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...ultimate goal of many animal studies scholars—of a formal degree committee akin to those for environmental and women’s studies??may still be a long way off. But with alumni now organizing in support of the goal and many faculty members sympathetic, it is no longer an impossibility...
...come a long way, and it has helped damaged pieces of art extend their display shelf lifetimes. Edward Waldo Forbes (Class of 1895), who served as the second director of the Fogg from 1909 to 1944, worked laboriously to create and expand the Center for Conservation and Technical Studies??the first of its kind in the United States. He spearheaded the use of x-rays to analyze and authenticate the Fogg Museum’s expanding art collection, and he appropriately called the Fogg a “laboratory for art history.” Today, the Center...
...asked. “They said ‘sure.’” The department gave Peisker credit for all of the classes that counted for social studies credit and agreed to consider Social Studies 10: “Introduction to Social Studies?? as one of the government-required sophomore tutorials. By the end of her sophomore year, Peisker had met six of her 11 Government requirements, and, deciding to go forward with a thesis, had found a thesis advisor—something she was warned would be far more difficult...
...instructor of Harvard’s “Animal Law” course this Spring, told me that animal law’s rise reflects the growing social ferment on animal issues. He predicts that animal law is just the “leading edge of human-animal studies?? as the academy—from sociology to religion—catches up with society’s unease with our existing relationship with animals...
...these grants appear to be similar to the College’s prestigious year-long Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship—which aims to help graduating seniors “discover and clarify the purpose of [one’s] life” through cultural immersion and field studies??the David Rockefeller grants are designed to sponsor a wider swath of programs, including internships and coursework studies at other universities. The Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship prohibits such academic endeavors and activities spent in the practice or furtherance of a professional career,” according to the fellowship?...