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...while the unusual weather might not have put the Solar One complex in its best light (or often, any light at all), it didn't dampen the potential that the plant represented. "NS1 shows that solar power is a proven solution for the U.S.," said Acciona North America CEO Peter Duprey, who helped run the project. "This is the way of the future for power generation." (Hear Duprey talk to TIME's Bryan Walsh about the plant and the potential for solar on this week's Greencast...
...falling to Columbia’s Kurt Getz. Teammate and sophomore Long Ouyang rounded out the top 10, and rookie Hao Meng ended up 19th of 30. “Kai has been a solid, great leader for us all three years at Harvard,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said. “He continues to amaze me in terms of his solid performances. He’s mentally very tough and when he’s on the strip he’s capable of beating just about anybody in the country. The sabre fencers didn?...
After Harvard professors Peter L. Galison ’77 and Robb Moss screened the first act of their new documentary “Secrecy” to students, one raised his hand and asked, “What are the secrets?” While “Secrecy” focuses less on actual secrets than the structure of government censorship, it reveals the dark and hidden realities of democracy.In June 2004, Galison and Moss began shooting their film “Secrecy,” with the intent of exploring the architecture of the secrecy system...
Americans are “financially illiterate”—a condition linked to debt and unnecessary spending, according to a new study by Peter Tufano ’79, a professor of financial management at the Business School, and Annamaria Lusardi, an economics professor at Dartmouth College. The survey, conducted by the global market research firm TNS, asked 1,000 Americans about credit card debt. Over 64 percent of respondents could not correctly estimate how their interest would compound over time. The majority of people also said they did not understand minimum payments, and few could determine...
It’s the late 1970s, and the heroine of “Antony and Cleopatra” is not so much “onstage” as “afloat.” The legendary production devised by renowned director Peter M. Sellars ’80 made visionary use of the Adams House Pool, now a common venue for Harvard theater. Sellars’ production is just one example of the experimental, anti-establishment creative work that has profited from the use of house facilities. Basement darkrooms and dance facilities give students the opportunity...