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...Seltzer’s colleagues is said to have been catapulted to a Harvard professorship when a mainstream publisher picked up his research on the psychology of happiness—a favorite subject of some of Harvard’s actual psychology lecturers, from Daniel Gilbert to Tal Ben-Shahar. And while the fictional Cass Seltzer did not debate Sir Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of Britain, at the London Jewish Book Festival, Goldstein’s husband, Harvard icon Steven Pinker, did in 2005. These adapted details of academia make Goldstein’s story that much more compelling...
...Tal Oppenheimer ’12, who has an airborne allergy to peanuts, said she met with the Annenberg staff before her freshman year began. They gave her a tour of the kitchen, showed her an ingredient list that she could check daily, and pointed out the location of the peanut butter so that she could avoid the entire area. Oppenheimer said she is careful not to attend meals when peanuts are a main ingredient in the entrees, because even the presence of peanuts can be dangerous...
...seemed like something entirely new, poised to provide innovative answers to the really big questions. With its fusion of self-help and brain science, it was perfectly calculated to appeal to soul-searching undergrads desirous of something a touch more quantitative than Nietzsche. A lecture course taught by Tal Ben-Shahar on “how to get happy” quickly became the most popular class at Harvard, with students carefully copying down chestnuts like “Give yourself permission to be human” from the blackboard. Over 200 similarly themed courses likewise sprouted up in universities...
Rummaging through the closet of her Canaday single, Tal Oppenheimer ’12 searches for a dress. The intense midday sun is banned from her room by heavy curtains as she ruffles through her clothing in search of her favorite gown. Finally, she holds her treasure up with pride—a miniscule turquoise number, bedazzled and glistening despite the shade. It is one of the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team’s standard competition gowns...
...first teacher was elderly,” said Oppenheimer’s mother, Tamar, in a phone interview, “and I think [Tal] was afraid of her. But that was her first tap teacher, and she was amazing...