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...justified. But the celebratory atmosphere of the Olympics was darkened by the South Ossetian conflict between Russia and Georgia, which reminded many observers all over the world of the potentially pernicious consequences of a resurgent Russia’s military and geopolitical clout.The new conflict in the post-Soviet sphere coincided with a period of relative stability in the heretofore bloody and violent war in Iraq, which we opposed from the start. But this calm was not to last.On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This sudden collapse marked the start of a financial chain...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Challenges and Opportunities | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...Berenson has grown from the original 50,000 volumes to about 150,000 volumes, and over 300,000 photographs and other visual materials are housed in the Fototeca Berenson, which will soon be made digitally accessible.‘AN ARCADIA’Since the original class of six post-doctoral fellows first convened in 1961, the number of scholars I Tatti welcomes has grown to 15 full-year fellows and approximately 20 other fellows and visiting professors who stay for shorter terms. While the fellows were once all American, recent fellows have hailed from as far away as Australia...

Author: By Alexandra perloff-giles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Art Scholar Bequeaths Villa to Harvard | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...After receiving the scholarship, Nelson went on to attain an M. Phil in politics from Oxford. He began his career after graduate school as an instructor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh before moving to Washington D.C. to report on Congressional and foreign affairs for the Washington Post...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bryce E. Nelson | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Before accepting an offer as the head of the Annenberg School of Communication at USC, Nelson worked prolifically as a journalist writing for newspapers including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Science magazine, and the Washington Post. His most notable pieces include a series of articles for Science magazine that helped to eliminate government blacklisting on advising panels, winning him the Albert Deutsch Award; and a series on chemical poisoning in America that landed him a spot as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bryce E. Nelson | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Brandeis to visit his future wife, Alicia Suskin Ostriker. Ostriker was still an undergraduate when the couple was married by a Justice of the Peace in Somerville, Mass. in November 1959.After leaving Harvard, Ostriker earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago then spent a year as a post-doc at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, Ostriker worked with the likes of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and current president of the Royal Society Martin Rees.“I said to my wife, ‘Gee they all seem very clever over here, but I subsequently realized that...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jeremiah P. Ostriker | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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