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Nine years ago, in an introductory session for research fellows, visiting professor James Livesey ’94 declared to an audience of scholars that the French Revolution was a good thing. The then-controversial statement was met not with outrage, but with chuckles...
HoCo chairs met in Adams House Sunday night to discuss the change. Following the meeting, they released a hand-written statement in the name of the “Pan-House Committee,” saying they were “committed to working with the Deans and especially the House Masters in upholding our great tradition of hosting safe events.” They declined to comment further on the discussions...
...Dunster resident and baseball-loving undergraduate, former U.S. vice president Al Gore ’69, along with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in spreading awareness of climate change. The Nobel Committee said in a statement on Friday that Gore is “probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.” Earlier this year, Gore’s documentary on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth?...
First, mimicking Faust’s words about her mother’s statement that “this is a man’s world,” Petersen said, “Well, like President Faust, I too believe in progress and I refuse to accept that this is a ‘faculty and administrator’s world...
...geographically and programmatically,” Perry, the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, said in a press release. “She is an internationally recognized specialist on Asia,” said Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Harvard-Yenching Institute Peter F. Geithner in a statement. “We are delighted that she will be joining the institute next year.” Established in 1928, the institute seeks to expand education in the areas of humanities and social sciences, concentrating on culture in East and Southeast Asia. While associated with Harvard University...