The musician and philanthropist Pharrell Williams, whose work often focuses on his hometown of Virginia Beach, VA.
On Pharrell: Micaiah Carter We had to bury my cousin on my birthday,” says Pharrell Williams. So the day the music producer and impresario turned 48 years old was devoted not to his own life but to one cut short at 25, that of Donovan Lynch. “It was bittersweet,” Williams says. “The way he died was bitter. Where he is right now is sweet.”
Lynch was gunned down by the police in his and Williams’s hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia, on March 26; Williams has just returned to Miami after speaking at the funeral. “I wasn’t able to deliver the speech with the fire and intention I wanted,” he says, his voice wavering, “because I was just choked with emotion.”
Osman explores all sides of an issue
I am writing to express my strong support for the election of Franny Osman to the town of Acton Select Board. I have had the pleasure of working with Franny on a variety of local issues and have always been impressed with her desire to explore all sides of an issue so as to come to sensible and balanced solution to the issue at hand.
As a person who believes strongly in the protection of our local open spaces, woodlands and farms, I particularly appreciate Franny’s support for open space preservation and environmental protection. Franny played a key role in the preservation of the Wright Hill property in West Acton and the Piper Lane property in South Acton. I also greatly appreciate Franny’s support for increasing both low- and moderate-income housing opportunities in Acton, and her recognition that land protection and fair housing are not mutually exclusive issues, but rather equally important components of a healthy community.
Over 525 participants from 52 countries on six continents attended "Language and Migration: Experience and Memory," an interdisciplinary symposium held virtually April 19-May 1 that convened humanists, social scientists, field-workers, policy-makers, artists and writers to think together about migrants as resourceful users, interpreters and creators of language.
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PUTNEY â Landmark College conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree to Jim Baucom during a ceremony for retiring faculty and staff, held on May 22 on the lower campus grounds.
Baucom was a full professor in the School of Education when he officially retired from teaching at the close of the spring 2020 semester. He was appointed professor emeritus at that time, but plans for a formal ceremony honoring his accomplishments, as well as those of several retirees, had to be put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
âIt is not hyperbole to state that we may not even be here right now if not for Jim Baucom,â current Landmark College President Dr. Peter Eden stated in a campus wide memo announcing Baucomâs appointment as professor emeritus last year. âThe significant contributions Jim has made within the field of educational psychology and the life-changing effects it had upon students taking his
More than 14 months have passed since a Harvard Athletics program last competed. With Ivy League presidents announcing the cancellation of fall 2020, winter 2020-2021, and spring 2021 sports seasons due to Covid-19, the Crimson s 42 varsity teams have largely trained and communicated away from campus during the last academic year.
Given the absence of intercollegiate competition, Harvard s student-athletes faced important considerations when deciding whether or not to enroll in classes in 2020-2021. Other NCAA conferences may allow players that take classes but sit out athletic seasons to avoid counting that season towards their limited eligibility, thus preserving a season of athletic eligibility to use as a graduate student or fifth-year undergraduate. This process is known as âredshirting.â