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Professor Dwight Carey Wins SAH IDEAS Research Fellowship

Carey, an assistant professor in the Department of Art and the History of Art, is one of five architectural scholars to receive the 2022 research fellowship from the Society of Architectural Historians. These fellowships “aim to support research that challenges existing paradigms” and “are intended to create mentored cohorts to support the work of emerging scholars” from marginalized groups.

Professor Ilan Stavans: “A Texas Politician Wants to Investigate My Book and 849 Others—Bring It On”

“State Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, has prepared a list of 850 books that, in his judgment, should be banned from the state’s classrooms,” writes Stavans in a column originally published in The Forward and reprinted in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. “I’m honored to have one of my books in that list.”

A Conversation with Literary Agent Jim Levine ’67

Appearing on The Learning Leader Show, Levine talks at length with host (and his client) Ryan Hawk, sharing insights and advice from his decades-long career as a literary agent.

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Feb 4

Virtual Lunch & Learn with Dr. Scott L. Rauch '82, President & Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Feb 10

Anatomy of a Deal: Aeris Partners Case Study Review (Virtual)

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Feb 11

"Phosphoinositide Feedback Loops and the Molecular Choreography of Directed Cellular Migration,” Presented by Marc Edwards

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Feb 14

Designing Your Internship Experience — Hosted by the Loeb Center's Charles Hamilton Houston Internship Program

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Apr 1

"Literary Atmospherics and the Modernist Novel,” Presented by Anna Abramson

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Sep 14

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