Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape and texture; some might be wet or moss-covered or bursting with offshoots. And
Report of the president: Academic Council Professoriate appointments
The following Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on April 6, April 13, April 27, and May 4, 2021, and were approved by the President. Please note that while all appointments below have been approved by the president, some candidates may not have accepted offers.
Bateman, Brian, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, effective October 15, 2021
Promotions without limit of time:
Gill, Denise, Associate Professor of Music, effective September 1, 2021
Langer-Osuna, Jennifer, Associate Professor of Education, effective July 1, 2021
Lassiter, Dan, Associate Professor of Linguistics, effective September 1, 2021
Tech Makes Billionaires After 50 Years of R&D
Posted March 8, 2021 If you want to know about the future, ask the young people who will make it happen. The older generation may have used up its vision getting us where we are. Ivan Sutherland
In 1966, computer engineers at Harvard began working on the world s first virtual/augmented reality system.
Two years later, they came up with a design and built a machine that looked like a torture device straight out of
A Clockwork Orange.
The engineers named the mechanical tracking system that hung above the user s head the Sword of Damocles, after the Roman myth.