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Alumnae and War

The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, part of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is creating a record of...

El-Erian for the Endowment

More than a name and face will change at Harvard Management Company (HMC), the investment organization for the University’s endowment...

Kennedy School Looks Ahead

“When you think about events like Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, climate change, global...

Twigs Bent Left of Right

How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt ’04, born in 1882 to a privileged, aristocratic life in New York’s Hudson River Valley, become a...

by Erin O’Donnell

Destination: Regional Repasts

• Beal House Inn, Littleton, New Hampshire. 603-444-2661; www.bealhouseinn.com. A single-malt-scotch dinner; seasonal five-course wine...

The Market for News

Imagine that the Labor Department releases new statistics that show the U.S. unemployment rate rising from 6.1 to 6.3 percent. One major...

by Craig Lambert

Alumni Networks

Crimson Compass, a new on-line alumni career network developed by the HAA to replace Professional Connection, is available for free to all...

For Sciences and Art

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is in the throes of a major, multipurpose building boom, as shown in these autumn images. The site of...

Paradigm Shift

From the dawn of the twenty-first century until last fall, the football squads of Pennsylvania and Harvard ruled the Ivy League roost. Harvard...

"My life had been uplifted"

Had it not been for the “Living with Life-Threatening Illness” course, Christie Thorne Sullivan and Tabatha Williams-Mike would...

Growth Spurt, Growing Pains

From 603 full, associate, and assistant professors in 1999, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has grown to 700 as of this January—its...

They Do It So Much in New England

He was an admiralty lawyer whose second career was to effect improvements in public affairs—“meddling,” as he put it. CCB: The...