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...primitive? These aboriginals of the Venezuelan and Brazilian Amazon, stars of Anthropology 101 and beneficiaries of rock-music fund raisers? Or the scholars, filmmakers, journalists and do-gooders who have studied them, publicized them and labored to "save" them for four decades? Last week the question ricocheted through academia as scientists responded to charges of fraudulent research, intellectual vendettas, sexual misbehavior and unethical experimentation that has spread disease and death through the Yanomami. "This nightmarish story [is] a real anthropological heart of darkness beyond the imagining of even a Joseph Conrad (though not, perhaps, a Josef Mengele)," warned two professors...
While such a possibility would be highly unlikely, as Clinton has no ties to Harvard and lacks background in academia, even the suggestion of her candidacy has created controversy...
...Academia is not foreign ground for Daniel, however. He is the former president of the board of trustees at Wesleyan University, his alma mater...
WASHINGTON--Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Wednesday, honoring his lifetime of service to Washington and academia...
...content to excel in academia, Schultz, 44, has also been busy founding companies: Affymax (1988), to hunt for new drugs; Symyx Technologies (1994), to develop advanced materials; SyrrX (2000), to sell protein structures to drug companies...