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...honors thesis. “Working with her feels more like collaborating than teaching.” Galbreth said that after finishing her scholarship, she hopes to make her career as a professor. “I expect to go on to a Ph.D. and continue in academia,” Galbreth said. “Oxford will allow me to try that field in a more intense way and see if it suits me.” The Marshall Scholarship, which funds two years of study at a British university, is funded by the British government in gratitude...
Following his summa cum laude graduation from Yale in 1942, Stewart’s decades in academia saw him garner a litany of accomplishments. The achievements ranged from his published work on ancient religion, literature, and philosophy to his review and revival of Harvard University Press’s Loeb Classical Library, which publishes English translations of Greek and Latin texts...
...snowboarding;” a Chinese teenager “yao mai yi ge DVD” (wants to buy a DVD). The globalization of English is, it seems, unstoppable. In response, political institutions around the world are attempting to halt English’s spread. The Real Academia Española (RAE)—the Spanish institution that publishes the “official” Spanish dictionary—refuses to recognize words that “rupture the linguistic system in its totality” or “endanger the language’s unity...
...openly. If their claims about a pro-Israel bias are strong enough, they will weather the political storm, even in the face of the prejudices Matory cites. Argumentation is the best way to win allies in academia—not empty referenda. Legitimate views should never be silenced in academia, and the text of Matory’s resolution correctly argues that people of many different political and ideological persuasions should feel comfortable expressing their opinions without fear of retribution. The real substance of this resolution, however, lies in not-so-hidden agenda. The Faculty was wise to steer clear...
...said Kevin Casey, the University’s senior director for federal and state relations. “We thought that what the proposed regulation was driving towards would really change the academic climate.” In response to hundreds of objections filed by leaders in industry and academia, the Commerce Department withdrew the rule and formed the advisory committee to review “deemed export” policies. O’Keefe said he hoped the government would adopt the committee’s recommendations. “That’s our firmest hope...