World Did winning the Nobel change your life? Harvard laureates say it gave bully pulpit, brought invitations to speak (sometimes on subjects they know nothing about), meet kings (and play poker with Steve Martin)
Nation ‘What is compelling to do right now?’ Marshall Ganz started at Harvard but took some time off — about three decades — to become Civil Rights, labor, political organizer, and finally scholar, mentor
Arts ‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’ Ruth Simmons’ memoir traces everyday natural beauty, mortal peril of growing up Black in 1940s rural Texas
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Arts & Humanities How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment <h4>Harvard University Press, March 2009</h4><h5>Michéle Lamont</h5> DateSeptember 3, 2009 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Trending Is organic better? So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? How federal missteps opened door to COVID misinformation Why are ineffective oral decongestants still on store shelves? Tab for liver disease tied to drinking projected to double over 20 years Lamont tells all in this behind-the-scenes work on the mysterious underpinnings of academia. Be in the room when the greatest thinkers meet behind closed doors and talk about how excellent excellence is.
