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...don’t know the language. Classics is not something accessible only to those willing to learn Greek for six years.”Professors decided early in the review process to eliminate the general exams and the accompanying mandatory reading list, said Classics junior class representative Veronica R. Koven-Matasy ’10. Schiefsky said the general exams were cut for many reasons, including that they discouraged students from exploring material outside the mainstream and bored faculty who were forced to teach the same texts year after year.“No other Classics department...
...choose to fund projects waiting in the pipeline as well as finance new proposals, Casey said. The two-year window, however, is tight for new proposals to be submitted, approved, and undertaken, said the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Assistant Dean for Research Policy and Administration Dean R. Gallant ’72. “Certainly, it’s a faster rate of spending than we have had recently, so I can imagine that there would be some challenges,” Gallant said. NIH grants are usually funded over a period of three or four...
...says Murphy, whose last summer internship entailed swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. His right hand still bears a distinct scar from an encounter gone awry. Murphy hopes that this past experience will give him an edge amongst over 34,000 competitors, including Cabot House resident Thomas R. Benson ’09. Benson says he applied in the hopes of getting “basically a paid vacation.” On the other side of campus, Lowell resident Zuleyka D. Bonilla ’10, another applicant, made a public plea over the Lowell open house e-mail...
...friends in Washington. Carter, who recently announced his appointment as the new director of weapons procurement at the Pentagon, will join a flock of Harvard affiliates who have already migrated to the capital. The role call boasts some of our biggest names—from Elena Kagan to Cass R. Sunstein ’75—and the total count comes to at least 10 Harvard professors along with numerous alumni...
...Harvard through family ties. “She’s coming to be indicted as an honorary member of the Lampoon tonight,” Hess said. “Her movement is inspiring and informative for everyone to learn about.” Former Lampoon President Christopher R. Schleicher ’09 agreed with Hess. “It was good to hear her message and see her serious side. Me and ‘The Nanny’ go way back,” Schleicher said. “I am hoping for the biggest Nanny...