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...scholar who works in a discipline (history) and a sub-field (Civil War history) largely dominated by men, Faust knows what it is like to deviate from the norm. Perhaps that accounts for her capacity to take Harvard’s peculiar folkways in stride. In that 2001 speech, she cautioned the entering class not to be afraid to question what they saw. “When you hear—in this most wonderfully tradition-bound institution—that something is because it has always been that way, take a moment to ask which of the past?...

Author: By Laurel T Ulrich | Title: A Historian Making History | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...crucial juncture in our history. On the cusp of an epic expansion, a new undergraduate curriculum, and massive administrative turnover, Harvard needs capable leadership now more than ever.It is thus dumbfounding that the University’s Governing Boards would elect to the presidency a pants-wearing, child-bearing scholar of social history (read: history for weaklings) who doesn’t even hold a degree from Harvard. By entrusting our community to a scaredy-pants Bryn Mawr alumna, whose principal administrative experience is as dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—the what...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Do You Hear The People Sing? | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...scholar, Faust will hopefully lead the Harvard faculty toward making its work have a greater impact on society. Too often Harvard seems cloistered in an ivory tower. Whether it is transferring the advancements made in Harvard’s labs into practical technologies or opening up access to Harvard’s academic manuscripts to the public at large through open access publishing, Faust should seek to expand Harvard’s presence in our society...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Harvard’s Human Touch | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...responding to criticism from consumer rights and intellectual freedom activists at a panel on Wednesday. About 35 students from the College and Harvard Law School (HLS) gathered in Boylston Hall to hear Green, joined by Jason D. Oxman, vice president of communications at the Consumer Electronics Association, and legal scholar Wendy M. Seltzer ’96. The panelists sparred over issues including copyright law, digital rights management, and the oversight of student file-sharing practices. The event was co-sponsored by the Digital Freedom Campaign, a national consumer rights organization, and Harvard College Free Culture, a student group focused...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Debates File-Sharing | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

Former FAS dean Kirby, himself a scholar of Chinese history, emphasizes that the disciplines SEAS teaches have long been a part of undergraduate education...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Polytechnic? | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

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