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...night’s honorees were former Senior Admissions Officer John S. Harwell, former Assistant Dean of Radcliffe College Doris Mitchell, and Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research Henry L. “Skip” Gates, Jr. Gates also presented the DuBois medal to founders of the Kuumba Singers. The weekend started with a career fair on Friday and continued on Saturday, when Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 addressed the attendees with an update on undergraduate life. The weekend culminated on Sunday with a performance...
...can’t let it be an excuse.” In the second round, only two of the Crimson’s five players managed to break 80, while Brendan Ray of Central Connecticut state added a 73 to his first round 71, taking the individual medal and leading his team to a second-place finish. Harvard freshman Danny Mayer, whose rounds of 77 and 78 made him the highest team finisher at No. 16 overall, echoed the sentiments of his teammates when he pointed to the Crimson’s poor putting as a day-long struggle...
...article, Perelman had posted a solution to the Poincare online, without even bothering to formally publish in an accredited math journal. The luminaries of the profession, according to the piece, all agreed that Perelman had done it. The International Mathematical Union had even offered him the Fields Medal, a high honor awarded to brilliant mathematicians under the age of 40. Perelman turned down the prize, saying that his proof spoke for itself, and that no further recognition was needed. Yau, meanwhile, according to the article, enlisted a pair of colleagues and, in an attempt to win prestige in the Chinese...
Fast forward two years. The economist, instead of being lambasted in the wake of a criminal investigation, received the glowing support of his colleagues. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, an award given to the most promising American economist under the age of 40. Previous winners included Paul R. Krugman, Harvard Professor Martin S. Feldstein ’61, Milton Friedman, and not surprisingly, Summers...
...parents' homelands, the best Denya can manage is: "In France we don't have bread rolls like the ones in Germany. But the only real difference between the three is that people speak different languages." French Revolution The size of Claire Denis' family earned her a gold medal - and the pity of strangers who assume some of her pregnancies were accidental. "Every time I give birth, there is always a nurse who asks: 'Is this a wanted baby?'" she says. "That always makes me laugh. I ask them, 'Do you really think it's still possible to have unwanted babies...