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...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder What's more surprising: Finding a classically trained composer at M.I.T.'s Media Lab or discovering that his research there has produced a Fisher-Price toy? Either way, it is hard to question the pedigree of Symphony Painter, a new kind of electronic music software designed for the Color Pixter electronic sketchpad. The brainchild of M.I.T. professor Tod Machover, Symphony Painter ($20, fisher-price.com; Color Pixter sold separately) combines visual arts and music: you draw...
Wednesday, February 23. Lucy Walker’s “Devil’s Playground.” Followed by a brief film discussion moderated by Ph.D. candidate Linford Fisher. 7 P.M. Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave. Free...
...president harshly for limiting open discussion on the topic. During Allston planning last February, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard bemoaned the lack of meaningful faculty debate on the preparations. And in the wake of Summers’ comments on innate differences between men and women, Daniel S. Fisher, professor of physics and applied physics, said, “For the president, it is fine to be provocative, but for faculty, serious questions and constructive dissent are squelched.” Taken in isolation, incidents like these could be minimized and ignored. But that is not the case here...
...Summers squelches debate at faculty meetings and ensures that major issues are not brought up: issues such as the massive transfers of funds from FAS to the Central Administration for Allston and its consequences for other activities,” Professor of Physics and of Applied Sciences Daniel S. Fisher wrote in an e-mail...
...Fisher, who also led the planning for the interdisciplinary Center for Brain Science, additionally wrote that Summers “has systematically suppressed open discussion on issues vital to the future of Harvard...