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Rumor had it that the seven-minute walk from the Charles to Widener was soon to be instantaneous, as Google launched its bold book-scanning project. Seen by many as a noble, if dauntingly large venture, the project promised to provide accessibility and protection for the world’s literature in digital form. Unfortunately, over 300 publishing companies did not agree; and their opposition found legal sanction in a 125 million dollar settlement, halting the scanning of material still under copyright. Harvard University, which has been cooperating with Google and four other libraries, decided to extract itself from...
...year, Ju got her introduction to History and Science in associate professor Sarah Jansen’s History of Science 130: “Biology and Society.” Around a seminar table with juniors, seniors, and graduate students, she explored everything from Aristotle to the Human Genome Project...
...case received national attention three years ago when pro bono lawyers affiliated with the Innocence Project, a nonprofit group that works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, put together a petition for clemency to present to then governor Mark Warner. The petition has since moved to Kaine's desk. Of the four men, three are still behind bars, having exhausted all other legal means to appeal their case. A judge overturned the conviction of one of the sailors, Derek Tice, on Nov. 27, 2006. But that ruling was later reversed by a higher court. Eric Wilson served all eight...
...cross-party support at first, but is now likely to be scrapped for financial reasons. That leaves the most controversial proposal still on the table: an International Center for Conflict Transformation (ICCT) to be partly housed inside the remaining prison hospital, where Sands and other hunger strikers died. The project's backers say the ICCT, with conference suites and an interpretive center, could act as a peace-making laboratory for visitors from conflict-ridden nations...
...half months. Crump said the winners were chosen based on online votes—which indicate the scope of a group’s fan base—and the input of judge Ethan B. Schiffres, a student at Harvard Law School who works with Recording Artists Project, which allows HLS students to provide pro bono legal services for local members of the music industry. —Staff writer Chelsea L. Shover can be reached clshover@fas.harvard.edu...