March 1, 2002

Yesterday's News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Published in the March-April 2002 print issue in the Alumni section.

A crumbling wall in Harvard Square holds centuries of the city’s story, if you know how to read it.

The Extension School is open to everyone. Expect to work—hard.

An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

How a book on fighting the “Devill World” survived Harvard’s historic fire.

Sabbath Queen, a new documentary, follows one man’s quest to make Judaism more expansive.