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...symposium, one of many events marking yesterday's inauguration of President Neil L. Rudenstine, was moderated by Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler...
...abstract it doesn't matter where people are trained if they are good scholars," says Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler, who received her Ph.D. from the Harvard English Department in 1960. In reality, Vendler says, choosing faculty from a variety of universties is often necessary to create a diverse department. Different graduate programs emphasize different fields, and few departments can cover every aspect of their discipline, she says...
...Vendler also says that scholars who come from other schools bring in fresh ideas and new ways of doing things. "If you've only taught at one place, then you tend to think the ideas and rules of that institution are sacrosanct," she says...
...Vendler notes, however, that most of those Harvard-trained professors at the University have spent time at other universities either as assistant or tenured professors. Vendler herself spent more than 20 years at Boston University before returning to Harvard...
Gates says he has found a home in Cambridge. Collegues have been helpful and enthusiastic in helping start what is essentially a new program. Already Gates has brought in two new faces to board of directors of the DuBois Institute: University Professor Helen Vendler and Agass Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould...