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With the announcement, Cech joins several other serious presidential contenders who have publicly said they are not candidates for Harvard’s top post...
...induce ADD in a generation already accustomed to simultaneously writing papers and posts to instant messenger. The main danger of the PDA’s campus invasion is the potential for it to become a must-have luxury item amongst students, proving yet again how unbearably wonkish and overly serious Harvard’s undergraduates...
...additional coverage of the presidential search: Woman To Take Lead? (Jan. 8, 2007): In its 370-year history, Harvard has never had a female president. But with several women under serious consideration, many wonder if 2007 will be the year that a woman finally takes the helm. Deft Historian May Be Harvard’s Future (Jan. 12, 2007): The Crimson profiles Drew Gilpin Faust, a renowned historian and dean of the Radcliffe Institute. Cech Bows Out of Harvard Race (Feb. 1, 2007): Thomas R. Cech, the head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a leading contender in Harvard?...
...Cornell was the hot team of the 2007 Ivy season and was looking to prove that it belonged in the league championship conversation. Having won four league games without a loss, the Big Red seemed primed to turn last season’s surprise fourth-place finish into a serious run for the Ancient Eight crown. But how quickly things change in the Ivy League. The next night, Cornell had not only suffered its first league setback—a 60-56 loss to Dartmouth Friday night—but also found itself watching the Crimson pass...
Seracini may be serious about his task, but he clearly relishes the spice of the mystery. After we stand together for 20 minutes in the center of the sprawling sala, Seracini looks at me with a twinkle in his eye. "I know I haven't told you where it is yet," he says. He then indicates a 250-sq.-ft. area on the eastern stretch of the Vasari mural, behind which, he asserts, lies the masterpiece. Having looked at sketches and copies of Anghiari, I strain to tap into an inner X-ray to see through the mural...