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...side, it’s more flexible and even more elitist. Keasbey draws from a few top American institutions, offering to fund study at Cambridge, Oxford, Wales, or Edinburgh. According to the Keasbey website, “the Scholarship may not be held by a married scholar. A nominee should not have expectations of marrying before completing two years of study abroad. If the scholar marries, the scholarship is forfeited...
...moments before sitting for a final exam.But even relative to Fitzpatrick’s story, Hartigan and his candidacy for a Rhodes Scholarship have, as Harvard Sports Information Director Chuck Sullivan said, “a lot of legs.”“How many potential Rhodes scholars do you have that are leading the nation in rushing?” Brown Sports Information Director Chris Humm said.Despite the obvious answer—not many—such an article doesn’t find its way into a major publication without a gentle nudge from the right...
...holy month of Ramadan. On display are some of the oldest texts and instruments related to the study of the heavens. They were created to answer specific questions, but they also uncovered natural phenomena that helped explain celestial processes. In his Book of Fixed Stars, 10th century scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi provided exact coordinates for 1,018 stars and 48 constellations. A 14th century copy of his book imaginatively renders a constellation as two sword-wielding warriors holding the heads of recently dispatched enemies. An 11th century celestial globe from Muslim Spain also pinpoints the precise locations...
...focusing on civil and constitutional litigation. He served as assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. A former resident of Leverett House, Heineman was editorial chairman of The Crimson during his undergraduate years. After studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, he attended Yale Law School and later served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart. He has written books on British race relations and the American presidency as well as numerous articles. Heineman said he wants to stay involved in legal policy issues through work at outside...
After the graduate proseminar, Pinker’s girlfriend, Rebecca Goldstein, a visiting philosophy professor at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and a well-known scholar herself, picks him up for a book party hosted by advice columnist Margo Howard of “Dear Prudence” fame...