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Today in Photos (09/08/10)

Freshmen stargaze on the roof of the Science Center yesterday as Astronomy Lab Manager Allyson Bieryla points out salient celestial objects. The roof was open to promote the course SPU21: Stellar Measures of the Universe.


Endowment Drop and Budget Cuts

This year's seniors felt the effects of the drastic decrease in Harvard's endowment over the past four years, as spending was cut on everything from faculty to hot breakfasts.


Famous children's book author Eric Carle spoke to an audience in Longfellow Hall yesterday. Carle told the crowd about his childhood and his path to becoming a world-renowned author and illustrator.


Christopher Wheat, an assistant professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke yesterday alongside Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Brandon M. Terry ’05 at a panel on diversity in higher education at the Office of Career Services.


Dissecting the Debate

Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC news, Ezra Klein, a blogger and columnist, and Julie Rovner, a correspondent for National Public Radio, discussed how the media covered the healthcare debate at the Shorenstein Center’s panel on healthcare reform and new media last night.