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...judge agrees to Madoff's guilty plea, there could be a delay of six months or more before sentencing, according to Isabelle A. Kirshner, a former assistant district attorney and now a partner at Clayman & Rosenberg, New York...
...studies of white dwarf supernovae that the rate of expansion of the universe is accelerating. “This one might be an example of another way to make this kind of explosion, where two white dwarfs come together and merge,” said astronomy professor Robert P. Kirshner ’70, one of the authors of the study. Kirshner added that one of the clues that tipped the team off to the unusual double nature of the explosion, named Supernova 2006gz, was a large quantity of carbon that they detected. Computer models predict high carbon levels when...
Professor of Astronomy Robert P. Kirshner '70 and his wife Jayne Loader will be replaced as Quincy House masters by Lee and Deborah J. Gehrke, according to three individuals who have spoken with the couple. The Gehrkes have served as acting masters while Kirshner and Loader were on sabbatical last year...
...loved living in Quincy House and working with Harvard’s lively undergraduates,” Kirshner said, according to the e-mail. “But a year’s sabbatical at UC Santa Barbara reminded us of the simple pleasures of private life and the joy that comes from concentrating on our scientific and creative careers. In consultation with incoming FAS Dean Michael Smith, we decided that this was the best path...
...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...