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Ernest R. May, a genial professor who led Harvard College with collectedness and a sense of diplomacy and stood at the forefront of the study of U.S. foreign relations over his 55 years at Harvard, died Monday from complications following surgery. He was 80.May left his mark on the University, filling a wide array of roles, including dean of the College, associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and director of the Institute of Politics. “There are a small number of people at Harvard who really step up through genuine belief in the institution...
...relationship with the Law School and the future of that institution will in part be decided in the next weeks. Who she chooses and what qualities that choice embodies will say much about her priorities and vision for an institution that has been both at the forefront of American legal scholarship and at the center national politics...
...present fiscal challenges have arisen in part because financial planning for Allston was given short shrift by Summers, who instead set his sights on loftier institutional and research goals.“I think the Allston project was a combination of genuine ambition for Harvard to remain at the forefront of scientific breakthroughs and for President Summers to have created something for which he would be remembered,” says former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68. “To go out and borrow money on buildings, on top of [a troubled budget...
...night on classical mechanics homework as an undergraduate, he routinely consumed upwards of 15 apples in a single sitting, courtesy of the dining hall.Greene’s unusual eating habits were legendary among his Winthrop housemates. They also belied a compulsive nature, one that propelled Greene to the forefront of theoretical physics. He is also lauded outside the academic realm for his two bestsellers, “The Elegant Universe” and “Fabric of the Cosmos,” which brought esoteric concepts of string theory to the masses.Theoretical physicists are rarely household names...
...that network grew and grew and grew, Time Warner's content divisions, from HBO to Time Inc., from CNN to Warner Bros., could have and should have been at the forefront of the digital-media revolution, leveraging that access against its powerful brands...