… she thought Nussbaum and Sunstein were a couple…
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum has turned down senior offers to join the faculty at Harvard University and Brown University. Nussbaum, a well-regarded interdisciplinary scholar, has appointments at the University of Chicago in the Law School, Divinity School, and philosophy departments. The “no thanks” comes as a disappointment given Harvard Law’s recent successes hiring senior employees from top law schools, including Chicago, which gave us Prof. Adrian Vermuele recently and Dean Ellen Cosgrove several years ago.
*************************
One of the nation’s best-known legal scholars and political theorists will be joining the Harvard Law School faculty in the fall, its dean, Elena Kagan, announced today.
Cass R. Sunstein, a tenured professor at the University of Chicago Law School, will head a new program at Harvard on risk regulation. The program will study how law and policy deal with 21st-century hazards such as terrorism, climate change, and occupational safety.
Yes, UD realizes they could still be a couple — a long-distance couple — yet she’d have thought the story would have been about both accepting positions at Harvard…
**********
Update from a blog that does do gossip.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:02PM
You are too fast for me. Between the update and the original article I sent a link to Leiter…
Ah the speed of blogs, nowadays.
Mr. Bonzo
By the way, why weren’t you and Mr. UD in the list of power couples? (Alas, the Bonzos aren’t there either…)
February 19th, 2008 at 4:09PM
There’s no gossip in that link, just factual information that might be of relevance to students.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:34PM
But your blog does do gossip, doesn’t it? My claim wasn’t that what you wrote was gossip — my claim was that your blog does do gossip.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:35PM
Er – that comment of mine assumes the Brian who wrote the earlier comment is the Brian of the Leiter blog… If I’m wrong, sorry.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:36PM
Mr. Bonzo: Mr UD and UD are SO not a power couple.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:38PM
Just checked my comment log – Brian is indeed Brian Leiter. Greetings.
February 19th, 2008 at 5:43PM
No, it doesn’t do any gossip. It’s all confirmed information of a professional nature.
February 19th, 2008 at 6:35PM
Noted.