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...appreciate the distinction but let’s just say I find this a completely ridiculous classification—while the actually talented Derek Trucks is cited as a slide guitar luminary. In the fine print, Jack White is described as a “crawling king snake,” praised for his “fusion of prewar blues grit and Stooges napalm,” and (falsely) likened to the legendary Blind Willie McTell...
Enter interim President Derek C. Bok, who has decided to fund a comprehensive undergraduate writing study this spring. Bok’s project—which will hopefully provide much needed motivation for improvement in writing curricula across the University—is a worthwhile endeavor, and he should be commended for spearheading...
...come with practical and sustainable strategies for teaching,” he said.OTHER BUSINESSTen members of the Faculty have already been chosen to assist President-elect Drew G. Faust in her selection of the next dean of the Faculty—the same group that advised Interim President Derek C. Bok last spring. At yesterday’s meeting, Dean Knowles praised Faust for the celerity of her work.“President-elect Faust is moving forward—mercifully—furiously on selecting the next dean,” said Knowles, who is expected to step down...
...holdings in Sinopec, another company accused of helping to finance genocide in the Darfur region of the country. On March 1, the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG), with the support of more than 20 University faculty members and instructors and 50 student groups, delivered a letter to interim President Derek C. Bok requesting a meeting with him to discuss a “model for targeted divestment” from Sudan. “We got faculty support, we delivered the letter, and now we’re showing strong student support,” said Julie T. Shapiro...
...most important, the public will benefit,” University Provost Steven E. Hyman said in an e-mailed statement. Technology transfers have come under fire for allegedly putting not-for-profit universities in the position of pursuing research for financial gain. The skeptics include Interim University President Derek C. Bok, who addressed the practice in his 2003 book “Universities in the Marketplace.” “Unfortunately, in their zeal to bring more revenue to their universities, technology transfer officers have occasionally acted...in ways that threaten to slow progress rather than promote...