Sacha pfeiffer biography of abraham lincoln
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Presenters
Allen is director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor in the Department of Government and Graduate School of Education. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” she is a political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory and the history of political thought. A past chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board, she is known for her work on justice and citizenship in ancient Athens and modern America. @dsallentess
Baquet is executive editor of The New York Times. Before assuming that position in , he was managing editor for news and Washington bureau chief. He was formerly managing editor and editor of the Los Angeles Times. He worked previously for The Times-Picayune in his native New Orleans and for the Chicago Tribune. There, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism for stories he wrote with two other reporters on municipal corruption. @deanbaquet
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Defining America By Its Objects — Of Them
Imagine you were given a list of more than a hundred-million objects from American history — starting with prehistoric times and stretching all the way to today — and told to narrow it down to the top Not an easy task. In fact, probably extremely difficult!
But that's exactly what Richard Kurin did. He's the Smithsonian Institution's Under Secretary for History, Art and Culture and he's written a book called "The Smithsonian's History of America in Objects." It starts with some million-year-old fossils and ends with a massive high-tech telescope.
In November, WBUR's Sacha Pfeiffer spoke with Kurin about how he winnowed down all those choices and which objects from New England made the cut.
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Richard Kurin, undersecretary for history, art and culture at the Smithsonian Institution and author of ”The Smithsonian’s History Of America in Objects.”
AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD THROUGH OBJECTS
1. BURGES SHALE FOSSILS – One of the
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Tradition
The Mace of The Cooper Union
The Mace of The Cooper Union, emblem of the authority and the responsibility of the President, is carried at the head of all Cooper Union academic processions. The design of the Mace of The Cooper Union symbolizes the power of mind articulated through science and art.
Mace-Bearer
Cosmos Tzavelis
Commencement Co-Chairs
Monica Shapiro
Academic Administrator
Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
Brian Cusack
Director of Campus Enterprise Applications
Academic Regalia
The tradition of academic costume apparently began during the twelfth century in the early europeisk universities. Practically all costumes derive some sort of clerical or priestly garb.
The American academic costume follows a uniform code drawn up bygd a special commission in The costume consists of three main parts—the cap, gown, and hood.
The cap, usually referred to as a mortar board, fryst vatten always black and has a long tassel suspended by a button from the