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Richard Garriott has made a career and more than one fortune as a preeminent computer game designer and creator of the seminal Ultima role playing series. But as the son of SkyLab astronaut Owen K. Garriott, his passion has long been space flight. Now, at a reported cost of more than $30 million, he will become the sixth private citizen to travel into orbit. Garriott is preparing to join the crew of the Soyuz TMA 13 mission as a spaceflight participant, thanks to Space Adventures, a company he helped found. He spoke to TIME about his upcoming voyage from...
...Fryer Jr., will open soon at Harvard, the Broad Foundation announced yesterday at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.The $44-million effort, called the Education Innovation Laboratory (or “EdLabs”), will bring together economists and educators to study strategies for improving K-12 public school education. Research will focus on three test cities, New York, Washington, and Chicago.Different schemes will be implemented in each city, allowing researchers to test controversial programs like compensating students for high test scores, a practice Fryer has tried to test in New York City since 2007.Fryer compared...
...you’re not one of those people off the bat, then, as Bill Clinton put it, “you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”—Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu...
...Some pedestrians, who stopped by simply because they were curious about the incongruous spot of green, ended up drinking their coffee in the park or joining in on a game of Jenga. “People were curious at first and then really thrilled,” said Jackie K. Douglas, a Boston University graduate who works for the Livable Streets Alliance. “Two girls were so excited, that they ran across the grass barefoot.” The event was meant to build the necessary momentum and funds to convert more public spaces in the future...
...politicians—notably Kerry, Kennedy, and Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78—have emerged as important surrogates for the Obama campaign. Cambridge’s other representatives—Representative Michael E. Capuano, State Senator Anthony D. Galluccio, and State Representative Alice K. Wolf—ran unopposed Tuesday. All three are expected to cruise to reelection in November...