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The Endowment: Up, and Upheaval
Harvard Magazine is prepublishing this article from its November-December 2007 issue as background on the state of the University endowment and on the forthcoming resignation of Harvard Management Company's president and CEO, Mohamed El-Erian...
Opening Exercises, Class of 2011
President Drew Gilpin Faust welcomed first-year students at the College in a ceremony at Sanders Theatre on Sunday, September 9...
Harvard chief investment officer resigns
Mohamed El-Erian, president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company since February 2006, unexpectedly announced his intention to resign effective...
Directing Development
Tamara Elliott Rogers ’74 has been appointed the University’s vice president for alumni affairs and development. The appointment, concluding...
Tiny Treasure
The kitchen at Ten Tables is like none we’ve ever seen. Red-faced cooks don’t swear, or growl “Plate this!” at scuttling...
News from Belgrade
The Harvard Club of Serbia celebrated the country’s new government—which includes President Boris Tadic, a participant in a Kennedy...
An Imperial American
Lincoln Kirstein ’30 combined a ferocious intelligence with manic energy, a belief that there was nothing he could not do, and a...
Fall Preview
Women’s Soccer New head coach Ray Leone, who came to Harvard from Arizona State, leads the women booters into their fall season; he is the...
Cambridge 02138
FAITH AND UNBELIEF I am surprised that Katherine Dunn (“Faculty Faith,” July-August, page 15) does not refer to the main...
Scholarly Sale
The $50-million challenge fund established by the University Development Office in February 2006 to stimulate the endowment of professorships...
Dr. Dean
Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D., becomes dean of Harvard Medical School (HMS) on September 1; President Drew Faust announced his appointment on July 11...
Writing as Performance
The first and perhaps the most important requirement for a successful writing performance—and writing is a performance, like singing an...