Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies Thomas Conlan has brought ancient Japanese history to life again with a brand-new interactive 13th-century picture scroll.
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Good news for librarians and those of us who prefer the tactile experience of holding the printed page. Despite the advent of the Kindle and iPad, it looks as though books, in their original form, are here to stay.
The classically trained sculptors who work for the U.S. Mint make public sculpture on a large scale — even if it does amount to small change — and they now do it digitally. “Cute Knut,” the Polar Bear who became in international media sensation in 2007, has learned that fame and all that comes with it — the paparazzi, the merchandizing deals, the fur coat — may not compare to life’s simpler pleasures, such as swiping at seals from atop ice floes in the Arctic.
Geoffrey Canada ’74 was among those honored Sunday night in Los Angeles at the Black Entertainment Television Awards ceremony. Canada, who was recognized as a “Local Hero” for his pioneering work as president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, is a key figure in Director Davis Guggenheim’s (“An Inconvenient Truth”) new film about education in America titled “Waiting for Superman,” which opens nationwide in September.
Colleges and universities, like the humans who compose them, make mistakes. From demolishing the wrong building (a local resident’s house and not the intended university-owned structure) to falsely accusing a student of illegally downloading music, some schools have stepped up when it comes to making amends. Others, not so much.
Are people inherently self-centered and in need of children to beat that quality out of them? The Atlantic’s business and economics editor, Megan McArdle, attempts to make sense of the evidence. |  | ||
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