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Enthusiastically admired by his academic colleagues, Menand, who was unavailable for comment, is a frequent contributor to such popular forums as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. His book The Metaphysical Club, published in the summer of 2001, earned glowing praise from accomplished scholars and casual readers alike for its portrait of a loose group of American intellectuals after the Civil War—including such luminaries-to-be as Henry and William James and Oliver Wendell Holmes...
...desire to view the University as a contributor to society resonates with us because it is a tangible good. We can see the effects of new cancer treatments discovered at the medical school; Harvard economists can improve the lives of millions through their research. It is more difficult to perceive the worth of studying literature, history or the classics. And often because the good of these humanistic pursuits is not immediately obvious, they are placed in opposition to the more practical disciplines. There seems to be an unstated assumption held by many that the act of appreciating beauty is solipsistic...
...City University of New York, who has not yet decided if he will accept the offer. Menand, who won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America, is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books...
...Arnold D. Frese Foundation, a major contributor to Harvard’s astronomy, financial aid and athletics programs, has donated $3 million to establish a fund under the discretion of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) William C. Kirby...
Although Harrington says Epstein is not as active on the committee as he once was, he remains an important contributor to Harvard’s scientific community...