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Paul Horowitz ’65 speaks swiftly, his mouth struggling to keep pace while his mind zips along tirelessly and rapidly from one subject to the next. A leading figure in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) community and a professor of physics and electrical engineering at Harvard, he radiates quirky genius...
...designing the new grading program. “We wanted to get a better sense of the consequences,” Kramer said. “I think the main benefits are it reduces exam pressure inside so that students can focus less on grades and more on the subject.” Students were notified of the decision in an e-mail by Kramer on Thursday. “No grading system is perfect, but the consensus is that the reform will have significant pedagogical benefits, including that it encourages greater flexibility and innovation in the classroom...
These and other potential risks were among the topics of discussion in a May 20 debate in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on the subject of what could derail the Gulf boom. The session was co-hosted by TIME and the World Economic Forum on the Middle East. For all of the panelists, political stability was a fundamental concern. Citing the war in Iraq, the turmoil in Lebanon and the failure to achieve peace in Israel, Mohammed Shafik Gabr, chairman of Egypt's Artoc Group for Investment & Development, warned that "things are not getting any better" in the broader region...
Since then, McGinley has been featured in museums around the world, ventured into fashion photography and photographed Olympic swimmers for the New York Times Magazine. But his favorite subject remains youth, as his 2008 exhibit, "I Know Where the Summer Goes," proves. In that collection, McGinley's troupe travels the country as he photographs them, sometimes clothed and often not, while they leap fences, lounge in a desert, play together in a tree...
...homage to the late Robert Rauschenberg mentions the artist's old friendship with John Cage and his romantic relationship with Jasper Johns but not his vital love/hate/play relationships with Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock [May 26]. Leaving out that dynamic part of his life is like leaving the subject's nose off his portrait. Rauschenberg would have loved it. Donald Wigal, NEW YORK CITY...