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...Lowdown: Burger's replication of Milgram's famous demonstration was watered down somewhat; a review of his findings by University of California-Davis professor Alan Elms terms the study "Obedience Lite." The electric charges were purposefully subtler and the conditions less stressful. But the takeaway is no less disturbing: humanity's threshold for cruelty is, like everything else, situational. We seem wired to follow orders, even when they're harmful to others. In her chilling portrayal of Nazi middle-manager Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt famously excoriated this impulse as "the banality of evil." Evil is way too strong a word...
...Arian served as HMC’s endowment chief from February 2006 through December 2007, before stepping down to return to the California-based Pacific Investment Management Company, where he previously served as a managing director. He was replaced by Robert S. Kaplan, a management professor at Harvard Business School, who served as the interim head for the remainder of the fiscal year without paid compensation. Jane L. Mendillo, a veteran HMC employee of 15 years who left Harvard in 2002 to manage Wellesley College’s investments, returned in July to become HMC’s new chief...
...When he was at the University of California in the 80s and the first half of the 90s, I heard about his reputation in the United States as the top person in his field," Lee said. "I don't think his reputation has diminished much since he's been here...
...Holdren graduated from MIT in 1965, earned a masters degree from MIT and a Ph.D. from Stanford in aerospace engineering and plasma physics. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley for nearly 25 years before coming to Harvard...
...with 13 points and eight rebounds. Emma Markley’s six-point night ended her streak of double-digit scoring at 10 games. The Crimson will stay on the West Coast through the weekend to compete in the Women of Troy Basketball Classic at the University of Southern California. Harvard will take on Siena Friday evening and the host Trojans on Sunday. Tip-off for both contests is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time...