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"...I don't care if I never get back."
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Baseball fan Philip J. Lowry ’71, M.B.A. ’79, of...
Construction Gallery
Photograph by Jim Harrison [view larger photograph] Seen from atop William James Hall (and in detailed views below), the...
Interim Successor Named for Ailing FAS Dean
Pilbeam served on the faculty’s Task Force on General Education, whose recommendations are the basis of draft legislation the faculty is now debating...
FAS Dean is Ill; Curriculum Review Continues
The president urged the faculty to address the business at hand so all present could “give a good account of ourselves” when Knowles was able to resume his duties...
For Science and Engineering, New Life
In January, the Harvard Corporation authorized the establishment of the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee (HUSEC), allocating...
Lessons from the SARS Epidemic
The SARS coronavirus epidemic provides lessons in how to combat zoonoses such as Ebola, swine, and avian flu.
Judy Budnitz: Flying Leaps
In Nice Big American Baby, the newest collection of short stories by Judy Budnitz ’95, the author considers mothers and babies—and...
Extracurriculars
Listings by category: Seasonal Theater Film Libraries Exhibitions Nature and Science Music Seasonal • March 18, at 2 p.m....
The Lucky Effect
Pretend that you’re five years old. A grownup in a white coat tells you about Jane, who found $5 on the sidewalk; Johnny, who was splashed...
Scholars Galore
What a difference a year makes! In 2005, Harvard affiliates earned one Marshall Scholarship and two Rhodes Scholarships. In 2006, those numbers...
General Education, Finally Defined
Following extensive consultation with colleagues throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Task Force on General Education has...
Toward Top-Tier Teaching
A task force on teaching proposed in late January that members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) enter into a “compact” to...