Lynn Schusterman is determined to make the world a better place—not by herself, but with the help of a multitude of people and organizations she supports in Israel, Europe and the United States. Heeding the Jewish imperative tikkun olam, to “repair the world,” Schusterman and her husband Charles (now deceased) have been dedicated philanthropists for […]
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A Scholar’s Call to Service
As Judith Langlois walks through the state-of-the-art children’s research lab in the Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay building, she recalls the three-room schoolhouse in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where she found her passion for science. During an era when many parents and teachers believed women lacked the mental capacity to excel in math and science, […]
Stepping Off the Beaten Path
There was a time when high-profile houston lawyer Julius Glickman was young and naïve, and he’s not ashamed to admit it. Glickman grew up in the West Texas town of Big Spring, and had scarcely traveled beyond the county line by the time he contemplated college. Several of his friends were headed to Southern Methodist […]
Unbound: Reading Rough Drafts to History
Some writers look at it as baggage. Others, as garbage. And some feel it is so close to them, it is part of their soul. Thomas Staley is talking about first drafts, an essential component of many literary archives he has acquired as director of the Harry Ransom Center. For Staley, it is the false […]
Head of the Class
UTeach bolsters nation’s schools one at a time Picture a new high-school teacher on her first day, fresh out of college, with an idealized image of what’s in store for her: deferential students, coherent lesson plans, a supportive administration. One or two months later, too often, that optimism has been replaced by dismay, frustration and […]