Word: leveretts
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...four years as chair, he brought an unprecedented number of women faculty to the department and helped increase the proportion of female undergraduates to 40 percent, a number that hasn’t been matched since. Since stepping down and becoming a House Master, he has transformed Leverett into Harvard’s undergraduate physics hotspot...
...nears 11 p.m., Leverett dining hall buzzes with chatter about electromagneticism and gravity. At the center is Georgi. Three students—just a handful of the many who will seek his signature or advice during his office hours—tip-toe in a line to his side, problem-sets in hand. They’re confused about a charge. Georgi flattens his hands to illustrate the problem, but then tells them to wait for more answers in lecture the next morning...
Although Georgi is no longer head of the department, he still plays ambassador to physics buffs. Freshmen in his Physics 15b and 16 classes turn to him instead of their academic advisers. As Head Tutor, he’s turned Leverett House into the de facto center for physics outside of Jefferson Hall. Every Wednesday, students converge on the dining hall for Physics Night, seeking help from each other and the man himself...
...playoff matchup was not to be found on the Cambridge side of the Charles River. Maki and Reese, both competing for reigning champion Dunster House, were bounced by Elm Yard in the quarterfinals, while Bernakevitch met an equally inglorious end—knocked out with the rest of Leverett House after just one game...
...Well, Bernie was probably the worst player there for Leverett,” Reese said. “He got hit by a girl in about four seconds, so that was pretty funny...