Your independent source for Harvard news since 1898 | SUBSCRIBE

Articles
- News
  
  more News
  
  Melinda Gates
  Photograph courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  
  Melinda Gates to Receive Radcliffe Medal
  
  The philanthropist will highlight Radcliffe Day during Harvard’s Commencement week.
  
  2.26.20
  
  Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, chair of the Harvard Alumni Association Committee to Nominate Overseers and Elected Directors, and Philip Lovejoy, HAA executive director
  Photographs: Courtesy of Tracy P. Palandjian and Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association
  
  Where Do Overseers Come From?
  
  On the eve of a contested election for the governing board, looking under the hood of the nominating process
  
  2.24.20
  
  Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch will be one of several Harvard scientists collaborating with Chinese colleagues to fight SARS-CoV-2
  Photograph by Kent Dayton
  
  Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
  
  As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
  
  2.24.20
- Research
  
  more Research
  
  Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch will be one of several Harvard scientists collaborating with Chinese colleagues to fight SARS-CoV-2
  Photograph by Kent Dayton
  
  Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
  
  As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
  
  2.24.20
  
  Click on arrow at right to view image gallery
  (1 of 5) Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark, The Colour of an Old City: A Map of Boston, Decorative and Historical, 1926
  Map courtesy of the Harvard Map Collection
  
  Boston in Motion
  
  An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
  
  2.18.20
  
  Illustration by Darrel Rees
  
  Air Pollution’s Systemic Effects
  
  Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.
  
  March-April 2020
- Students
  
  more Students
  
  Elizabeth Banks smiled and waved to the crowd along the parade route.
  Photograph by Harvard Magazine/KD
  
  Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards
  
  Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.
  
  2.10.20
  
  Caroline Tervo ’18 researched North Carolina politics—at the local craft brewery, at Olive Garden, and at IHOP.
  Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
  
  Upending U.S. Politics
  
  Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.
  
  March-April 2020
  
  News Briefs
  
  A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union
  
  March-April 2020
- Alumni
  
  more Alumni
  
  Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, chair of the Harvard Alumni Association Committee to Nominate Overseers and Elected Directors, and Philip Lovejoy, HAA executive director
  Photographs: Courtesy of Tracy P. Palandjian and Will Halsey/Courtesy of the Harvard Alumni Association
  
  Where Do Overseers Come From?
  
  On the eve of a contested election for the governing board, looking under the hood of the nominating process
  
  2.24.20
  
  Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch will be one of several Harvard scientists collaborating with Chinese colleagues to fight SARS-CoV-2
  Photograph by Kent Dayton
  
  Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
  
  As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
  
  2.24.20
  
  Ken Liu
  Photograph © Lisa Tang Liu
  
  Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse
  
  Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
  
  2.20.20
- Harvard Squared
  
  more Harvard Squared
  
  At The Homestead
  Photograph by Norman Eggert/Alamy Stock Photo
  
  A Mind of One’s Own
  
  Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Photograph by Ryan Carollo
  
  The New England Folk Festival
  
  Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!
  
  March-April 2020
  
  At the French Windows. The Artist’s Wife, (1897), by Laurits Andersen Ring
  Courtesy of the Bruce Museum
  
  Danish Realism, and the Reality of the Flesh
  
  Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
  
  March-April 2020
- Opinion
  
  more Opinion
  
  Cambridge 02138
  
  Beautiful math, guns, sexual harassment, and more
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Lawrence S. Bacow
  
  Democracy
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Closed Doors
  
  The perils of noncommunication
  
  March-April 2020
- Arts
  
  more Arts
  
  Ken Liu
  Photograph © Lisa Tang Liu
  
  Ghost Stories for the Apocalypse
  
  Ken Liu’s speculative fiction on maintaining and transcending humanity
  
  2.20.20
  
  At The Homestead
  Photograph by Norman Eggert/Alamy Stock Photo
  
  A Mind of One’s Own
  
  Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
  
  March-April 2020
  
  At the French Windows. The Artist’s Wife, (1897), by Laurits Andersen Ring
  Courtesy of the Bruce Museum
  
  Danish Realism, and the Reality of the Flesh
  
  Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
  
  March-April 2020
- Sports
  
  more Sports
  
  At his seventieth Harvard-Yale game, in 2012, Paul Lee ’46 proudly carried the replica Little Red Flag. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.
  Photograph courtesy of Judy Goodhue
  
  Seeking a Flag-Bearer!
  
  Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Matt “Happy” Gilmore smiles behind the wheel. Zamboni-driving takes focus, but Gilmore says that he loves waving to children in the crowd and making their day.
  Photograph by Jim Harrison
  
  “The Perfect Sheet”
  
  Harvard’s Zamboni operators’ quest for the perfect sheet of ice
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Mind the net: Sophomore goalie Lindsay Reed, flanked by teammates Ali Peper (13) and Nicki Lutschaunig (12), homes in on a speeding puck during a January win against Union College. Last year, Reed averaged more than 30 saves per game.
  Photograph by Gil Talbot/Courtesy of Harvard Athletics Communications
  
  Puck Stop
  
  The many saves of a six-foot goalie
  
  March-April 2020
- Harvardiana
  
  more Harvardiana
  
  At his seventieth Harvard-Yale game, in 2012, Paul Lee ’46 proudly carried the replica Little Red Flag. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.
  Photograph courtesy of Judy Goodhue
  
  Seeking a Flag-Bearer!
  
  Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Samuel Eliot Morison
  Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images
  
  Giants
  
  Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire
  
  March-April 2020
  
  Illustration by Mark Steele
  
  Yesterday’s News
  
  Headlines from Harvard’s history
  
  March-April 2020
- Podcast
  
  Marcyliena Morgan: How Has Harvard Cultivated Hiphop?
  
  10.21.19
  
  Robin Kelsey: Is a Photograph a Work of Art?
  
  10.7.19
  
  Edward Glaeser: Should We All Be Living in Cities?
  
  9.30.19
  
  David Hemenway: Who Can Solve America’s Gun Problem?
  
  9.20.19
  
  Staci Gruber: How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?
  
  9.13.19
  
  Lawrence Lessig: What Leads to Academic Corruption?
  
  9.9.19
  
  Ask a Harvard Professor
  
  A new podcast from Harvard Magazine
  
  more Podcast Episodes
Current Issue

Read the current issue
March-April 2020

Illustration by Darrel Rees

Air Pollution’s Systemic Effects
Archives

From the archives

Stuart Harris
Photograph by Jim Harrison, with special thanks to New England Base Camp

Medicine in the Middle of Nowhere

Stuart Harris and the austere practice of wilderness physicians

November-December 2017

January-February 2020

November-December 2019

September-October 2019

more Back Issues
Class Notes

To access Class Notes or Obituaries, please log in using your Harvard Magazine account and verify your alumni status.

Don't have a Harvard Magazine account? Register Here
Or submit a class note or obituary
Classifieds
Vacation Rentals & Travel

Real Estate

Personals

Products & Services

Place an Ad

Special Sections
- Summer Education and Enrichment
Donate

Show your Support for
Harvard Magazine

Your donation today ensures that Harvard Magazine can continue to provide high-quality content and remain an editorially independent source of news about the Harvard community.

Why Support Harvard Magazine? | Financial Update | Donor Services

Donate

John Harvard's Journal

The Senior Marshals

May-June 2004

The senior marshals, looking ahead to Commencement 2004, are: (clockwise from top left) Liz Drummond of Quincy House and Winchester, Massachusetts; Shira Sivan Simon of Leverett House and West Des Moines, Iowa; John Paul M. Fox of Mather House and Needham, Massachusetts; Zachary A. Corker of Mather House and Holualoa, Hawaii; Katie Zacarian of Dunster House and Amherst, Massachusetts; First Marshal Shaka Joaquin Doyle Bahadu of Dunster House and Detroit; Benita Liao of Cabot House and Douglaston, New York; and Jessica Tang of Adams House and Pearland, Texas.

Photograph by Stu Rosner

Search form

The Senior Marshals

On Readers’ Radar