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...added responsibility at a steady rate, Kantrovitz excelled as he learned the ins and outs of various aspects of the Cardinals organization, from scouting to international operations to quantitative analysis.The statistical aspect of player evaluation particularly piqued Kantrovitz’s interest, and he decided to pursue a broader base of knowledge in the field.“With the influx of data that’s coming out now, I wanted to keep up with that,” he says.While with the Cardinals, Kantrovitz had forged a relationship with Harvard statistics professor Carl Morris, a former chair...
...mailing list system that offers faster mail service and an improved interface is debuting this week as the Harvard Computer Society migrates lists from the old system onto the new one. The new mailing list system, part of a broader package of new services called “HCS-NextGen,” eliminates delays in receiving mail sent over the 4,595 mailing lists hosted by HCS, according to Joshua A. Kroll ’09, a former HCS president. Funded by Faculty of Arts and Sciences Information Technology and the Undergraduate Council, “HCS-NextGen?...
...becoming more popular among educational institutions. Already Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Medical School are members of the Twitter community. Their feeds provide a viable new avenue for the quick dissemination of information. On Thursday, “hgse_live” will further this broader initiative. “It’s what we’re about here, making sure our work gets into the hands of people who can implement it,” said Rodman...
...Like the broader Making Home Affordable housing plan announced on Feb. 18, the new effort involves the Federal Government giving money to mortgage servicers when they lower homeowners' monthly payments - and to borrowers when they keep paying their loans and don't walk away...
...Such stories, and the broader reality they encapsulate, first persuaded me to buy only free-range meat, and later to become a strict vegetarian. I’ve never fully accepted any abstract theory of animal rights, nor do I think one needs to in order to sense that something has gone horribly wrong. For me, the horrors of the slaughterhouse and the suffering of the factory farm attest to that...