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...needs” for construction spending had been accumulating since the 1930s and had reached the point of urgency.Pusey was not the only one articulating Harvard’s need for increased spending.In April 1956, a University committee recommended a $6.5 million expansion in Harvard’s visual arts program. The Crimson reported that month on a report issued by the Committee on Visual Arts, which proposed new spending for a Harvard Theatre, a new Design Center, salaries for new professors and museum staff, and building maintenance.MONETARY INTAKEPusey’s efforts at soliciting donations from alumni by convincing...
...wouldn't guess that We Are On Our Own is Katin's first graphic novel. Having illustrated children's books and worked in animation, Katin has had a lifetime of practicing her visual narrative skills. Working mostly in graphite pencil, the monotone palate evokes the grey days of Nazi rule in a past desaturated of color. Instead, Katin uses shading to create detail and rich texture. She keeps the layout simple, with rarely more than six panels per page. When the action heats up, characters will burst out of their borders, making the page more dynamic...
...wine) during the first three months of pregnancy is associated with a 2-point drop in overall IQ by the time the child is 10, according to a report in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. The effect shows up most clearly in certain visual tasks--like fitting pieces of a puzzle into an empty space--and was strongest among African-American children...
...Rando said. He explained that this by-product ought to be recycled by the eye, but its instability sometimes causes it to react with lipids to create lipofusins, whose stability prevents them from being easily broken down. “By inhibiting certain steps, you can slow down the visual cycle enough to significantly prevent the build-up of this toxin,” he said. Preminger said that Rando’s main role will be to “guide” the drug development. “He will spend practically all his time doing academic work...
...more than simply a good read—it is an experience to be entered, questioned, and explored. Gray, an artist whose murals and paintings can be found throughout Glasgow, also illustrates his own books. His artistic sensibilities also lead him to experiment with fonts and typesetting, lending a visual component to the written word. Descriptions of dinner are laid out across a page as if the words were dishes upon a table; God (or is it the author?) speaks in the margins. Perhaps most notoriously, Gray often engages in bouts of metafiction throughout his novels...