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Ulrich, who majored in English at the University of Utah, said her move from the Rocky Mountains to New England piqued her interest in this region’s history. She said the full title of her new chair, the 300th Anniversary University professorship, fits her well because her work examines the way in which 20th century New Englanders have viewed their own past. Harvard turned...
Taught by newly appointed 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, this course should attract both native New Englanders and naïve newcomers. The course will expose the myths and falsehoods of New England while exploring 19th-century inventions in light of current research on the region’s history. The course will give locals the chance to bond with their home turf, and New England outsiders the opportunity to immerse themselves in the history of the region—including Harvard’s history—through a novel multimedia experience...
Taught by newly appointed 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, this course should attract both native New Englanders and naïve newcomers. The course will expose the myths and falsehoods of New England while exploring 19th-century inventions in light of current research on the region’s history. The course will give locals the chance to bond with their home turf, and New England outsiders the opportunity to immerse themselves in the history of the region—including Harvard’s history—through a novel multimedia experience...
...300th anniversary of Harvard College, in September 1968, the bell rang 300 times early in the morning, before the usual 9 a.m. bell. On Sept. 11, 2001, the bell tolled to call the University to a multi-faith vigil for the lives lost as a result of the terrorist attack, according to the Harvard Gazette...
...tenant in a simple four- story Georgian brick row house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor-diplomat's sole surviving home will open to the public. Franklin arrived in London in 1757 as the Pennsylvania Assembly's agent, and spent five years sharing the house with his widowed landlady, Margaret Stevenson, and her daughter, Polly. He returned from...