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...Francisco digital-animation studio Wild Brain. It opens the arena of TV shows, animated shorts and feature films to Kidrobot's characters. "It's going to blow everything away," says Budnitz. Says Wild Brain CEO Charles Rivkins, former head of the Jim Henson Co.: "A portion of Paul's vision has been capital constrained...
...students are not satisfied with the many educational offerings—and rightfully so. And yawning gaps in particular sub-areas (like Continental philosophy) are only part of the problem. At the department level, the slate of courses offered reflects faculty interests in particular areas instead of a coherent vision of what a complete undergraduate education in a particular concentration ought to cover. This is not to say that departments hastily organize their undergraduate requirements; it is clear that concentration requirements are thoughtfully planned given the courses available. But it is impossible to offer undergraduates a full exposure...
...USC’s ability to attract Dr. Martin Pera from Australia to head the Broad Institute’s stem cell research. We would like to recognize [USC] President [Steven B.] Sample’s and [School of Medicine] Dean [Brian E.] Henderson’s leadership and vision in advancing such pioneering research,” he said. Dr. Martin Pera of Monash University is one of Australia’s best know stem cell researchers. USC also released a sketch of the 215,000-square-foot facility planned for the Institute...
...blues? Should one start with Paul Dunbar or Toni Morrison?” These are the question Philip Atiba Goff ’99 asked himself eight years ago as he planned the first annual Harvard Black Arts Festival (BAF). And what did he come up with? In his vision, BAF was founded “to remind our artists of their points of origin and to share those origins with our audience.”His vision has proven to be an enduring one. This week, BAF 2006 will draw together black cultural and artistic traditions from around...
...boycotts have been a common diplomatic device. But the Olympics’ successes—Jesse Owens’ barrier-breaking gold medal performance during the 1936 Games in Nazi Germany is just one example—have shown that the Olympics truly can serve Coubertin’s vision. It is a travesty that in today’s climate of simmering international tension, the Olympics is losing its relevance; not even the pretence of using the Games for its original purpose, to promote accord between the people and countries of the world, remains. Instead, we have an unabashed...