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Sandel, a leading scholar in contemporary political philosophy and the history of political thought, said he considers bioethics to be one of the most important issue of our time...
...would like to use this space to extend a warm thank you to all the scholar-athletes who took the time out of their busy training regimens to write those well thought-out responses to my last column. For those just tuning in, that column gently suggested that many who play sport at a high level are admitted to Harvard for slightly different reasons than the rest of the student body—and that the admissions committee is absolutely right to admit them...
...Bill Graham is an outstanding scholar, teacher, and talented administrator whose judgment and effective leadership style win wide admiration and praise,” Summers said in a statement released late last month, adding that he was grateful for Graham’s willingness to take on the short-term role...
...people disdained, who some people thought lacked any great qualities of leadership, and then suddenly the moment comes and he meets it and surprises us. It goes to the most basic American ideal, which is that to be a great President you don't have to be a bookish scholar, and you don't have to embody everything you might find in a civics book, but rather that the most important attributes are instinct and judgment, principles and values...
...Zhan During a visit home, the Chinese-born academic, now a researcher at American University in Washington, D.C., was arrested as a spy and detained for nearly six months before China convicted and expelled her. The scholar, whose son and husband are American citizens, was one of several academics with U.S. ties arrested this year. But she is vowing to defy Chinese threats to keep silent and has spoken openly about her experience. The bespectacled sociologist's controversial specialty? Gender studies...