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...that a lack of diversity remains a problem throughout higher education,” said Evelynn M. Hammonds, the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, whose office produced the report. “Harvard is starting to move in the right direction in terms of a University-wide approach to diversity, but it’s still early to be able to draw conclusions about our overall progress since trends will not be visible for some time...
...However elitist his films or his audience might seem today, in the 60s the word of his eminence spread far and wide, and quickly. For instance, when he let it be known he hoped to make a film about astronauts preparing for the moon voyage, he found a powerful supporter: President John F. Kennedy. "He welcomed the project with great enthusiasm," Antonioni said of JFK. "He invited me to the White House to talk about this film." This was long before Blowup, when the filmmaker was still a caviar taste in the U.S. (I'll bet Jackie urged her husband...
...August Debby Reynolds, U.K. Chief Veterinary Officer, confirmed that cattle in Surrey had tested positive. Sixty-four cattle at the site of the outbreak were slaughtered, and the farm is now ringed by two concentric zones designed to contain the contagion: a protection zone 3km (1.8 miles) wide and a surveillance zone of 10km (6.2 miles). Also inside these zones is the Pirbright Laboratory, which conducts research into FMD and other diseases of farm animals. Preliminary tests revealed that the Surrey cattle had been infected with a strain of FMD the U.K. government says is "not one currently known...
Hyman said that Buffington’s departure will not hinder University President Drew G. Faust’s initiative to examine the place of the arts at Harvard, though he added that the personnel change could lead to a revamping of the administrative structure of the university-wide arts project...
...study’s authors expressed great surprise at the intense press coverage their paper had garnered in a wide range of media outlets ranging from national and international newspapers to late-night TV. Stories about the study ran in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and was remarked about on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno...