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Pinker’s addition as an endowed professor to the Department of Psychology reflects a recent shift in educational philosophy for the University. When he assumed Harvard’s University presidency, Lawrence H. Summers—an MIT alumnus??€”promised to increase focus on the sciences and further expand Harvard’s renown in fields outside the humanities. Pinker’s arrival here will be a decisive step in that process. His controversial study of the extent to which evolutionary forces and the genes shaped by them control individual human nature seems tailor-made...
...rage, either. People have talked about giving Harvard a carillon for a while. The last offer Harvard received was from a Groton graduate who insisted that two students from Groton be admitted each year in order to care for, and play, the bells. While this alumnus??€™ idea of preferential treatment is not ideal, having students play the bells most definitely is. At Yale, the Student Carillon Guild offers instruction and recitals, providing an education while creating beautiful music. Learning how to play the bells at my high school was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life...