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Smith, who teaches the popular undergraduate course "Computer Science 50, Introduction to Computer Science 1," noted the "importance of a vibrant environment for scholarship across the arts and sciences and the offering of an education second to none...
...When the popular computer scientist received tenure in 2000, his colleague, Henry H. Leitner, remarked, "We need more people like Michael Smith. Undergraduates love him, his teaching evaluations are always among the very highest. Harvard did very well in this case...
...future table of general education offerings at Harvard now has a chair. Jay M. Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies, has been selected to lead the General Education Standing Committee, Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam announced in a letter sent to professors late Wednesday afternoon. The popular master of Cabot House has been an active participant in discussions surrounding the curricular review since its inception. Under Harris’s leadership, the standing committee will be responsible for determining how to implement the University’s first new program of general education in a generation...
...Ayesha Tammy Haq, a lawyer and well-known talk-show host who joined the rally. "I would have much preferred to watch it on television, but instead I had to come out and see it with my own eyes." Haq picked up her mobile phone and scrolled to a popular text message making the rounds, a paraphrase of Euripides: "Those whom the gods would destroy they first make blind, paranoid and insane...
...outdoor venue was packed with about 7,000 lawyers, ministers and district administrators who had been waiting since 9 a.m. for his arrival. Even 14 hours in, the speeches were going strong - testament to the lawyers' oratorical endurance. In between speeches, music blasted from the sound system. The most popular, a new tune written for the occasion, was a catchy Punjabi pop song whose refrain echoed through the makeshift stadium: "Hey man, take off your uniform. Your job is done now, time to go home." The opening notes launched a conga line of black-suited lawyers through the aisles...