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...stunning result, the winner of the third annual TIME 100 poll and new owner of the title World's Most Influential Person is moot. The 21-year-old college student and founder of the online community 4chan.org, whose real name is Christopher Poole, received 16,794,368 votes and an average influence rating of 90 (out of a possible 100) to handily beat the likes of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Oprah Winfrey. To put the magnitude of the upset in perspective, it's worth noting that everyone moot beat out actually...
...Harvard junior Chas Gillespie is just fast. Last weekend, at the prestigious Penn Relays, Gillepsie proved just how fast he was, running his personal best in the 5000-meter championship event with a time of 14:01.99. Although he was fifth in the race and three seconds behind the winner, Gillepsie’s performance puts him second in the Ivy League. More importantly, Gillepsie now sits fourth on Harvard’s all-time top-10 performance list for the event. “It was a great race for me, a big break-through and a very large...
...needed to get this one for a lot of reasons, for the season and for the seniors.”The offense was led by freshman attacker Jeff Cohen. After a career-best six goals last week against Holy Cross, Cohen tallied five scores, including the eventual game-winner. Senior goaltender Joe Pike anchored the defense with five saves on the afternoon.“It’s a rivalry game, Harvard-Yale, a great atmosphere, a ton of people here, it’s just great to come out with a win,” Cohen said.The scoring...
...home interview with the patient. It was only later that he checked his voicemail messages to learn that he was one of eight Harvard graduate students to snag the award. The fellowship recognizes new Americans—immigrants and their children—for creativity, accomplishment, and citizenship. The winners are highly motivated, focused, and committed to a particular field, ranging from public health to foreign policy. Program Director Warren F. Ilchman said that the fellowship aims to identify leaders and help them “make the contribution they are capable of making.” That eight...
...Obama administration was also feted with a video of First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent address to the EPA, in which she said, “The EPA is at the center of President Obama’s highest priorities.” Another award winner with Harvard ties was Michael W. Shannon, a pediatric toxicologist and the first African-American full professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. Shannon, who passed away last month, was honored for his work on lead poisoning and clinical pharmacology, as well as his devotion to the environment and children?...