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...cardiovascular medicine, MCB 234 professor, and multi-instrumentalist (piano, violin and accordion) takes his talent to the streets of Harvard Square. One might have spotted Michel last summer playing Klezmer music with Ted Sharpe ’76, a computational biologist at The Broad Institute at MIT and an amateur fiddle player. Michel and Sharpe are not the only street performers who boast an impressive resume of academic credentials and musical training. Street performers around Cambridge and Boston defy the stereotypical perception of performers as glorified panhandlers. Many of them are at least college-educated and have a range...
Traditionally, the Ivy League has been the early stomping ground for bankers, politicians, and a range of other six-figure professionals. Though it counts amongst its alumni famous names in the humanities and arts, on any campus of the Great Eight you are more likely to find an amateur particle physicist than an actor or actress. Sure, Natalie Portman ’03 shot a few “Star Wars” movies while at Harvard, but she studied Psychology, and the movies trashed George Lucas’ career.The few examples of Ivy cinematic glory notwithstanding, the overall dearth...
...been traveling to Congo since 2007 to learn. TIME has agreed to publish my amateur journalism on the merits of this urgent crisis and on my good luck with photographers. James Nachtwey, the world's finest war photographer, accompanied me on one of my trips, and his extraordinary work fills the following pages...
...Began boxing at age nine. In more than 120 amateur contests, he won four school titles, followed by three consecutive British Championships between...
...Half an hour away is Khao Yai National Park itself. Though it may no longer teem with tigers - except for the stuffed, moth-eaten relic languishing in the visitors' center - there are plenty of gibbons, deer and colorful birds to keep amateur naturalists occupied. The waterfalls are lovely, although the leeches are pernicious, particularly in the rainy season...