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...years ago this was Caryn Davies ’05, who led the heavyweights to a national championship in 2003 and earned silver in the 2004 Olympic eight, but now there is a new standout on the river for the Black and White—U23 world champion junior Esther Lofgren.Following in Davies’ footsteps, Lofgren joined the United States’ U23 national team over the past summer to compete in the Junior World Championships in Belgium. After a month of training with the nation’s best, Lofgren helped the U.S. beat the best...
...silvers and bronzes build up, the hope for gold, in many ways, is appearing farther and farther out of reach.Last season provides the perfect example. Radcliffe came out on fire during the spring dual season, notching impressive victories over Georgetown in the Class of 2004 Cup, national champion Wisconsin in the Knecht Cup, and then-No. 1 Princeton in the same event.With a No. 1 ranking intact, Radcliffe looked poised to make a run for a sixth national championship. In fact, after disappointing dual losses to Wisconsin and Princeton in recent years, last spring’s early successes spoke...
...Charles River in the race for the Allen-Dewolfe trophy, a shocking defeat for the heavily favored Black and White.But the squad showed signs of improvement at Eastern Sprints in May. The team finished fifth in the Grand Finals against the top competition in the EARWC, including Sprints champion and eventual national champion Princeton. Also significant was the third-place showing of the second varsity eight, whose young members will look to step into the first varsity and bring the squad back to the top.“I think everybody who was on the team last year is disappointed...
Copley painted the Bessborough portrait after he moved from America to England and worked under a British patron. “He was a particular champion during his English phase,” said Margaretta M. Lovell, a professor of American art history and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. She added that Copley, in his British years, adopted a painting style distinct from his American work...
...private sector.” D. E. Shaw, which has no Boston office, employs 1,000 staffers worldwide and manages a portfolio of about $25 billion. The famously secretive firm is known for its complex mathematical investment models as well as its nontraditional workforce. Its staff includes a Jeopardy champion, a former member of the MIT blackjack team, and several former professors, including the firm’s founder, David E. Shaw. “The D. E. Shaw Group has been pioneering in its approach to investment and technology,” Summers said in a statement...