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...hard to say how long the indri itself will stay with us. Madagascar's native plants and animals evolved in isolation for some 80 million years; as a result, the 587,000-sq-km country, which sits just off the coast of southeastern Africa, has perhaps the highest level of biodiversity per capita in the world. It's what conservationists call a "hotspot" - one of about 25 places on Earth that have suffered massive habitat loss and account for less than 2% of the planet's land surface, but are home to about half the world's plant species...
Ceridwen Dovey ’03 has found herself on the shortlist for one of the highest honors that a young writer can receive: the Dylan Thomas Prize, one of the world’s highest-paying literary awards. But Dovey, who spent her college years immersed in film and farms rather than fiction, is certainly not the stereotypical writer-prodigy. The budding author took some time to chat with FM about her past exploits and present pursuits.1. Fifteen Minutes (FM): With that accent of yours, you can’t be a Boston native. Where are you from? Ceridwen...
...United States of America,” is part of the “Challenges of the 21st Century” series organized by Renée Haferkamp of the Center for European Studies. But despite the politically-charged title, Barroso, head of the Union’s highest executive branch, kept his distance from the upcoming election. About the evolving U.S.-E.U. rapport, Barroso quipped “Europe is not what it was 10 years ago,” adding “more of the same will not suffice.” Barroso, a former Portuguese prime...
...what’s going on there,“ said Jay M. Harris, the dean of undergraduate education. “With economics you might think that there are people who are thinking about other careers, but who knows.” The class with the fourth highest enrollment, Economics 1010a: “Microeconomic Theory,” also saw a fall of 30 students. Though large classes can be criticized for their impersonal feel, Michael J. Sandel, the government professor who has taught “Justice” for years, pointed to the merits of engaging...
...power to intimidate the highest ranking members of the junta derives from his intellectual prowess. One of the founders of the opposition National League for Democracy, he was viewed by many as the party's chief strategist, as well as a mentor for Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who is in her 13th year of house arrest for leading Burma's ongoing pro-democracy movement. The generals believed he "was my puppet master," Suu Kyi once wrote of Win Tin. Bo Kyi Win of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma, a Thailand-based exile...