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...Modernity, Powers illustrates, shuffles the artist’s and the scientist’s roles: as the artist appeals to reason, the scientist to emotion and narrative.This conflation of the sciences and the humanities is perhaps the most identifiable characteristic about Powers’s work, be it via virtual reality in 2000’s “Plowing the Dark” or artificial intelligence in 1995’s “Galatea 2.2.” He succeeds again in “Generosity,” his tenth novel, this time in bringing contemporary...
...said Monday would start in 2012—are complete. Echoing suggestions proposed in the House Renewal Report—a 112-page document of wide-ranging residential recommendations released by the College administration in April—the GSD students also noted the need to bolster House interactions via neighborhood-wide facilities. Though the class is not advising the College administration on House renovations in a professional capacity, Fan said College administrators will be present when the GSD students deliver their final projects at the end of the semester. —Staff writer Bita M. Assad...
...might be acceptable during an episode of Jerry Springer, but it shouldn’t fly on Capitol Hill, especially toward the commander-in-chief. Although the congressman later apologized, there are indications that Wilson may have planned his statement; CNN reports that he hinted at it in advance via a Labor Day Twitter feed...
...open panel was meant to be accessible to both the Harvard and Cambridge communities. The event was mainly attended by HLS academic fellows and professors employed by the University. Among their slew of proposed reforms, the panelists emphasized increased coverage for more Americans to protect them from bankruptcy via medical expense. The goal, Schoen said, is to avoid a system in which individuals are “offered coverage, but have everything that’s wrong with you excluded [from your plan...
...trickiest part, says Brandon Mathews, who heads Zurich's developing-markets business, isn't figuring out what to sell but rather connecting with customers. Some of his team's more creative ideas: sell unemployment insurance in Brazil on people's utility bills and push personal accident policies in Bolivia via scratch cards sold at newsstands...