Word: urban
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...With teaching it’s hard to have continuous time to concentrate,” Shreffler said. “You like to have periods when you can focus on teaching and periods when you can focus on research.” Crawford, a professor of urban design and planning theory at the Graduate School of Design, also cited the importance of time off from the classroom. “My school only gives one semester off every six years, and this will buy me an extra semester,” said Crawford, who plans to use the time...
...about giving fee waivers.” Another student spoke about the psychological benefit of receiving early admission to the College, saying he thought students would miss that perk under the new policy. But Avery said that much of the perceived psychological effect is just an “urban myth.” “If you’re smart, you realize that nothing you do between November and December will have any effect,” he said. “As long as you don’t rob a bank...
...inspired premise: to commemorate, update and parody the infra-dig, ultraviolent '70s genre movies that used to fill three hours at scuzzy urban theaters. And just the right auteur-perps showed up for the job: Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill), plus a few other cult directors to provide zesty trailers of fake horror films. Rodriguez's Planet Terror is a zombie thriller with some bloody fabulous effects; it's fast, icky and smart. You can skip the second feature: Tarantino's Death Proof, above center, offers an hour of gaseous girl talk and an inane...
...cell phones. Two, wi-fi is becoming ubiquitous. Google and Earthlink have a deal in place to supply all of San Francisco with free wireless Internet access. Philadelphia, Anaheim, Calif., and Madison, Wis., already have it, as do dozens of other cities and towns. Within 10 years, most of urban and suburban America will be bathed in free wi-fi service. Airlines are expected to fire up in-flight wi-fi in the next 12 months...
Professor in Practice of Urban Design Alex Krieger, who was on the selection committee for the planning team, said that Gehry was added to the team for his creative approach to planning, not his architectural prowess...