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What Makes (and Remakes) a House
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), in planning a major renovation of the 12 undergraduate residential Houses, has appointed a House Program Planning...
English Evolves--and Reverts
Speaking on behalf of the department he chairs, James Engell moved that it shed its current title (English and American literature and language) in favor of a streamlined one (English).
The Elitism of Elite Colleges
Writer William Deresiewicz contends that an Ivy League education leaves students with some serious blind spots...
Feldstein: Why the Government Should Help Homeowners
On the opinion page of yesterday's Washington Post, Feldstein (Baker professor of economics, who soon ends his term as...
University Names Goldman Sachs Executive to New VP Post
The University this morning announced the creation of a new position, executive vice president, and the name of the person appointed to the job: Edward C. Forst ’82...
Want to Be a Presidential Nominee? Go to Harvard or Yale
Michael Medved suspects that as college degrees have become more common in the population as a whole, where one obtained that degree has become more important...
Catching Some Rays: Good for Your Heart?
CBS News has the story on a new study, led by Harvard School of Public Health professor Edward Giovannucci, that found that men with low Vitamin D levels had more than double the risk of heart attack...
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard Commencement address
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's delivers Harvard's 2008 Commencement address
President Drew Gilpin Faust's Report to the Alumni
President Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s 28th president, delivers her Report to the Alumni at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association...
Memory and Celebration
Graduating senior Thomas Alan Dichter delivers his Senior English Address, “Memory and Celebration,” at Harvard's Commencement Exercises...
Q & A
Anthony Christopher Woods, M.P.P. ’08, of the Harvard Kennedy School, delivers his Graduate English Address, “Q & A,” at Harvard's Commencement Exercises...
How to Tell a Harvard Man
Graduating senior Nicholas J. Melvoin delivers his Harvard Oration, “How to Tell a Harvard Man,” at Class Day 2008...