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Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 to 2002, was one of the most prominent figures at Harvard in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, bringing the Faculty's budget out of a deficit and expanding the campus in Cambridge during his formative tenure. Knowles died at his home in Cambridge on April 4, 2008 at the age of 72 after a long battle with prostate cancer. In 1974, the former Royal Air Force officer left England to join Harvard's chemistry department, eventually taking a top post as dean?...
...year-old middle school student blown away by the vista of a dozen wind turbines spinning atop the forested peak of nearby Mt. Kamisodegawa. And it's old news to Abe that his school gets 25% of its power from an array of 420 solar panels located near the campus. "That's the way it's been," he shrugs. "It's natural...
Blagojevich also identified with Nixon's own self-image as a political outsider. Indeed, the young Blagojevich was something of a loner in college, keeping to himself as he traveled daily from his home in Chicago to the Northwestern campus in nearby Evanston. The future governor, says his old friend, was always "aware that he was a bit different from most of the kids on campus, and sort of proud of it. There was without questions an 'I'll show them' edge to him." Several acquaintances and people who graduated the same year as he did were even surprised...
...Above all, says Silver, inviting the program to return would make a statement to the military that the campus has changed since the '60s. The message, as Silver puts it, is clear: "Enough with the culture...
...though, the debate at Columbia remains largely symbolic. University President Lee Bollinger has said he won't ask ROTC back until "don't ask, don't tell" is overturned. Moreover, even if Bollinger did let ROTC on campus, the Pentagon may not allocate funding to start training there, according to spokesperson Eileen Lainez. Students who are so inclined can continue to participate in Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC at nearby colleges...