Word: scholarly
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...deeply moved by this honor from an institution with which I was associated for so long. In some ways I grew up at the Penn,” Faust said in an e-mailed statement. “I learned how to be a historian, a teacher, and a scholar at Penn...
...brilliant scholar of the South, and now the first female president of Harvard, Drew Faust has been fearless in standing up for equity and excellence in education, passionate about the search for knowledge and truth, and committed to the cause of creating a free and equal citizenry,” said University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann ’71 in an e-mailed statement. “We are delighted to be offering her an honorary degree from Penn, her academic home for so many years...
...Fella Records Damon Dash. “There’s an awareness that can be brought from hip hop.” Last night’s panel featured a diverse group of participants, including a Boston pastor and community leader and a prominent race scholar. Brandon M. Terry ’05, a former Black Men’s Forum president and moderator of last night’s panel, said that hip hop should not be disregarded by scholars because of its cultural significance for African Americans. “Any serious historical study of black politics...
...statement released by Kagan yesterday, Kagan called Sunstein the “preeminent legal scholar of our time,” and voiced her excitement at his decision...
...early tradition of challenge and inquiry that demanded a re-interpretation of the Koran relevant to the current era - is bold. Were she alive at the time of publication, she most certainly would have been charged with blasphemy by fundamentalist circles. Bhutto offers no new revelations - any close scholar of modern Islam will have made the same observations. But her reiteration of the Koran's message of peace and tolerance bears repeating; it is one that is often drowned out by the more headline-grabbing missives of those calling for death to America...