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...Harvard students have been named Mitchell Scholars by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, which grants the recipients a year-long fellowship to study at a university in Ireland or Northern Ireland...
...went to Europe for four years on a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship, then returned to Harvard as a member of the newly-formed Society of Fellows. At that time, other members of the prestigious group--which funds three years of research and study--included Whitehead, A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, the former Harvard president who founded the organization, B.F. Skinner, the behavioral scientist, and Nathan Pusey, who later became president of Harvard...
...Olympics for once really did speak to larger issues of fairness and fellowship, baseball's World Series pitted brother against brother in a vintage New York City gang war. The image that lingers is not of a titanic home run or a dazzling play at shortstop, but of a large, fearsome pitcher preparing to throw a jagged piece of lumber toward a large, fearsome catcher. In the year 2000, the best of sports was about much more than sports. --Robert Sullivan...
...review of its fellowship selection procedures later this year, we hope that these concerns are taken into consideration. The future of next year's Rhodes scholars may well hang in the balance...
...think that the answer might well lie in the endorsement process for Harvard applicants. The Office of Career Services (OCS) whittles down the candidate pool annually from 80-100 students to 30-40. Applications are reviewed by one committee composed of Faculty members and another drawn from fellowship tutors from each House. These committees look at a student's academic transcript, 1,000-word personal statement and one-page activities list, but do not examine the eight letters of recommendation that the official Rhodes selection committee requires. Since 1991-1992, when OCS decided to severely restrict endorsements, many have regarded...