true...