Thursday, July 13, 2006
Major Donors at Harvard Take Larry Ellison’s Lead (02:48 PM) - The folks at the Chronicle of Higher Education ask, “Could one of the largest fund-raising machines in higher education be struggling for major gifts?”…
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (02:12 PM) - A “phenomenal” missile defense test….
Shakeseare First Folio Sells for $5.2M at Sotheby’s (09:03 AM) - The 1623 volume had previously been in the care of Dr. William’s Protestant Library, since 1716. Making that, AP reports, “the longest uninterrupted ownership by a public library of any copy” of Shakespeare’s First Folio. It is not mentioned who…
The Israel-Hezbollah War (08:33 AM) - It has always been a war over there, in all but name, and to be realistic about it, it probably won’t be called a war even now. But the strikes are hard and frequent, it seems. Washington Post is posting…
(S)he Begs to Differ (08:28 AM) - Ben Barres is a scientist. (S)he used to be Barbara Barres. (S)he disagrees with Larry Summers, here….