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...Agassiz Professor of Geology Steven J. Gould appeared on the cover of News-week in 1982, but only one Harvard fan came up to him on the street to congratulate him. Indications to the contrary aside, however, Gould is easily one of the most popular teachers at Harvard...
...curators do occassional research with their collections. For example, Turner says, Agassiz Professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould, curator of Invertebrate Paleontology (see accompanying story), works with his-collections and the mollusks department for his evolutionary studies...
...museum began with a small collection of Professor Louis Agassiz's in the mid 19th century. Agassiz's collection was the result of years of personal work and care but he later sold it to Harvard, forming the core of the collection. And while most of today's curators say that they don't have enough room, the early collection had neither enough space nor a permanent location...
Director Claude d'Estree, a non-resident religion and drama tutor at Currier and a technical director of Agassiz Theatre, clearly put a great deal of effort into making the performance a powerful experience for his audience. From the opening scenes in which the actors recite scriptural invocations to the pre-curtain yoga preparation, the play succeeds in establishing a profoundly sacred tone. And though many of the special effects d'Estree uses initially seem overdone and tritely symbolic, in the end they actually work to enhance the aura of authenticity the actors attempt to create...
...almost singlehandedly discovered what happened in the first five-sixth of life" on earth said Stephen J. Gould, Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and Barghoorn's associate...