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...McCartney has “gotten the faculty thinking about the future again,” Willett said. The academic restructuring is occurring in anticipation of the school’s move to Allston. Like the School of Public Health, the GSE is slated to begin relocating across the river within the next 10 to 15 years. “We’re very anxious to move actually,” McCartney said, pointing to chronic space shortages at the GSE, which professors say lacks adequate room for classes, research, and meetings...
...this artwork was driven both by the museums’ desire to expand their modern art collection and the need for more space to display their existing inventory. The facility will also include offices, study space, and storage for over 250,000 pieces that will be relocated across the river during the first renovations to the Fogg Museum’s Quincy Street address in over 50 years. Originally opened in 1927, the Fogg’s Quincy home will close its doors completely during the renovations, which will be led by the internationally-renowned architect Renzo Piano, who designed...
...that Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, said, "While Egypt is taking the Nile water to transform the Sahara into something green, we in Ethiopia - which is the source of 85% of that water - are denied the possibility of using it to feed ourselves." But Ethiopia has several major river basins besides the Blue Nile, as well as fertile land, and if it were to exploit those resources, it would be able to not only feed itself but also become a granary for Africa. When I reminded an Ethiopian diplomat in Cairo not long ago that Egypt, according to Herodotus...
...border with North Korea. Workers discovered the submerged ruins, which government officials say include 2,360 tombs from the ancient Korean kingdom of Koguryo, while making repairs to a local reservoir. Archaeologists found evidence of a moat and city walls, partially destroyed by water from a nearby river, but said they need to carry out further excavations to determine the city's precise...
...Cooperative in 1987, they mixed art with activism (Perkins is the daughter of famed campaigner Charles; Croft is a widely exhibited artist), pushing the envelope with indigenous shows. For the exhibition "fluent" at the 1997 Venice Biennale, they positioned Aboriginal work at the forefront of contemporary art, mixing Murray River eel traps with Western Desert landscapes and more urban visions. "What was achieved through 'fluent' was to start people thinking about contemporary Aboriginal art overseas," says Croft. For starters there were no dot paintings or "Dreaming" in the title. "I just keep seeing those shows coming up," says Croft...