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...enthusiastically welcomes her into his world of wealth and privilege, respects her spelling prowess, and even develops a little crush on her.The plot is fairly predictable, but refreshingly realistic. Unlike the documentary “Spellbound,” most of the characters are not flat and have a broad range of experiences apart from the spelling bee. All the characters seem like people that you could find in any city. Palmer poignantly portrays the youthful awkwardness and apprehension associated with participation in these spelling contests. However, Dr. Larabee’s initial aloofness and tough coaching?...
...Light, who has served as acting dean of Harvard Business School since last August, was appointed the school’s permanent chief yesterday.Faculty members expressed broad support for Light, a 64-year-old expert in finance and investment management who has spent more than half his life at the Business School.When University President Lawrence H. Summers informed the school’s faculty of Light’s appointment at a closed-door meeting yesterday afternoon, the professors immediately rose for a standing ovation, according to Professor of Management Practice Arthur I. Segel...
...pathways into the often overspecialized world of Harvard’s arts and literature courses. Envisioned by Dean for the Humanities Maria Tatar as a “bridge between the Core” and the system of distributional requirements outlined by the HCCR, these courses will offer a broad introduction to a wide range of texts and ideas. They will provide students interested in the humanities with a solid starting point––much like Ec10 and Life Sciences 1a afford students of other disciplines––while also satisfying divisional requirements...
Last Friday, a team of researchers primarily from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT published a report that may bring scientists much closer to finally understanding how embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiate themselves, with potential implications for future regenerative therapies. Every cell in the human body contains the same genes, but the cells in a particular type of tissue will only have the master regulatory genes associated with that tissue type activated. For example, if a cell is a muscle tissue cell, it will only have the master regulatory genes for muscle tissue activated and will have other master...
Faculty members yesterday expressed broad support for Light, a 64-year-old expert in finance and investment management who has spent more than half his life at Harvard...