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...news article "Bio-Research Funding May Drop" incorrectly identified M. William Lensch as a professor at Harvard Medical School. In fact, he is an instructor in pediatrics at the Medical School. “Stem cell research is only beginning, and there’s a long way to go,” she said. “It’s a crucial initiative that we fully support and will continue to support...
...different happened.” The Society was thrilled to be giving this award to such a distinguished historian and to the president of such a distinguished university, Mirrer said. She also added that the Society mainly receives entries for the award that are biographies and narrative accounts. History Professor Walter Johnson said Faust’s book—which was published early last year—makes readers think about what the phrase ‘the war dead’ means in new ways. “Its among the handful of books I think everyone should...
...school has hired more faculty for this purpose and is also working to develop a degree program specific to the genre. “A few of the students at Berklee formed this group called the Video Game Music Club,” says Michael D. Sweet, a professor in the Film Scoring department who teaches a class on “Interactive Scoring for Games.” “Now it’s over 200 members, and they were really instrumental in pushing the administration. All of my students are super excited. They?...
...comics artists and writers have sought to emulate. Driven by the philosophical influence of “Watchmen,” the past few decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in comic books, from childhood escapism to serious art, a development noted by fans and scholars alike. Though some professors have introduced the medium in the classroom, the graphic novel has still not been fully integrated into the Harvard curriculum. FROM PAGE TO SCREENAs the quality of comic books has improved, there has been a proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent of which is “Watchmen...
Michael W. Shannon, the first African-American professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, whose work on environmental health and modern dance delighted colleagues and audiences alike, died Tuesday. Shannon was returning from vacation when he collapsed for unknown reasons, according to the Boston Globe. He was 55. The former head of emergency medicine at Harvard-affiliate Children’s Hospital was a leading authority on pediatric toxicology, said Gary R. Fleisher, chair of the Boston hospital’s department of medicine. “He was extremely reliable—you could depend on him for anything...