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...crisis and once attractive investment and consulting jobs looking less than their best, students are exploring diverse career options, and the University wants to help. Instead of focusing on the well-known possibility of a move to Wall Street after graduation, the two-day event “Passion for the Arts” will explore the broad range of careers in the arts and humanities. The event begins today at 4:30 in Sanders Theatre with speakers Yo-Yo Ma ’76, President Drew G. Faust, and Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt followed tomorrow by a career panel...
...Mathematician?” is driven by Livio’s love for math and his personal desire to share his awe at its power to explain worldly phenomena. Despite his passion, both Livio’s writing and argument are uneven. At times his prose reads like a history textbook, at others like a review of the latest research in astrophysics. Belying his vigorous attempt to write to the reader, Livio struggles in vain to include sufficient background information necessary for the average reader to match his own remarkable comprehension and unique enthusiasm...
...Olympic games.” Vloka recently traveled to compete in a Junior National tournament—a step toward becoming a member of the Junior National Team. The tournament occurred on one of the only weekends the Harvard fencing team had off, further demonstrating the dedication and passion Vloka has for the sport. “She has four years to train and get better,” Brand said. “The only thing that can stand in her way is school. It can be difficult.” Vloka will need to find a balance over...
...concentrating in VES to have the experience of a studio course they might not otherwise get,” Naddaff says. Rohse says freshman seminars are a means for incoming undergraduates to experiment with new and unexplored subject matter. She has noticed that students often discover a new passion and then decide to concentrate in that area. In fact, according to Krukowski, a number of VES concentrators took “Noisy Art” in their freshman year. These concentrators include both students who were already familiar with the material, as well as those who had no experience with...
While his classmates were completing problem sets and writing papers in the library, Jonathan C. Mostow ’83 was staying up late in the Freshman Union, loading film and editing footage until the early hours of the morning. “My passion was making film,” he said. Mostow’s passion has become a lucrative career. The director of “Terminator 3” and the upcoming “Swiss Family Robinson” is one of many alums who have moved out West to strike gold in Hollywood. From...