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...fireflies, the work of Niisato Akio resembles delicate orbs of light. And this spring will bring both to Boston with Niisato’s first U.S. exhibition. The slender, white porcelain creations are etched with intricate patterns, shaped as both everyday vessels and more obtuse and nontraditional forms. Last Monday, Niisato demonstrated his unique technique of creating the patterns on his ceramics with a drill and gave a presentation on his past works and artistic history at the Ceramics Studio, run by the Office for the Arts. Niisato’s work is currently on exhibition in Boston...
...first week of December. A total of 3,627 students from 545 colleges in the United States and Canada participated. The premier undergraduate mathematics competition covers fields such as group theory, set theory, graph theory, and number theory. Results were released by the Harvard mathematics department on Monday, and one Harvard participant attributed his victory partly to serendipity. “I’m very happy to help the team,” Boreico said. “I almost forgot to register for the Putnam. Luckily I got an email reminder right before the deadline...
...obviously sees little merit in that distinction, and neither do some members of the younger generation of Pakistani Taliban leaders, such as Baitullah Mehsud, a target of U.S. drone strikes who claimed responsibility for Monday's deadly attack on a Lahore police academy, saying it was an act of revenge for Pakistan's complicity in the U.S. campaign. But even the uptick of Taliban violence inside Pakistan won't necessarily spur the country's military establishment to act against Taliban forces that are using Pakistani territory as a base from which to fight NATO in Afghanistan...
Frequenters of admissions gossip sites like College Confidential just got one more source for admissions news—from The New York Times. The Times venture, called “The Choice: Demystifying College Admissions and Aid,” was launched Monday at the height of admissions frenzy. The project was headed by NYT education writer Jacques Steinberg, who is also the author of “The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College.” According to Steinberg, the blog is intended to be a resource for high school students and their parents...
Although parents, school faculty, and community members were present at the meeting, only school committee members were allowed to pose questions. Unlike at Monday night’s town hall forum—during which the finalists introduced themselves directly to city residents—yesterday’s discussion covered subject areas that were selected by the school committee, rather than the public...