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...Ross ’90 has. His new book “The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century” gives a revolutionary clarity to the history of classical music in America, and shows the world that a senior thesis on James Joyce can indeed pay real-world dividends.A wise teaching fellow once told me that the goal of analyzing literature is to do the opposite of the work itself: if the book is simple, use your argument to complicate it, and if the book is complex, write about it in the simplest terms possible. Like Joyce...
...beauty of the combination of academia and the private sector is that—particularly in an applied field like computer science—it means that your research activities are well-informed by the reality of what’s happening in the ‘real-world,’ as we call it,” she says. “It keeps research relevant and keeps academia focused on problems whose solutions can actually help real people in society as opposed to simply creating papers at Harvard.” Smith returned to Harvard...
...temporary job on Oct. 29. When I asked him if this whole fiasco was yet another reminder that it might be better to include real reporters in fake disasters (and not the other way around), he said, "I do recognize your perspective that there's more that we can do to increase transparency when it comes to those kinds of exercises. That point is noted. Though right now my priority is on real-world ability - to be sure that FEMA public affairs has the professionalism that everyone expects from the Secretary on down...
...Hear that? That's the sound of real-world experience, the kind you get from dealing with real-world pains in the ass like...
...supposed purpose of distribution requirements or required curricula is either to ensure all students graduate with a common body of knowledge or to emphasize the “real-world applications” of a liberal arts education. Since our new General Education follows the latter, utility-based model, the classes selected by the transitional committee should tailor themselves to the needs of students...