 |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
"We'd like to think that doctors are somehow immune to the influence of advertising, but turns out they're human after all.
— Debbie C
Drug-Company Association Bans Freebies for Doctors
Another Giuliani Finds His Dream Deferred
Andrew Giuliani, son of the former New York mayor and Republican presidential candidate, has sued Duke University for kicking him off its golf team.
Bible Professor Will Leave Seminary Instead of Facing Hearing
The faculty member wrote a book expressing the view that human beings shaped the Bible, an idea deemed contrary to the conservative seminary’s faculty oath.
Purdue U. Scientist Appeals Findings of Research Misconduct
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan, a nuclear engineer, challenged a university panel that said he had misled other scientists about his research into nuclear fusion.
Embattled Congressman Calls for Investigation Into His Actions on Behalf of CCNY
Rep. Charles Rangel used Congressional letterhead to seek donations for an academic center bearing his name.
Baylor U. Regents Fire President, Citing Failure to Unite Campus
John M. Lilley, the university’s president since November 2005, had been at the center of several recent controversies.
Closed Out? Norman Finkelstein, Controversial Scholar Denied Tenure, Can't Find a Job. | 104
Group Argues That Out-of-Class Learning Is Domain of Faculty, Not Student Affairs | 92
Is There a 'Growing Backlash' Against the SAT? | 59
College Settles With Instructor Fired for Teaching Adam and Eve as Myth | 54
Fresh Artistic Controversy Hits Yale U. | 52
Athletics
Community Colleges
Government & Politics
Information Technology
International
Money & Management
Northern Illinois
Research & Books
Short Subjects
Students
The Faculty
Prior days' news: By date | Search
This week's print issue
Back issues: By date | Search
December 2, 2006
Patron Saint of Internet Shines in New Data Center at Boston College
The Vatican has declared that St. Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the Internet, and now his image — in the form of a stained-glass window — casts its colors in Boston College’s new data center (left).
According to The Boston Globe, the center is housed in a building formerly owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and sold to the college in 2004. When the college took over, it preserved this and other stained-glass windows in what had been a seminary dormitory.
One of the windows depicts St. Isidore (c. 560-636), who served as a powerful bishop in present-day Spain and is best known for his voluminous writing on a host of topics. His most influential work was the Etymologies, also known as the Origins, an encyclopedic tract in which he tried to record everything that was known. Small wonder that the church saw fit to recognize him as the Internet’s patron.
Posted on Saturday December 2, 2006 | Permalink |
Previous: Alleged Harassment by Renowned Researcher Prompts Suit Against Yale
Next: Bedbugs Put the Bite on 2 Stanford Dorms