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...fears that have their origins 642,000 years ago, when a Yellowstone "supervolcano" exploded so violently that it created the caldera itself. Today, such an explosion - 1,000 times more powerful than the explosion of Mount St. Helens in 1980 - would not only cover most of the U.S. with ash but also throw so much dust into the atmosphere that the world's climate could change...
...equally tough competition at the Big Al Open, hosted by Princeton.Sophomore Jenny Reese led the way for Harvard, placing 11th in the 3-meter event and 10th in the 1-meter event. She just missed qualifying for finals in each event, as only the top eight advanced. Sophomore Marissa Ash and freshman Leslie Rea also scored points for the Crimson. Ash was 15th in the 1-meter, while Rea placed 16th in both events. —Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu...
...20th century was baptized. As the last great global tumult, the Second World War represented the convergence and the stratification of ideologies. But what hoisted itself above all of these intersecting faiths—above fascism, communism, capitalism, democracy—was the ambivalent shroud of dust and ash in which mankind could glimpse a vision of its own destruction. To watch footage of the atomic tests—the grainy, bird’s-eye view of a seemingly endless geyser of particulate matter—is to understand an iota of a vengeful, earthbound god. To watch that...
...Ash Institute at the Harvard Kennedy School will endow new faculty positions and provide Kennedy School students with scholarships, grants, and internships as part of a new initiative, the Kennedy School announced last week. The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation will endow about five to six new professorships over the next few years, according to Executive Director of the Ash Institute Marty Mauzy. It will also provide $10 million in new scholarships for its Mason Fellows, working professionals from developing nations who are students at the Kennedy School. Additional funds will also support students who are applying this...
...ash wednesday bushfires of 1983, Ann Fogarty was so badly burned doctors feared she would die. After many operations and with hardly an inch of her body unscarred, she left hospital and slowly put her life back together. But on a baking-hot day two years ago, Fogarty, who lives in rural Victoria, smelled smoke on the wind - and started falling apart. "It just awakened all my memories," she says. "It was almost like reliving the fire all the time." Telling herself that after so many years "I ought to be over this," she struggled to cope alone. But soon...