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...scholar and critic who was a leading authority on such standard-bearers of literary modernism as James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett and, especially, Ezra Pound; after suffering from heart problems; in Athens, Ga. The author of 25 books (and a contributor to 200), Kenner avoided the jargon of academia in favor of an often witty, idiosyncratic style. He described his 1971 book, The Pound Era, on the poet's contribution to the birth of modernism, as "an X-ray moving picture of how our epoch was extricated from the fin de siecle...
...Academia has to get into the heads of politicians,” Prevost said. “We need more studies from our intellectuals so that we can establish business opportunities and implement policies...
...almost a given that most physicians enjoy teaching and sharing knowledge,” HMS student James E. De La Torre said yesterday. “However, we are presently in a system of health care that rewards research as opposed to teaching. To this end, the ladder in academia is more quickly ascended if you run a lab and produce literature...
...former adviser to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan neatly wrapped up International Careers Week on Friday with a discussion of his own career in international relations, spanning academia, journalism and diplomacy...
This week’s events will also include panels on international law, international humanitarian work and academia, and will culminate in a reception on Friday with all the speakers and a keynote address by Nader A. Mousavizadeh ’92, a former assistant of political affairs to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a member of the Lowell House Senior Common Room...