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...institutes address is even smaller. Universities can get the $7.5 million gifts only if the funding goes to one of three areas: astrophysics, nanoscience or neuroscience. Why this particular trio? Because that's what Kavli happens to be interested in. "The way he sometimes puts it," says David Gross, a Nobel prizewinner in physics and director of the first Kavli Institute, at the University of California at Santa Barbara, "is that he's fascinated by the very biggest, the very smallest and the thing you need to understand both of them--the human brain...
Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner '70 and his wife Jayne Loader announced Wednesday that they have resigned as co-masters of Quincy House, according to an e-mail sent to House residents by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross...
...Gross also issued a statement on the Kirshners' time as house masters in the e-mail...
...Kirshner & Loader were good House Masters, emphasizing ‘serious fun’ that combined Harvard’s world of ideas with the informal setting of House events," Gross' statement read. "They also introduced a number of student activities into the House calendar, including Stein Club, The Collective, Field Day, and Bob’s favorite, a sophomore outing to Fenway Park. Jayne was especially good at making the mid-century architecture of Quincy House a rich setting for student life by resuscitating the Quincy Grille, and leading the remodeling of the Dining Hall & Servery, JCR, SCR, House...
...Gross declined to comment for this story, and O'Brien did not respond to an e-mail request for comment...