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...techie bigwigs who were this crowd's brightest stars. Star Wars effects czar Richard Edlund received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation and a standing ovation. Visual effects software developer Ray Feeney took home the coveted Gordon E. Sawyer Award, coveted because it is the only actual Oscar statuette given (the other awards are plaques, medals and certificates). Also honored were the creators of something called the Rosetta Process, which will ensure safekeeping of today's movies for some 1500 years. Joshua Pines, who won for another digital archiving technique, clearly understood both the positive and the negative ramifications...
...that could help her when she faces tensions as president. Nevertheless, because of the small size of the Radcliffe Institute, Faust was one of the least seasoned candidates in terms of academic leadership experience. Indeed, many of the other candidates originally considered, including University of Cambridge chief Alison F. Richard and Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy, held top posts at their respective institutions. As president of Harvard, Faust will find many new challenges. Rather than dealing with budget reductions, she will be spearheading the University’s massive expansion into Allston.The choice of Faust also seems to run counter...
...reputation of Harvard’s faculty, the looming giant of Allston, and the intense media scrutiny.The presidents of Brown, Columbia, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Tufts all denied interest in Harvard’s top job. Some did so with a gust of humor (Duke President Richard H. Brodhead: “What a foolish question. I already have a great job”) and others with a gasp of exasperation (head of Penn Amy Gutmann ’71, who made it deep into the search that resulted in Lawrence H. Summers’ selection...
...increasingly contentious debate has gone until today, with theology and science unrelentingly deadlocked. In November of last year, the latest round of God vs. science played out not in a lecture hall, but on the pages of TIME, where practicing Christian and prominent geneticist Francis Collins faced off against Richard Dawkins, author of the best-selling “The God Delusion.” A host of competing theories have sprung up between the extremes of creationism and evolution, among them Theistic Evolution and Intelligent Design, but in the 150 years since Wilberforce met Huxley, the controversy has come...
...Hollywood studio machine as a result of the making of this film. THAT’S ZERO DOLLARS, BITCHES! YEAH! 8. Drink when Lawrence says, “But you’re gonna fucking drink the absinthe, man.” Brooklyn is sooo cool. —Richard S. Beck...