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Among her goals, Higginbotham hopes to organize a symposium on health careers, encourage students in African studies to think about global health issues academically and in application, and find ways for students to join healthcare projects. Noting a surge in interest for African languages??the department ran out of food and seats at their open house for the languages program—Higginbotham wants to emphasize the linguistic portion of the department. And she wants to see more collaboration with Harvard’s other schools...
...spoke about the importance of diversity in the newsroom and said that his Spanish language skills have allowed him to report stories that people without his background could not cover.“You need to have people of different cultures and people who can speak different languages?? in the newsroom, he said.One important way for minorities to move up the ranks in the journalism world, he said, is through networking at journalism conferences.Michael M. Luo ’98, who founded Diversity & Distinction in 1995, said that he thought the magazine has provided an important starting point...
...intellectual accomplishments, friends and colleagues say they regarded him as a generous and well-rounded man. “He was broadly educated and enjoyed reading history, and he loved classical music, and he loved Impressionist art,” his daughter said. “He spoke languages??and he was still studying languages??and he loved to travel.”Manne developed a new passion for horseback riding at the age of 65.A close friend and colleague, Nobel Laureate Kenneth J. Arrow, said Manne also loved to play polo, and that...
Nineteen European countries, fearing the linguistic hegemony of the English language, have initiated their own library digitization project. Though the fear is misguided—after English, digitization’s next frontier would inevitably be other languages??the action is not. If the European libraries can manage such endeavors successfully—and we see no reason why they will not—the world will be all-the-richer...
Soillis is overcome by emotion when reminiscing about the life he has led in the Square. He exudes passion for the career which has led him across continents and across languages??when, he says, little save his determination and conviction have sustained...