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In Wine We Trust
Like children waiting with open bags at the door on Halloween, a dozen adults crowded around a table at the Skinner auction house wine preview...
The Presidents We Pick
James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, Woodrow Wilson professor of government emeritus at Williams College, a distinguished scholar, gifted...
Well Done
The Harvard Alumni Association Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni...
Anniversary Announcements
No one knows when John Harvard was born, but a record book from Southwark Cathedral in London announces his baptism there on November 29, 1607...
Getting and Spending
The University’s annual financial accounting—usually a forbidding and retrospective document—this year sports a new look and...
The Endowment: Up, and Upheaval
A strong year for investors generally was a very strong year for the University. Harvard Management Company (HMC), concluding its first full...
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ARGUING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE Joan Wickersham’s exploration of “Bricks and Politics” (September-October, page 50) evokes a famous...
The Horror and the Beauty
Maria Tatar explores the dazzle and the “dark side” in fairy tales—and why we read them.
Extracurriculars
There’s no need to sit at home and rue the darkness at 5 p.m. This winter, Harvard Square offers a range of things to do, from Christmas...
Soccer Summary
Men’s Soccer The Crimson (7-1-1), ranked sixth nationally in one September poll, started strongly and tied the defending national...
Gender and Minority Metrics
The report from the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity published this summer also contains the third annual accounting of gender and...
Think Tank for Aid Workers
After Michael J. VanRooyen finished his residency in emergency medicine in 1991, he went to Somalia. Eager to see how his medical training would...