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Randall Thompson
To many music lovers, the name Randall Thompson '20 brings first to mind the lofty sounds of his most famous anthem, based on the single word...
The Educator
Though my most frequent contact with Neil Rudenstine has been in our mutual pursuit of a successful University Campaign, my first and still...
Books with Harvard connections
Detail of an image of the million-degree solar corona taken by the TRACE satellite, from Nearest Star. Lockheed Martin/NASA Nearest...
The Face in the Glass
It is the disquieting habit of the compilers of the twenty-fifth-anniversary reports of College classes to publish a photograph of a class...
Education Angels
His nine-year deanship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education concluded, Jerome T. Murphy still fizzes with ideas about public schooling...
HAA Honored
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) surprised President Neil L. Rudenstine by awarding him a Harvard Medal for outstanding contributions to the...
Commencement Confetti
A tipping of caps to John Harvard. Rev. Peter J. Gomes, leading, told seniors at their baccalaureate service, "All of the muses are...
Brevia
Bettering Government Gail Christopher Kris Snibbe/ Harvard News Office With a $50-million endowment grant--its largest ever--the Ford...
The President on the Podium
Throughout his presidency, Neil L. Rudenstine spoke on many hundreds of occasions, from large, public gatherings, like Commencement afternoon...
Taste of Provence
This could be where a trend starts: Sel de la Terre, hard by the site of Boston's Big Dig, offers eight first courses, all priced at $8, and...
Snap Judgments Work!
An attentive glance, an affirming nod, a warm smile--these may sound like the makings of a love sonnet...
Profiting from the Human Genome
Consider this little known fact: academic institutions hold more gene patents than the top 25 pharmaceutical companies and all biotech companies...