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...audience to laugh at his unexpected images, tap their fingers to the beat of his words, and lean forward to catch his every fading syllable. “Simon’s poetry behaves characteristically in a very recognizable geography of everyday life,” English Professor W. James Simpson said in introduction. “But they also have the capacity to invest that ordinary experience with mystery, surprise and revelation.” Armitage read original poems and translations published throughout the span of his career. “You’re beautiful because you?...
...pertinent. Last Thursday, Harvard’s Center for European Studies hosted a talk titled “On Genius and Geniuses in the Eighteenth Century.” At ease at the head of the Cabot Room’s oval table, a tan, tweed-clad Florida State professor delved into the religious and cultural roots of Enlightenment conceptions of “genius.” But throughout the presentation, the unspoken question hovered: Does the idea of genius still exist today...
...throughout Harvard, Gorodentsev said she emphasizes on-the-ground communication to ensure that information not only flows from top administrators to departments, but also the other way around.“Cathy’s advantage is that people trust her implicitly and immediately,” said University Professor Gary King, who heads the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, where Gorodentsev once served as executive director. “That makes it easier for her to figure out what they are about and develop different organizational structures, reporting lines, or communication strategies to solve the problem...
...Professor of Creative Writing Joanna G. Klink further articulated the miscategorization of the essay when she asserted that “the essay is searching for a way of being in the world...
Andrés Eloy Ruiz, a humanities professor at Caracas' Central University and a spokesman for the Venezuelan education law that contains the new media rules, calls that nonsense. "This is not a 'Cuban' law," he says. Ruiz dismisses charges that the measure, which for the first time mandates bilingual education for indigenous children but also demands classrooms based on Bolivarian principles, will impose socialist instruction in schools. "There are no private schools or media in Cuba, but we guarantee their rights here," he adds. "We're simply requiring them to be responsible. The terrorist opposition wants to sow fear...