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...otherwise would in a month. Smith’s observation that people respond to economic incentives really seems to hold true in this case. Economic incentives—and sadly, not solely intellectual or spiritual motives—can bring about progress in areas like medicine, technology, and scholarship. Ultimately, it’s a trade-off. A society can either have complete equality and no social divisions but inadequate resources, or great inequality and social divisions along with the impetus to continually move forward. I reluctantly prefer the latter. I know that American society requires inequality to some extent...
...soon serve tea in England as ambassadors of Anglophonic solidarity. Four undergraduates—Joey M. Hanzich ’06, Sylvia W. Houghteling ’06, Om L. Lala ’06, and Jonathan A. Blazek ’06—were awarded Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships last Saturday, which will send them in October across the Atlantic to study at Cambridge University.Hanzich, Houghteling, and Lala plan to pursue Masters of Philosophy (M. Phil) degrees and Blazek said he will pursue a certificate in the advanced study of mathematics in Cambridge, England for one academic year. They...
Growing up poor on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick attended high school at the Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., on a scholarship, and he became the first in his family to attend college. After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Patrick went on to hold high-level corporate posts at Coca-Cola and Texaco after his Clinton administration stint...
With Bill, I look forward to a productive spring semester for the FAS, which will be an important one for the curricular review and in other key areas. I look forward, as well, to supporting Bill's leadership in guiding Harvard's efforts to deepen and widen our scholarship and teaching about China in the years ahead. We are fortunate to have someone of his experience, collaborative outlook, and deep knowledge of China to shape our thinking about creative new ways to engage with the most populous nation on earth, at the start of a century whose defining developments seem...
...Maynard Solomon, a distinguished Beethoven biographer, said Forbes’ revision came at a pivotal time in Beethoven scholarship. It was Forbes, he said, who put together the pieces of nearly a half-century of uncoordinated and fragmented research...