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Portfolio-Manager Paychecks
The compensation for the most highly paid endowment investment managersthe subject of criticism and debate in recent yearstook on a...
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...
Edward Gorey
Although he died almost seven years ago, Edward Gorey ’50 has just brought out a new book. Amphigorey Again, the fourth anthology of...
"The Monet of the Mountaintop"
Peter C. Liman, M.A.T. ’63, spent his business career as a marketing executive in toiletries and over-the-counter...
News from the HAA
Candidates for Election This spring, five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board...