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...1880s, England's Prince Edward (later to become King Edward VII) hired a prominent London plumber named Thomas Crapper to construct lavatories in several royal palaces. While Crapper patented a number of bathroom-related inventions, he did not - as is often believed - actually invent the modern toilet. He was, however, the first one to display his bathroom wares in a showroom, so that when customers needed a new fixture, they would immediately think of his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Toilets | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...dining hall, but also a work of art. When we have pieces like ‘Constellation’ in the Transept, they are talking with the building – they contemporize it.” Students filing in and out of Annenberg have certainly noticed the modern art installation exhibited in the Old World space of the Transept. “Students always stop and look around. ‘Constellation’ is not so much a contrast to the space as it is a complement to it,” Traietti says. The engagement of students...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Biggers and Better | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...panelled walls and the animal heads,” says Nicole M. Parent ’93, President of the Harvard Club of New York (and, incidentally, the club’s first female president). She continues, “But we are really trying to move into the modern...

Author: By Nora A. Tufano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: End of the Old Boys Club | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...Vuuren stresses that the Lab’s versatility meets the scope of its purpose: “You can change the room from an academic colloquium to a cutting edge post-modern art space to a catwalk to a design studio where you can have charrettes...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making Science Sexy | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...panel, part of a celebration of the Extension School’s centennial, touched on the future of the printed book, the pros and cons of multitasking, and the role of educators in the modern...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay and Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Panel Discusses Online Education | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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