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Gordon McKay

Brief life of an inventor with a lasting Harvard legacy: 1821-1903

by Harry R. Lewis

Present Memories

During the class of 1972’s thirty-fifth reunion in June, about 80 people showed up for a talk and animated discussion spurred by this...

Extracurriculars

Harvard Square offers something for everyone this fall: saunter down to the Charles River and join an ad hoc community choir as they light up...

Hiram Hunn Awards

Six alumni are to receive this year’s Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards, presented by the Harvard College Office of...

Profile of Virginia Heffernan, TV and media writer for “The New York Times”

Not long ago, Virginia Heffernan, Ph.D. ’02, who writes about television and on-line media for the New York Times, got an e-mail from her...

by Craig Lambert

Powers of the Pitch

Deep into the second half of the NCAA soccer playoff game against SUNY Binghamton last fall, with the score tied 1-1, Harvard forward...

The Zimmerman House

The following text is a sidebar to "Modern and Historic," September-October 2007. The Zimmerman House Manchester, New Hampshire www.currier.org ...

University People

Enduring Deans, Acting Executives Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office Alan A. Altshuler Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard Graduate School of Design...

Moving On

Photograph by Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office To accommodate Harvard Law School’s large new building, an existing garage and...

Harmonious Coexister Honored

Peter Shaw Ashton, Bullard professor of forestry emeritus, went to Tokyo in April to collect his Japan Prize in the presence of Their Majesties...

Space Invaders

The world’s first magazine devoted to science fiction, Amazing Stories, was born in 1926, a year before Frederick I. Ordway III...

Rhythms of Race

At age 36, Kevin Young ’92 ranks among the most accomplished poets of his generation. The recipient of Guggenheim, Stegner, and NEA...