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...Matisse, and Rouault to Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky to collaborate with Diaghilev on his creations signaled the inauguration of a new interdisciplinary era in arts and culture, and dance in particular, that would shape all future exploits. Early Diaghilevan productions have not only remained in the repertory of many major ballet companies but have also taken their rightful places amidst the historical cannon. “Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring” (“Le Sacre du Printemps”), two ballets with specially commissioned scores by Igor Stravinsky, are perhaps...
...known as HOLLIS—displays a color-coded “word cloud” that offers links to related search terms and a column that allows searchers to refine searches based on topic, format, language, and genre. “The Web search arena has been experiencing major changes,” said Robinson of the need for the modifications. “Search engines like Google Book Search and Google Scholar were gaining attention, and we felt that our online catalogue was looking antiquated.” The new system takes advantage of social-networking Web site...
...unexpected dark turns than its punch lines. In the end, everything turns out the way it should, and Ronnie can go on being an arrogant, power-hungry mall cop, but you may leave the theatre feeling that he hasn’t really learned anything or changed in any major way. What may have changed, however, is the way people think about Seth Rogen films and the darker, grittier shapes that “Observe and Report” lets loose on the comedic film landscape. —Staff writer Jenny J. Lee can be reached at jhlee@fas.harvard.edu...
...Cherry A. Murray was applying to college, she says her older brother, then a physics graduate student at MIT, told her, “There’s no way you can succeed in physics, and definitely not at MIT.” So she went to MIT. And majored in physics.Today she is a world-renowned physicist, president of the American Physical Society, and the incoming Dean of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a role she assumes at time of great financial turmoil for Harvard’s schools.But colleagues say Murray?...
...Jain had proposed that anti-angiogenic drugs might be repairing the tumor blood vessels, which he called “normalization”. “This would reduce edema—swelling—in brain tumors,” Jain said. “Edema is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in these patients.” The researchers showed that this was indeed the case in their rodent models—the main effect of the drug was to normalize the blood vessels and reduce swelling, allowing the animals to live longer with the tumor...