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...junior class of the College to give one of only four lectures to parents during Junior Parents Weekend. The academic world has also recognized Roberts’ talent. She has received numerous prestigious fellowships, won four awards for excellence in teaching undergraduates, and has published two books, with a third to be released next year. Katie A. Pfohl, a teaching fellow for Roberts’ HAA 17y : “American Encounters: Art, Contact, & Conflict 1560-1860” praises her, saying that “she teaches students to construct an interface between objects of history and culture...

Author: By Anna E. Boch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: Jennifer Roberts | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Standing casually in the hallway of Maxwell Dworkin’s third floor, bespectacled and wearing a basic brown sweater, David J. Malan ’99 explains why he thinks computers are sexy. “I think that once you’ve become sufficiently acclimated to the world of computer science, you do begin to see sexiness in lines of code and an elegance that someone who hasn’t taken a class like CS50 would never notice,” says Malan. When asked what he thinks the sexiest thing about working on computers...

Author: By Li S. Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: David Malan | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Tona M. Boyd, a third-year Harvard Law School student, said she was disconcerted by the backlash from the Catholic community against Obama’s invitation to speak at Notre Dame, even while acknowledging Glendon’s predicament...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pro-Life Law Prof Declines Award | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...address, called the state the "Cradle of the Confederacy," the "very Heart of the Great Anglo-Saxon Southland," and declared, "segregation now...segregation tomorrow... segregation forever." Davis' election would deliver another blow to what remains of the G.O.P.'s racially divisive Southern Strategy. He would also be only the third black elected governor in American history, the second from the South. Is Alabama ready for that much change? (See a graphic presentation of the American Civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Alabama Spark a Democratic Revival in the South? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...that Davis would be the President-elect's attorney general nominee. But Davis was already weighing other options. One was running for the U.S. Senate seat long held by Richard Shelby, a Republican. Or bidding to succeed Alabama's Republican governor, Bob Riley, who is barred from seeking a third term. "The easier course for me would have been to stay in Washington until the Senate seat comes open," Davis says. But, he says, the governor's seat carries considerably more influence on issues he is most interested in. Furthermore, this governor's race is the first in nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Alabama Spark a Democratic Revival in the South? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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