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...prominent Harvard religion professor and Lowell House master, Diana L. Eck, is leading the American Academy of Religion (AAR) as it challenges the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department over the visa revocation of high-profile Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan. The academy is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging that Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the Egyptian opposition group Muslim Brotherhood, has been unfairly banned from visiting the country on the basis of a Patriot Act statute meant to deny entry to those who endorse terrorism. “The government is using this...
...fourth annual ceremony. “The Senior Class Committee is a great group and they were the ones who pushed the event. These are their classmates and they feel pretty passionate about wanting to recognize them and their accomplishment,” he said. Lowell House Master Diana Eck addressed the mid-year graduates, praising their unconventional experiences at Harvard. “I think there is something really valuable about graduating midyear and thinking about Harvard in a different way, as more than hoopla. The real Harvard is not the ‘Fair Harvard?...
...difficult cases, the legacy cases,” he said, adding that after some of them failed, “I said no.”Three house masters—McCarthy, Lowell House Master and Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Diana L. Eck, and Cabot House Master and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris—said that advising should be moved to more informal settings, particularly the Houses, where both students and faculty will feel more comfortable interacting with each other.“We have to think about how to move advising...
...Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin, the Lowell House Masters, recalled past Diwali celebrations that took place in tiny common rooms...
...wonderful to be able to open up our home to Dharma,” said Eck, who is a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies...