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...scale. A completely transparent glass building could be built on the small grassy triangle next to Memorial Hall. This “Wintergarten,” as Kayden dubs it, would be connected to Loker and include places to eat and hang out, transforming a rarely tread-upon grassy knoll into an architectural marvel. A space-y pipe dream? Not necessarily: the Provost, a few deans, and Special Assistant to the Dean Zachary A Corker ’04 have all seen the study. Echoing the rest, Corker pronounced it “great.” Whether the plans...
Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Andrew Knoll, Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier ’60, Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons met and drafted the new document without the full committee over the summer...
Although the project will be based out of Harvard, the researchers hope to receive grants from nonprofit and government organizations. Already NASA will be contributing to the project—Knoll is one of the nation’s most prominent experts on Mars and will contribute the findings he gains as one of a handful of researchers who take turns driving NASA’s Opportunity Rover over the Red Planet...
...Knoll said that while outside funds often come with restrictions on the grant may be used, Harvard’s participation will give researchers freedom “to do things that are maybe more creative...
This year, as part of that goal and in tandem with the launch of the initiative, Sasselov and Knoll with co-teach a Core course on the topic, Science A-54, “Life as a Planetary Phenomenon.” And Knoll added that public education—informing the average American, not just Harvard students—on the origins of life, is also a goal of the initiative...