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...Finn brothers after living for a while in Paris, Runga's father died. The confluence of events helped her focus on what mattered with her music: the unvarnished truth of performing live. And for the recording of Birds, Runga gathered around her a band of like-minded souls - from Neil Finn on piano and bass guitarist Conrad Standish, of The Devastations, to The Boxcar Guitars' Benny Maitland on harmonica - to capture the intimacy of her stage shows. Through this haunted house of sounds, creaking and echoing with bouzouki-style guitar and harp, her voice weaves its silky web. "I know...
...varying degrees in the selection process, Rosovsky said, “the deans who head faculties are chosen by the president.”Derek C. Bok, who led the University from 1971 to 1991, consulted informally with professors on dean appointments. And Bok’s successor, Neil L. Rudenstine, “set up committees to seek the wisdom of the faculty,” according to Rosovsky, who also served on the Harvard Corporation from 1985 to 1996.Under the proposal presented at yesterday’s Faculty Council meeting, professors might become decision-makers—rather...
...defining episodes of Harvard’s 21st century. It should come as no surprise that a higher degree of centralized leadership has arisen to shepherd these major initiatives through. While some members of the current Faculty may have grown used to the understated approach of former University President Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard’s most memorable and admired presidents—the Eliots, the Connants of our history—have been bold visionaries who took a hands-on role in defining University policy and more broadly, the central tenets of American higher learning. Summers was brought...
...part to make it even better,” Brewer wrote in an e-mail. “The turnout was good,” said outgoing co-chair Kaartiga Sivenasan ’06, who added that 174 people voted for the co-chair position. Outgoing co-chair, Neil K. Mehta ‘06, said that paper ballots gave the elections a “community feel.” In a runoff election, Patrick G. Mauro II ’07 won the treasurer position...
...Neil K. Mehta ’06 says this process was complicated at first because some organizations were not listed among the extracurriculars that students could select. He also wishes the program had allowed students to choose the order in which their activities would appear...