Latest News
Daniel Steiner: "A Physician to Institutions"
Daniel Steiner ’54, LL.B. ’58, died June 11 from complications of chronic lung disease, ending a life of distinguished contributions...
Barbara Ruhs
“I was a fat kid,” says Barbara Ruhs. “My sister was a French fry, and I was a beachball. I always wanted to be a French...
“The Grand Wake for Harvard Indifference”
At noon on November 16, 1938, some 500 Harvard and Radcliffe students jammed Emerson Hall to express their outrage at Kristallnacht, as the...
The Opposite of “If”
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Found in the University Archives, a cache of English-department...
Central Square Star
Don’t get us wrong: We like a Whopper now and again. But any more-innovative restaurant that replaces a Burger King (and nixes the chairs...
A Clear Vision
As the new president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), Paul J. Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, says the organization must be...
Off the Shelf
What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat, by Louise Richardson, Ph.D. ’89, executive dean of the Radcliffe...
Footfalls...and Failures
As the summer months trickle through my sweaty fingers, September looms, bringing with it the first of my Lasts. For the last time, I will...
Yesterday’s News
1911 Holworthy Hall, refurbished after 99 years, boasts hot-water heating and “shower baths” for the first time. 1916 More than...
The Pulse of a New Medical Curriculum
When he found out he would spend his third year of medical school based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, rather than rotating among...
An Education in Ethics
Last January 13, in the amphitheater of Aldrich Hall 107, Henry B. Reiling began taking his students through the quaint details of a real-estate...
Sweeping Change for Science
The University Planning Committee for Science and Engineering released on July 14 a preliminary report outlining a comprehensive and sweeping...