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Penn Associate Dean and Professor of History Walter Licht, who described Faust as “a dear, dear friend and colleague,” said that it seemed reasonable that she might be on a short list “given her renown and her ability...
Sapporo Ramen, Mami’s immediate neighbor, far surpasses the ramen of late-night snacking renown. Here, the traditional noodle soup is served in big clay bowls, aromatic and steaming. The chefs begin boiling a huge pot of meat-based broth at 6 a.m. each day. Then a flavoring is added: soy sauce ($5.75) or miso ($7.75). The noodles, which come packaged in dry chunks, are kept cooking in a large wok over an open flame, and are scooped out at serving time and ladled into the broth. The cook adds toppings from small plastic containers: mushrooms, scallions...
...this, we recognized our role as an institution that is at once American and (in its students and faculty) international. We live in a moment of unprecedented American power and influence in the world. Harvard is perhaps the most famous American university outside of this country. With all this renown comes responsibility: to admit frankly how little we know, to seek knowledge of others and of ourselves—indeed to see ourselves as others see us—and to avoid pride, even when others accord us pride of place...
...Nobel Peace Prize added renown to the Tibetan struggle. The Dalai Lama won the award for his non-violent efforts, which have emphasized peaceful dialogue and reconciliation with China...
...professor to the Department of Psychology reflects a recent shift in educational philosophy for the University. When he assumed Harvard’s University presidency, Lawrence H. Summers—an MIT alumnus—promised to increase focus on the sciences and further expand Harvard’s renown in fields outside the humanities. Pinker’s arrival here will be a decisive step in that process. His controversial study of the extent to which evolutionary forces and the genes shaped by them control individual human nature seems tailor-made for Harvard’s Mind, Brain...