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When last we saw the lost Ark of the Covenant in action, it had been dug up by Indiana Jones in Egypt and ark-napped by Nazis, whom the Ark proceeded to incinerate amidst a tempest of terrifying apparitions. But according to Tudor Parfitt, a real-life scholar-adventurer, Raiders of the Lost Ark had it wrong, and the Ark is actually nowhere near Egypt. In fact, Parfitt claims he has traced it (or a replacement container for the original Ark), to a dusty bottom shelf in a museum in Harare, Zimbabwe...
...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...