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Both Siebel Scholars expressed their excitement and gratitude for the award. “I’m very honored, not only because the Siebel Foundation is very prestigious, but also because the other awardees are all so accomplished and intelligent,” said Shteremberg. “To be associated with people who are the top in their fields is a great honor...
...protectionism, withdrawal from the international political and economic community, and decreased foreign aid—must be challenged. On the edge of a global recession lies the perfect opportunity for the United States to retake the moral high ground and rejoin the world. The first step is to honor the pledges of the Millennium Development Goals...
Christina Davis, the new curator of the George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room, addressed a welcoming crowd last Thursday by saying, “It is an honor to bear the title, ‘curator of poetry,’ which seems to sum up in seven syllables my relationship with poetry—‘to care for’ poetry.” There has been a year-long lull during which the books, broadsides, pamphlets, and recordings of the Woodberry collection have been without a permanent curator. With this in mind, Davis has arrived with plans...
Knights are rare enough these days, but add the labels of composer, musician, and conductor to that honor and the combination becomes practically unheard of. But Sir André Previn, who was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1996, has just these distinctions. As a guest at Harvard this past Monday, Previn shared personal insights about music as well as anecdotes and advice with the community in an intimate setting.A crowd of approximately 80 people gathered in the Kirkland Junior Common Room for a master class with Previn as part of the Learning From Performers series sponsored...
...dried before they were on the phone to political reporters declaring that the GOP nominee had long believed it would be inappropriate to raise the Wright issue. But McCain's current sensitivity is much more related to his running mate's own pastor problems than to any newfound campaign honor code...