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...past two years, most mention of Allston seem to be followed by the phrase “Science Complex,” but media attention directed towards the University’s plan for expanding its science programming into the neighborhood neglects another element of its expansion. At one point, the future of Allston also included details for incorporating the University’s art museums. Though recently the Science Complex has eclipsed this part of the project, last week the role that arts will play in Allston has once again come to the forefront...
...Harvard, where institutional memory is short, but university planning is often long-term, it is easy to forget (or to never have known) that plans for development in Allston once included much more than simply the Science Complex. The University’s master plan comprised an initiative to move the Fogg Museum to Allston and to create a modern art museum in the neighborhood. A location was even selected for the project...
...emphasis on the arts element of the Allston plan was replaced with a focus on the Science Complex. That year, the University finally got the go-ahead from the Boston Redevelopment Association to break ground on the $1 billion state-of-the-art science research facility that it hoped would become a mecca for stem cell research. The project would herald a new concentration—Human Regenerative and Developmental Biology—and provide a space to house the department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. But just four months ago, University President Drew G. Faust announced an indefinite...
...terms of appropriation have changed and become more varied and complex with globalization, according to Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) Professor Giuliana Bruno, who teaches VES 285x, “Visual Fabrics: Film, Fashion and Material Culture.” One type of appropriation is a sustained dialogue—or positive tension—between different cultures and experiences that creates something new and vibrant. For Bruno, this cultural synthesis is significant because it shows a society’s and an industry’s willingness to come to terms and engage in dialogue with changing times...
American citizens must work with the federal government to keep America safe in an increasingly technologically complex, globalized world, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said at a Forum at the Institute of Politics last night...